Exercise | Measure Objects

In this exercise, you use distance, radius, angle, area, and volume to extract specific data from the floor plan.

The completed exercise

1. Open I_Measure.dwg.
2. Zoom into the powder room at the right side of drawing.

   

3. On the Home tab, click Utilities panel > Measure drop-down > Distance.

   

4. Acquire the total lengths of the walls in the powder room.
   • Select the first point in the powder room
   • At the command line prompt, enter M and press ENTER to use the Multiple points option.

     

   • Continue clicking each inside corner until you arrive back at the original starting point.
   • Notice the total length of all walls in the powder room.

     

5. Acquire the radius of the stairway wall.
   • On the Home tab, click Utilities panel > Measure drop-down > Radius.
   • Select the outside edge of the curved stairway wall to the left of the powder room.

     

   • Click the wall to acquire the wall's radius.

     

6. Use the angle option to ensure the walls are at a 90 degree angle.
   • On the Home tab, click Utilities panel > Measure drop-down > Angle.
   • Select the bottom wall of the powder room.

     

   • Select the wall behind the sink.

     

   • Verify that the two walls are at a 90 degree angle.

     

7. Find the area of the floor in the powder room.
   • On the Home tab, click Utilities panel > Measure drop-down > Area.
   • Click each of the interior corners of the powder room consecutively.

     

   • Finish clicking points at your starting point.
   • Press ENTER to view the area of the powder room floor.

     

8. Find the volume of the powder room.
   • On the Home tab, click Utilities panel > Measure drop-down > Volume.
   • Click each of the interior corners of the powder room consecutively.
   • Press ENTER. You are prompted to enter a height.
   • For height, enter 108 (note the 9' ceiling height). Press ENTER.
   • Notice the volume of the room.

     

9. Close all files. Do not save the drawings.