- Measure distances and lengths on a PDF. Measure areas and perimeters on a PDF drawing. Get running totals of measurements for takeoffs and estimates. Rearrange PDF pages visually and interactively. Rotate individual PDF pages. Annotate PDFs with text, images and shapes.
- Measure distances and lengths on a PDF. Measure areas and perimeters on a PDF drawing. Get running totals of measurements for takeoffs and estimates. Rearrange PDF pages visually and interactively. Rotate individual PDF pages. Annotate PDFs with text, images and shapes.
- October 15, 2019
- Scott Nguyen, Integrated Sales and Support
When you open a geospatial PDF, the Acrobat measuring tools read the geospatial information and measure distance and area instead of page or object dimensions. Use the measurement tools to calculate distance, perimeter, and area on any geospatially enabled PDF.
Foxit PhantomPDF makes it easy to measure distances and areas of objects in PDF documents with our “Measure Tools”.
These tools are especially useful when you’re creating manuals, instructional guides, forms, and computer-aided design (CAD) drawings—or when you want to measure areas of any document before sending to a professional printer.
While you have many options for measuring in PhantomPDF, the tools are very easy to use. Let’s take a look.
How to use the Measure Tools in PhantomPDF
To measure an object, choose COMMENT > Measure, then choose the measurement tool you wish to use:
- Select Distance to measure an object’s length or height, or distance between two points
- Select Area to measure the space within line segments
- Select Perimeter to measure the distance spanning multiple points
Before measuring, you can set the scaling ratio; show result information (if you want to see the current measuring result, including real distance, angle, horizontal and vertical position); and add comments to your measurement that display when someone hovers over it.
Pdf Measure Tool Change Scale
After you select the tool you want to use, the COMMENT FORMAT tab will appear where you can select those options.
Other options that enhance your measurements
You can also:
- Snap to endpoints, midpoints, paths, and intersections
- Modify measurement markups and annotations
- Change the length and orientation of your line segment
- Flip the markup or annotation associated with each measurement
Pdf Measure Tool Change Scale
In short (pun intended!), you can get all of the measurements that you need for content in your professional PDF documents.
For details on using these Measure Tools, see page 150 of the PhantomPDF Standard User Manual.