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Measure values with the Distance and Area tools, as well as the Radius, Angle and Volume tools.
Type:
Tutorial
Length:
3 min.
Transcript
00:04
The next option under measure
00:06
is the distance command.
00:08
This is useful when you want to measure from point to point on a line. For example,
00:13
when I snapped to the corners,
00:16
it shows me the distance.
00:19
The next option is radius.
00:22
I'll type and layer on iso to bring back all the objects.
00:26
This option can be useful if you're trying to get the radius of a circle or an arc,
00:32
I will use this command to measure the radius of some of the arcs around the pole.
00:37
As you can see a radius of 15 ft 10 and three quarters inches on the selected arc.
00:44
Next we have the angle option.
00:47
This can be useful for
00:49
wait for it
00:51
to measure angles between lines.
00:54
I can click on the first line,
00:56
then click on the second line
00:58
and this command reports back 60.25 degrees.
01:04
The next option is the area command.
01:08
You'll notice some of the command line options. We can select object
01:12
add area
01:13
or subtract area.
01:15
This can be useful
01:16
if you wanted to get the overall area of say this room,
01:21
but you wanted to subtract
01:23
the countertop area from it.
01:25
We can pick our initial points to get the area,
01:30
then we can subtract area
01:33
by selecting the countertop area.
01:37
So you can see the result total area
01:41
in square inches and in square feet.
01:45
The object option
01:48
allows us to
01:49
select a closed poly line
01:52
and the area fills with green
01:55
just like the quick measure command
01:57
and the area and perimeter values are displayed on the screen.
02:02
The last option
02:03
is volume.
02:05
This is similar to using the area option but allows you to add a height
02:10
which is the thickness or depth to account for the volume.
02:14
In this example, I'll use the volume option to get the volume of the pool.
02:19
I can select the hatch
02:22
as an object.
02:24
Then for the height,
02:26
I can assume a height of 6 ft as an average
02:30
and I get the total volume and cubic inches displayed.
Video transcript
00:04
The next option under measure
00:06
is the distance command.
00:08
This is useful when you want to measure from point to point on a line. For example,
00:13
when I snapped to the corners,
00:16
it shows me the distance.
00:19
The next option is radius.
00:22
I'll type and layer on iso to bring back all the objects.
00:26
This option can be useful if you're trying to get the radius of a circle or an arc,
00:32
I will use this command to measure the radius of some of the arcs around the pole.
00:37
As you can see a radius of 15 ft 10 and three quarters inches on the selected arc.
00:44
Next we have the angle option.
00:47
This can be useful for
00:49
wait for it
00:51
to measure angles between lines.
00:54
I can click on the first line,
00:56
then click on the second line
00:58
and this command reports back 60.25 degrees.
01:04
The next option is the area command.
01:08
You'll notice some of the command line options. We can select object
01:12
add area
01:13
or subtract area.
01:15
This can be useful
01:16
if you wanted to get the overall area of say this room,
01:21
but you wanted to subtract
01:23
the countertop area from it.
01:25
We can pick our initial points to get the area,
01:30
then we can subtract area
01:33
by selecting the countertop area.
01:37
So you can see the result total area
01:41
in square inches and in square feet.
01:45
The object option
01:48
allows us to
01:49
select a closed poly line
01:52
and the area fills with green
01:55
just like the quick measure command
01:57
and the area and perimeter values are displayed on the screen.
02:02
The last option
02:03
is volume.
02:05
This is similar to using the area option but allows you to add a height
02:10
which is the thickness or depth to account for the volume.
02:14
In this example, I'll use the volume option to get the volume of the pool.
02:19
I can select the hatch
02:22
as an object.
02:24
Then for the height,
02:26
I can assume a height of 6 ft as an average
02:30
and I get the total volume and cubic inches displayed.
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