The Ruler Tool is a quick, easy way to measure a distance on a Plan and display the measured length.
📝Note: Rulers are Annotations only
Rulers drawn will not add Quantities to Measurements. To quantify and display the linear measurements on the Plan, please use the Length Tool with Show Totals enabled.
Drawing Rulers
Click the Ruler Tool, ensure the Plan Scale has been set
Click and release to begin moving the out
Hold SHIFT to draw a straight line and lock the angle to 15º incrementsClick and release to complete the Ruler
Displayed formats are Metric (none, mm, cm, m) or Imperial (in, ft)
Repeat for any additional Rulers
Click Done or press ESC
💡Enable the Snap to Objects Tool while drawing a Ruler to Snap to a PDF element of the Plan easily Eg. Walls or island benches.
Editing Rulers
Press ESC, zoom in on the ruler to select
Select the ruler on the plan
To move: Click, hold and drag
To move several items at once, use the select toolTo resize ruler: Click, hold and drag the blue square boxes
Hold SHIFT to draw a straight line and lock the angle to 15º increments
Click actions to:
Click settings to:
Edit the line colour, line width, opacity %, text colour, text size and number format
Number formats include (none, mm, cm, m) and (in, ft)
Click save, to cancel the changes click cancel
💡To restore Deleted Rulers
Hold CTRL/Command ⌘ and press Z or
Click Undo before leaving the Plan
Using an iPad or Tablet?
Click for alternate terminology.
Click for alternate terminology.
Things to note when following the above steps:
Tap instead of click
Unless there is a keyboard attached to the device, there are no shortcut keys on an iPad or Tablet
Tap Done instead of pressing ESC
Navigation hints:
Pinch zoom
Tap hold and drag to pan around a Plan
📝Note: Images within this article are taken from a desktop computer. Interface appearance on an iPad / Tablet devices may vary based on screen size, potentially hiding or shortening buttons to icons. For accuracy, consider using a stylus, Apple pencil or mouse.