What’s the Best Way to Measure LF on a Curved Wall?
If you use Polylength, you can convert lines to arc segments by using the right-click menu. Then use the control points get it to align with the curve.
If you just want a measurement that doesn't show up in the Markups list, you can use the Center Radius tool and then turn on the captions. Why these tools don't show their properties in the Markups list is something that I've asked for but has not happened yet.
Since you probably DO want them to appear, go with what Jason said.
@ProGuard Asset Management how accurate do you need to be/do you want to see a curved markup?
Typically we use a Polylength measurement with multiple control points to provide a "chorded" length. This is similar to what was suggested by @Jason Artley, but don't go through the step of converting the segments to arcs. The measured length is basically the same at the tolerance level that we measure to - without having to fit multiple arc segments:
Hope this helps. 😎
What he said ☝️
@David Cutler Thank you! Trying to get as accurate as possible…..
How do I that?
That's a good question @ProGuard Asset Management! I can't say that I've done a deep dive into "accuracy" of my measurements. At this point what we are measuring is "close enough" for our workflow as we are typically totaling up multiple measurements and may very well round to the nearest 5 FT in the case of curb. At the price point we don't win or loose a project based on that item.
I suppose you could shorten the chord lengths between points on the curve. Mine range from 1'-4" to 2' in this example:
@Doug McLean or @Vince French might have some more "in depth" thoughts on this.
Okay, thank you!
Keeping the points as close together as possible is probably the way to go @David Cutler. As you have said these types of measurement are accurate enough for what we need - especially as when measuring kerbs we don't tend to take into account things like any sloping of the ground, etc…
curious as to why you're looking for that level of accuracy?
For most things, you're going to add 15-20% for waste anyways, so being out an inch or two isn't really going to make that much of a difference in most cases.
Was dealing with a designer who wanted that tyoe of accuracy….
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