Enter a Distance

Use the Distance control to specify a distance. Typically, this is a horizontal distance. When calculating 3D points, the horizontal distance can also be a slope distance (SD) and you will be alerted as such. "Distance" appears in the Status Bar when this control is active.

Distance control is used in these commands:

Distance control gives you access to these commands on the context menu:

To specify a distance:

Pick a point in a graphic view. With the cursor "rubber-banding", pick another point to specify the distance.
Pick a line or line segment; the length of the segment will be used as the distance.
Type a value in the Distancebox to specify the horizontal distance or slope distance (SD), using any of the standard entry formats. Check and set the entry format in the Project Settings by selecting Project Settings> Units > Distance.
Note: When specifying a distance and slope from a point in the Profile View, the distance is always horizontal.
Type a point ID to point ID (e.g. 1>2), to recall the distance between two points.
Type a distance using mathematical operators or an expression to calculate the distance. The valid operators are + - * / and ( ) for expressions.
Type a distance in non-project units by including a character for the unit type. For example, if your project is using feet but you have data in meters, you can enter 3m to specify 3 meters. The unit you enter is converted to the project units.
Right-click in a graphic view, select a snap command from the context menu, and specify the necessary parameters.

Note: In commands where the direction is not determined, the cursor will "rubber band" as a circle. The center point is the anchor point , and the circle is drawn through the second point.