Measuring an Angle

From the Markup menu, select Add entity, select Measurement, and then select Angle.

The Measurement Entities dialog box appears.

Note: From the Markup Entity toolbar, you can also click Angle .

Select From 3 Points if you want to measure the angle between three points. The snapping modes are displayed.

Select the snapping modes that you want to use for measuring.

To select all snapping modes, click All On. To deselect all snapping modes click All Off.

See 2D Vector Snapping Modes

Select Between 2 lines if you want to measure the angle between two lines.

From the Measured Angle Units list, select the unit in which you want to measure the angle.

If you selected From 3 Points, click three points on the drawing to define the angle.

If you selected Between 2 Lines, click two lines on the drawing to define the angle.

Angle arms appear with an arc connecting them.

Click to complete the measurement.

The measured line path, measurement and unit appear in a value box entity on the current active markup layer. The measured angle also appears in the Measurement Entities dialog box.

To change the size of the arc, click and drag the value box.

To resize the value box, select it and then click and drag the frame handles.

Note: To make another measurement, click Reset.

Click Close to close the Measurement Entities dialog box.