Center tool

Button

Use

Click several points and find their common center assuming they form a circle.

Double-click the last point (point 5 in the example) to finish.

Tips

To undo a mouse click, press the Esc key.

"Lasso" function: when using this tool, the program will "sample" points when you press the Ctrl key whilst moving the mouse.

While you are moving the mouse to the next position, lengths and angles are displayed in the status bar at the bottom of the Digimizer window.

Measurements

The radius is displayed in the Measurements list window (*).

When the option Show result after finalizing measurement is selected, then the radius is displayed in a small window next to the object.

Summary statistics for all radiusses measured with the Center tool are displayed in the Statistics window.

*Only the parameters selected in the Measurements List Columns options box are displayed in the Measurements list window.

See also

Measurement tools