Distance, Perimeter and Area

Three core measurement tools, each producing a labelled annotation with real-world units.

Distance

Straight-line length between two points.

Workflow:

1. Tools → Measure → Distance.
2. Click the start point.
3. Click the end point.
4. A line is drawn with a label showing the computed length.

What you get:

• A solid line with optional arrow endings.
• A centre label showing length unit (e.g. 3.25 m).

Variants:

• Hold Shift while clicking the end to lock the angle to 0° / 45° / 90°.

Perimeter (Polyline)

Total length of a multi-segment path.

Workflow:

1. Tools → Measure → Perimeter.
2. Click each vertex along the path.
3. Double-click (or press Enter) to finish.
4. Esc cancels.

What you get:

• A polyline with a label at the centre showing the cumulative length.
• Each segment is visible; hovering shows per-segment length in a tooltip.

Use for: fencing runs, pipe routes, wall lengths with bends.

Area (Polygon)

Enclosed area of a closed polygon, plus perimeter as a secondary value.

Workflow:

1. Tools → Measure → Area.
2. Click each vertex of the polygon boundary.
3. Double-click or Enter to close and finalise.

What you get:

• A filled / outlined polygon.
• A central label showing area with units squared (e.g. 45.20 m²).
• Optional perimeter displayed in a secondary label or in the measurement properties panel.

Subtractive Area

For regions with holes (e.g. a room with a column):

1. Draw the outer polygon with Area as above, then press Esc to pause.
2. Alternatively use the Subtractive Area tool where available.
3. Draw the inner hole polygon. It is subtracted from the outer area.
4. Repeat for multiple holes.
5. Finalise.

Result: the displayed area is outer_area - sum(holes).

Rectangle Measure

Shortcut for rectangular regions.

1. Tools → Measure → Rectangle.
2. Click-and-drag the rectangle.
3. Release.

Result: a rectangle labelled with width × height, total perimeter and area.

Circle Measure

Similar for circles / ellipses.

1. Tools → Measure → Circle.
2. Click-and-drag to define the circle.
3. Release.

Result: radius, diameter, circumference, area.

Measurement Properties Panel

Select any measurement and open View → Measurements panel (or right-click the measurement → Properties) for:

Measurements List

View → Measurements List (or Ctrl+M where bound) opens a table of every measurement in the document with:

• Page number
• Type
• Value
• Label
• Quick "Go to" link

Useful for exporting takeoff to a report.

Recalibration

If you recalibrate the scale AFTER drawing measurements, existing labels keep their old values. You can:

• Delete and redraw.
• Right-click a measurement → Recalculate to update to the new scale.

Export

Measurements can be exported to CSV from the Measurements List (button at top of panel). Useful for cost estimation.