Transferring measurement results to dialog line or calculator

Values that you measure with the measure tool can be transferred straight to the dialog line or calculator.

To transfer measured values

1. After you have activated a tool that expects you to enter a value (e.g. the length of a line), click Measure (How).
   

   Activate Measure in one of the following ways

   • Menu bar: Tools

   • Keyboard: Ctrl+Alt+M

   • Toolbar: Standard
2. Measure an element (a line, for example).
3. Click the value you want to copy to the dialog line or calculator.

   Important: The values calculated by the measure tool may be rounded-off. This can cause significant inaccuracies when you use this value as the basis for further calculations.