Area Application - How to

This article is about how to measure the area between points within the CAD file displayed. 

How to Measure the Area Between a Set of Points

1. Open Your Project: Start by opening any project on your tablet.
2. Open Application: Either from the home screen or from the side menu in CAD view.
   • If you do not have the 'Area Application' in the home screen, select add shortcut and add the application shown below. 
3. Select two Points and Measure: Follow the prompts to get your output.

The points you select should turn red and red lines should appear between them to show what area will be measured. Make sure to click on the points in the correct order you want them to be included in and keep selecting them until you have the area you want to measure. If you want to remove a point from the selection just click on it again. Once you have the area selected, the corresponding measurements will appear on the upper right hand side. 

Once done with measuring the selected area or if you wish to restart the selection process, click on the green check point.

Understanding the Output

Once you have clicked on all the points to measure the intended area (at least three), you will see the relevant measures on the output on the right including the perimeter in m and km, the area in meters squared and the number of points you have selected.

If you wish to measure the volume of the selected area, you can also enter the specific height in the box on the right hand side under "Volume". This will lift each point up by the height indicated to create an invisible 3D object from which to calculate volume. Once you have entered a number, the volume measure should appear below this.

Live Measurements For the Area Application

On the upper right hand side of your output panel you also see an option to turn live measurements on or off. In the default mode this setting is off, as it simply is measuring existing points on a CAD file. However, if you want to make live measurements to calculate an area, you will have to first do the stationing setup. 

Live Measurements mean that you can measure objects on your jobsite to create the area you would like to calculate. This is convenient in case you wish to measure areas as you move around with the prism or if you need to change a point's location in real time. With live measurements turned on, you can combine the existing points on the CAD file as well as the measurements you make live to calculate your area and volume. To make live measurements, simply press on the "measure" button on the right side of the screen.