The measurement function is one of the most core functions of the PDFBlueprint.
You can measure lengths, areas, angles, radius and quantities.
Once the measurements are complete, you can also use the "Tabulate" to summarize and organize them.
Let's see the detailed tutorial:
1. First of all, make sure your computer has installed PDFBlueprint, if not yet installed, please download the installation package from the official website and install it.
Official website: https://pdf.fastcadreader.com/
2. Open a drawing in PDF format that needs to be measured.
3. Click on the "Settings" button in the menu bar. Enter the "Comment Settings" dialog box. You can set the current comment color, font size, line width, area unit, and display precision of numbers. Among them, the current comment color, font size, line width will be in the memory of this computer.
4. Set Scale
Click the "Scale" button. Left-click to specify two points of a line segment of known length on the drawing that is as long as possible. Then enter the actual lengths of the line segment in the dialog box. and then start measuring. This way the scale is set and you can start working on the measurement.
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5. Measurement
Click the "Measure" button. In the "Measure" panel, you can click on the measurement function you want to use.
Note: When using any measurement function, there is always a prompt information below the menu bar. Measurement based on prompted information will be more efficient.
6. Tabulate
Click on "Tabulate" button, you can count the length, area, and quantity on a certain page or pages of PDF charts to get the total length, total area, and total quantity.
You can also filter according to the set color of the comment and export measurement records to Excel.
7. Delete Measurement Comment
8. Hide/Show Comment
You can temporarily hide all comments by clicking "Hide Comment" in the bottom right corner of the software, and click "Show Comment" to show them back again.
9. Save Comment
Click the "Save" button in the upper left corner and the annotations on the PDF will be saved into the PDF.
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