Use Quick Measure for real-time measurements

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The measure command can be accessed by going to the home tab,

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the utilities panel

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and clicking on the measure. Pull down.

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The first option under measure is quick,

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commonly referred to as the quick measure command.

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This is a great graphical tool as you

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can quickly see dimensions just by hovering over

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an area.

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Notice that there are objects such as furniture or other

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items in the middle of some of the rooms.

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This can cause issues with quick measure.

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You can see measurements stop at the furniture geometry

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to alleviate this.

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I have all of the rooms on their own layer. I can isolate that layer

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and the results will be obvious

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using layer isolate will isolate everything on the selected layer

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so that those items will be the only items on the screen.

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As you can see with no obstructions in the middle of the rooms,

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measurements can be accessed quickly and easily.

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And that's not all

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while in the quick measure command.

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If you left click

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and hold the mouse button,

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you get instant area and parameter values

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not too bad for just hovering and clicking.