Length of Line, Arc, or Circle Application - How to

The length of line, arc, or circle application is there to give you information about any one of these objects including length, incline, distance, height and direction. 

How to get an objects length, distance and other measurements?

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 this application in the home screen, select add shortcut and add the application shown below. 
3. Select Points Around Relevant Area and Measure: Follow the prompts to get your output.

Select any line, arc or circle. Once selected the segment should turn red and the measurement output should appear on the right. You can then click on different sections and obtain their respective measurements on the right hand side. 

Note: You cannot select points and you can only select one object at a time. If you wish to compare line lengths please refer to the Dimensions Application.

Output Interpretation

"Slope length" refers to the overall length of the line including the vertical difference if there is a height difference between the points on the line. The "slope incline" then gives you the degrees of inclination of the line (if there are any) and the "height difference" measures the total vertical distance between the highest and lowest points of the line. Finally, the "direction" gives you the orientation of the line in degrees in relation to the orientation of the CAD file itself..

For circles, the output will have variables of radius, height difference, circle perimeter, and area. The area of the circle is represented as hectares, and it is very likely that future versions will show the area in square meters as well. In addition, the "height difference" refers to sloped, or 3D, circles.

For arcs, the output will have variables of radius, direction, arc length, height difference. "Direction" means the angle created from the start point to the end point of the arc. So, for instance, an arc with a direction of 180° means it is a perfect half circle. Also, the height difference metric applies for sloped, or 3D, arcs.

Future versions of the software will enable to draw arcs and circles in 3D (sloped).