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Command: _DISTANCE

7 Comments Sep-05-2008 | Posted by Erhan Toker | Printable Version | Level |

AutoCAD 12 and higher versions

Here we are with one of the most frequently used commands in AutoCAD. It is a very useful command. It also has a very wide range of usage. Due to the fact that our company has been working on kitchen works for a quite long time, I will give an example for a kitchen. Let’s start with the drawing:

Fig.1

Kitchen designers know that it is very important to measure the distance between the kitchen cabinet that is last placed and the wall. In this case, we use DISTANCE command. The alias of this command is ‘DI’. You can also access to this command from ‘Inquiry’ menu (Fig. 2). However, I know that it is always the fastest way to use aliases of commands. I also suggest that you should get used to working in this way.

Fig.2
[text]Command : DI
DIST Specify first point: Specify second point:
Distance = 155.5, Angle in XY Plane = 0.0, Angle from XY Plane = 355.6
Delta X = 155.0, Delta Y = 0.0, Delta Z = -12.0[/text]
As a result of the command, you obtain information with a very rich content. The most valuable information is distance measurement. Angle information is given for all of the surfaces. This means that you can also select your points in 3 dimensional environment. In such cases, ‘Delta Z’ information will give the distance between the two points. This information is also very useful.

Have a nice day…