Measure Tool

The Measure Tool lets you measure the distance between objects, between an object and a page element (e.g., a placed guide, the page centre or the page edge) or between guides. This can be done vertically, horizontally or diagonally.

The tool also lets you scale your document or the currently selected artboard by either setting a scale factor (e.g., 1:100, 1cm:1km) or by scaling to a known distance (e.g., 10 metres) on a currently measured object dimension.

The tool is not part of the default set. However, it can be added to the panel via View>Customise Tools.

Settings

The following settings can be adjusted from the context toolbar:

Drawing Scale—sets the drawing scale for the document or currently selected artboard. By default, all measurements are made using this scale setting.
Assign Drawing Scale—with a current measurement in place, click to enter a 'real world' dimension from which the drawing scale will be calculated.

Settings

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