Calculating and measuring in AutoCAD drawings - Measure values with the Distance and Area tools

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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