Measure Coordinates

Measure

You can use Measure Coordinates to measure the coordinates of a point.

To measure the coordinates of a point

1. Click Measure Coordinates.

   Or

   Click Measure (How) and then Coordinates.

   

   Activate Measure in one of the following ways

   • Menu bar: Tools

   • Keyboard: Ctrl+Alt+M

   • Toolbar: Standard
2. Click the point whose coordinates you want to measure.

   The following values are displayed:

   • X coordinate
   • Y coordinate
   • Z coordinate

     When Offset coordinates are defined in the Project settings dialog box, the following is also returned:

   • X coordinate without offset
   • Y coordinate without offset
   • Z coordinate without offset

     In the case of point symbols, the following is also returned:

   • No. (point number)
   • Code/S (point code or station)
3. Do the following:
   • Click Set precision to specify the decimal places for the values returned. The values are rounded off accordingly.
   • Click to place the measurement result as text (only possible if you have not selected the measurement tool while another tool is active).
   • Click one of the values to use it for a tool or for the calculator.
   • Click and then, in the dialog box, click a value to copy it to the Clipboard.
   • Click OK to measure another element.
   • Click Cancel to quit the measurement tool.

Note: The coordinates returned are relative to the origin of the absolute coordinate system.

Note: To get the coordinates of a point by entering its point number, use Global Point.