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Areas

Posted: Wed May 16, 2007 7:08 pm
by LuisC-SM
Hi.
This cuold be a very stupid question, but before buying I'd like to know 2 things.
1. When drawing a polygon; let's say a rectangle, will I be able to establish the lines measurements?
2. Is there a way to automatically get the area?

eg: I draw a rectangle which measuremets are 3 M wide and 6 M large, the obvious area result should be 18 square meters.

Thanks for your response.

Luis

Re: Areas

Posted: Sun May 20, 2007 9:25 pm
by andrew
LuisC-SM wrote: 1. When drawing a polygon; let's say a rectangle, will I be able to establish the lines measurements?
Yes, you would usually do that with the dimensioning tool. Dimensions are drawing elements that show for examples the length of a line.

See also:
http://www.ribbonsoft.com/qcad/manual_r ... ter24.html
LuisC-SM wrote: 2. Is there a way to automatically get the area?
eg: I draw a rectangle which measuremets are 3 M wide and 6 M large, the obvious area result should be 18 square meters.
No, not fully automatically. You would have to use the tool 'Info' - 'Polygonal Area' and then click the four corners of your rectangle.

See also:
http://www.ribbonsoft.com/qcad/manual_r ... r29.html#5

Posted: Mon May 21, 2007 5:59 pm
by LuisC-SM
Thanks.

Enough for me to buy the product.

Kind Regards

Luis