Measuring Cumulative Distance

Use the Cumulative Distance option to measure the distance along a path of multi-faceted (adjoining) points.

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

The Measurement Entities dialog box appears.

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

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

From the Measured Distance Units list, select the unit in which you want to measure the distance.

Select Cumulative.

Click a point on the drawing to define the starting point.

Continue clicking points along the path that you want to measure.

Each point is joined by a line.

Right-click to complete the measurement.

The measured line path, measurement and unit appear as in a value box entity on the current active markup layer. The cumulated measured distance, Delta-X and Delta-Y appear in the Measurement Entities dialog 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.