
Using the Measurement Box
The following table describes the information that appears when you highlight each icon, and explains when each icon is available for selection.
Icon | Icon Name | This icon appears | Highlighting this icon | Lockable | |
when this is selected: | displays: | ||||
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5 | Coordinates | A single point | Coordinates of the point | Yes | |
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| Two points on one object | Distance between two |
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| Distance/ | or two different objects, |
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= | points, length of a line | Yes | |||
length | or a single line segment | ||||
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| or a vector | segment or vector |
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> | Slope | Single line, ray, line | Slope of the line, ray, | Yes | |
segment, or vector | line segment or vector | ||||
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| Any single line or line | Function of the object |
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? | Equation | segment, ray, circle, or | (using rectangular | No | |
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? | Expression | A single expression | Calculation formula | No | |
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? | Vector | A single vector | Vector components | Yes | |
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@ | Radius | A single circle or arc | Radius of circle or arc | Yes | |
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A | Circumference | A single circle or arc | Length of the | No*3 | |
circumference | |||||
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A | Perimeter | A single polygon | Sum of the lengths of | No | |
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B | Area | Any three points, a single | Area | No*3 | |
circle, arc, or polygon | |||||
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6 | Angle*1 | Two lines, line segments, | Angle and its |
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7 | Supplementary | rays, or vectors*2 in any | supplement formed by | Yes | |
Angle*1 | combination | the two objects |
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| Two circles or arcs, line | Whether the two items |
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| Tangency | and circle, or a line and | Yes | ||
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| Whether the line |
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9 | Congruence | Two line segments | segments are the same | Yes | |
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8 | Incidence | Point and a line, arc, | Whether the point is on | Yes | |
circle or a vector | the line/curve | ||||
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The angle and supplementary angle is always displayed as degrees.
When two vectors are selected, the angle that is no the angle formed mathematically by the two vectors. It merely indicates the simple angle that would be formed if the vectors were two lines.
The circle itself can be locked.
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