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The "Measure" PlugIT allows to do series of angle and distances measures by selecting several points in space. Left clic to select a point, right click to end the current measure line.

Parameters | 
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1 | 
      Font size to display measures.  | 
    
2 | 
      Font color.  | 
    
3 | 
      Background color of measures.  | 
    
4 | 
      Measure line color  | 
    
5 | 
      Measure maximum visibility distance. If set to 0, measures will be visible regardless of the distance.  | 
    
6 | 
      If checked, measure will keep a constant size on screen, independently from the distance.  | 
    
7 | 
      Distance up to which measures will keep a constant size on screen. If set to 0, measures will keep a constant size on screen regardless of the distance.  | 
    
8 | 
      Displays an additional label containing the total length of the measure.  | 
    
9 | 
      If checked, the application will automatically save the measures made.  | 
    
10 | 
      If checked, the saved measures will be visible on application startup.  | 
    
11 | 
      If checked, measures will always appear over other objects.  | 
    
12 | 
      Enables the measure tool when the application starts. | 
Action | 
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Add measure | 
      Add a measure from the values in the link parameters. Every points of the measure must be provided at once following this format :  X1 Y1 Z1 X2 Y2 Z2 X3 Y3 Z3 ...  | 
    
Disable | 
      Disables the measure tool. | 
Enable | 
      Enables the measure tool. When the measure tool is enabled you can also delete your previous measures by clicking the cross corresponding to these measures. | 
Show | 
      Display the previously drawn measure lines. | 
Hide | 
      Hide the previously drawn measure lines. | 
Clear last line | 
      Delete the last measure line drawn. | 
Clear all | 
      Delete all the measure lines. | 
Save | 
      Manually save the measures. Useless if the automatic save is enabled. | 
Event | 
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Current distance | 
      Sends the distance currently measured between the last point and the mouse.  | 
    
Current angle | 
      Sends the angle currentluy measured at the last point.  | 
    
Enabled | 
      Triggered when the plugIT is enabled  | 
    
Disabled | 
      Triggered when the plugIT is disabled  | 
    
Measure ended | 
      Triggered when a measure is ended  |