Measuring two objects

You can measure:

• The direct distance between two objects — for example, two parallel lines, a line and a circle.
• Two control points, regardless of whether they belong to a single object or to different ones.
• The horizontal and vertical offset distance (Dx and Dy) between two objects or points as projected along the coordinate axes.
• Radii and diameters of ellipses.
• Angles.

Measuring the distance between two objects or control points

1. Do one of the following:

• On the Dimensions toolbar, click Two Objects Measure Tool .
• On the Dimensions menu, click Two Objects Measure Tool.

2. Click the first objects — a control point, a line or an axis, or two parallel lines or axes, or an arc, a circle or a fillet and a second object (an arc, a circle, a fillet, a control point, a line or an axis).

A sample image  the measuring line appears that follows the movement of the mouse pointer.

3. (Optional) To make the dimension line text appear always centered, ensure that Centered Text on the contextual edit bar is pressed in.
4. (Optional) Move the mouse pointer around to view the variant types of measuring.
5. To end the measuring, do one of the following:

• Click Select .
• Press ESC twice.

Measuring offset distances between two objects or control points

1. Do one of the following:

• On the Dimensions toolbar, click Two Objects Measure Tool .
• On the Dimensions menu, click Two Objects Measure Tool.

2. Click consecutively the two objects — these can be two control points; two arcs, circles or fillets; or an arc, a circle, a fillet and a control point — to measure the distance between them.

A measuring line appears that follows the movement of the mouse pointer.

3. (Optional) To make the dimension line text appear always centered, ensure that Centered Text on the contextual edit bar is pressed in.
4. (Optional) Move the mouse pointer around to view the variant types of measuring.

The indicator changes depending on the dimension type.

5. To end the measuring, do one of the following:

• Click Select .
• Press ESC twice.

Notes

• If you want to measure distance between a point and line, you can measure only the direct distance between them along the perpendicular from the point to the line. For similar reasons, you cannot measure a horizontal/vertical offset distance between:
• Two parallel lines or axes.
• An arc, a circle, or a fillet and a line or an axis.
• You can also measure a horizontal/vertical offset distance between the beginning and end points of a single line segment, when you use single-object measuring. In this case, click the line and then use Steps 3-5 from the procedure above. For details, see Measuring horizontal/vertical offset distance between the starting and end points of a single line.