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seth_r_kaufman
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January 11, 2011
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Measuring in Acrobat Pro X

  • January 11, 2011
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1. How do I set the scales and units for the document? This is not described in the Help.

2. After I've created a measurement, how do I edit the dimension text? For example, I want to change the color, font, and rotation of the text. How do I do that? What if I want to change the text itself, for example if I want to add parentheses around the dimension (example in mechanical reference dimensions).

This is the basic help link. It does not answer my questions above.

http://help.adobe.com/en_US/acrobat/pro/using/WS58a04a822e3e50102bd615109794195ff-7f9d.w.html

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    Correct answer George_Johnson

    It is present in Acrobat X, just select: Tools > Analyse > Measuring Tool

    If Analyse is missing, click the little icon/button in the upper right of the Tools pane and select it from the drop down list.

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    Scott Fawaz
    Participant
    August 25, 2011

    Was this issue ever resolved? I too want to change the font size of a measured dimension.

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    Jack Deshon
    Participant
    August 25, 2011

    Scott

    See my reply.  I can now use the tool to my satisfaction - identify the distance to be measured, adjust the scale ("ratio") to suit that of the drawing, complete the measurement, save the mark-up.

    Changing the font size of a measured dimension is another matter, and I haven't tried to do that.

    Good luck

    Jack

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    Scott Fawaz
    Participant
    August 26, 2011

    Jack,

    Thanks, main issue for me is still being able to change the font size of a measured dimension.

    scott

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    Dave Merchant
    Legend
    January 11, 2011

    The units and scale ratio for the 2D measurement tool are set by right-clicking the page once you have selected the measuring tool. The base unit for scaling is the physical dimension of the PDF page.

    Although you can add and edit a prefix for each measurement label, to edit the number and unit created by the measurement markup tools it is necessary to use a little chunk of JavaScript to add a new menu item. The tool itself is designed not to allow "faked" measurements, so people can trust what they see.

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    seth_r_kaufmanAuthor
    Participant
    January 11, 2011

    Thank you for your response. What about changing font, color, rotation, and text size of the dimension?

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    Dave Merchant
    Legend
    January 11, 2011

    You can change the text style using a similar bit of JavaScript, by setting the .richContents property rather than the .contents property.

    Here's an example that reformats the label on selected measurement(s) and appends a warning on a new line underneath:

    var sAnnots = this.selectedAnnots;
    if (!sAnnots) app.alert("No measurements are selected")
    else {
      for (var i=0; i<sAnnots.length; i++) {
        var spans = new Array();
        spans[0] = new Object();
        spans[0].text = sAnnots.contents;
        spans[0].textColor = color.blue;
        spans[0].textSize = 12;
        spans[1] = new Object();
        spans[1].text = "\n(do not scale)";
        spans[1].textColor = color.red;
        spans[1].fontStyle = "italic";
        spans[1].alignment = "center";

            var nProps = { style: "S", richContents: spans};
            sAnnots.setProps(nProps);
      }
    }

    Text rotation isn't possible.

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