Measuring Minimum Distance

Use the Minimum Distance option to measure the minimum distance between entities. The available entities for snapping are nets, pins, vias and traces.

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

The Measurement Entities dialog box appears.

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

Click

First Set to select the entities that you want to measure from.

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

See EDA Snapping Modes

Note: If you select Net, you cannot select any other type of entity.

Click the first set of entities on the drawing.

The entities are highlighted.

Note: To clear the last set of entities you selected, click Clear Set.

Click

Second Set to select the entities that you want to measure to.

Click the second set of entities on the drawing.

The entities are highlighted in a different color.

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

Select Zoom to Result, if you want to zoom in on the measured value on the drawing.

Click Compute.

The minimum distance from the first set of entities to the second set is highlighted by a line. The measured line path, measurement and unit appear in a value box entity on the current active markup layer. The measurement, Delta-X, Delta-Y, and the Manhattan Distance appear in the Measurement Entities dialog box.

To move the value box, click and drag it to anywhere on the drawing.

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

Note: Click Reset to take another measurement.

Click Close to close the Measurement Entities dialog box.