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 Analysis menu, select Measure.

The Measurement dialog box appears.

Note: From the AutoVue toolbar, you can also click Measure .

Click the Min. Distance tab.

Select Set 1

to select the entities that you want to measure from.

Select the snapping modes that you want to select as the entities for the measurement.

See EDA Snapping Modes

Note: If you click Select Nets, 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.

Select Set 2

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

Note: Select Zoom to Result, if you want to zoom into the measurement on the drawing.

Click Compute.

The minimum distance from the first set of entities to the second set is highlighted by a line. The minimum measured distance, Delta-X, Delta-Y, and the Manhattan Distance appear in the Measure Min. Distance section of the dialog box.

Click Close to close the Measurement dialog box.