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 polygon
Functions
- measure the circumfence of a polygon
- measure the area of a polygon
Description
Using this measure instrument, you can measure the circumfence and
the area of a polygon.
Move the blue corner points to modify the polygon. If you want to
add a new point, move the small point in the center of one of the
polygon lines. It will change to an corner point. If you want to
remove a corner point, just move it the the one of the corner
points next to it.
Functions in the popup menu
| Attach to window
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when the measure instrument is moved, the window below will be
detected and the instrument attached to this window. If this window
is moved in a further operation, the measure instrument is moved
synchron to this window. This mode is active, as long as the menu
item Attach to window is checkd and the window is visible.
If you minimize this window or close the attached application, the
mode is deactivated, too. |
| Modify - Set to origin state
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the measure instrument is moved to a defined start
position |
| Modify - Create Copy
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a copy of the current measure instrument will be created. The
Copy is disabled, but can be enabled or deleted with its popup
menu |
Supported function keys
| <Ctrl><Alt><C> |
copy the measured values to the clipboard |
| <Ctrl><Alt><cursor left> |
move the measure instrument one pixel to the left |
| <Ctrl><Alt><cursor right> |
move the measure instrument one pixel to the right |
| <Ctrl><Alt><cursor up> |
move the measure instrument one pixel up |
| <Ctrl><Alt><cursor down> |
move the measure instrument one pixel down |
Have a look at the function key help
page for more details about the functions keys and how you can
configure them.
Remote Interface
The generel description of the remote interface is here.
Transfer of the measured values
| ValueID
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Format of the return value |
| 1 |
circumfence of a polygon * 10
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| 2 |
area of a polygon * 10
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Transfer of the positioning information
| ValueID
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Format of the return value |
| 1 |
number of points of the polygon =N |
| 2..N+1 |
LoWord: x coordinate of the polygon point
HiWord: y coordinate of the polygon point |
| N+2 |
LoWord: x coordinate of the info field
HiWord: y coordinate of the info field |
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