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Use the Quick Measure tool for real-time area, distance, and perimeter measurements.
Type:
Tutorial
Length:
2 min.
Transcript
00:03
The measure command can be accessed by going to the home tab,
00:08
the utilities panel
00:10
and clicking on the measure. Pull down.
00:13
The first option under measure is quick,
00:15
commonly referred to as the quick measure command.
00:20
This is a great graphical tool as you
00:22
can quickly see dimensions just by hovering over
00:26
an area.
00:28
Notice that there are objects such as furniture or other
00:32
items in the middle of some of the rooms.
00:34
This can cause issues with quick measure.
00:38
You can see measurements stop at the furniture geometry
00:42
to alleviate this.
00:44
I have all of the rooms on their own layer. I can isolate that layer
00:49
and the results will be obvious
00:53
using layer isolate will isolate everything on the selected layer
00:59
so that those items will be the only items on the screen.
01:05
As you can see with no obstructions in the middle of the rooms,
01:09
measurements can be accessed quickly and easily.
01:13
And that's not all
01:14
while in the quick measure command.
01:17
If you left click
01:18
and hold the mouse button,
01:21
you get instant area and parameter values
01:25
not too bad for just hovering and clicking.
Video transcript
00:03
The measure command can be accessed by going to the home tab,
00:08
the utilities panel
00:10
and clicking on the measure. Pull down.
00:13
The first option under measure is quick,
00:15
commonly referred to as the quick measure command.
00:20
This is a great graphical tool as you
00:22
can quickly see dimensions just by hovering over
00:26
an area.
00:28
Notice that there are objects such as furniture or other
00:32
items in the middle of some of the rooms.
00:34
This can cause issues with quick measure.
00:38
You can see measurements stop at the furniture geometry
00:42
to alleviate this.
00:44
I have all of the rooms on their own layer. I can isolate that layer
00:49
and the results will be obvious
00:53
using layer isolate will isolate everything on the selected layer
00:59
so that those items will be the only items on the screen.
01:05
As you can see with no obstructions in the middle of the rooms,
01:09
measurements can be accessed quickly and easily.
01:13
And that's not all
01:14
while in the quick measure command.
01:17
If you left click
01:18
and hold the mouse button,
01:21
you get instant area and parameter values
01:25
not too bad for just hovering and clicking.
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