Tape Dimension

To record points based on tape measured lengths of lines perpendicular to each other starting from a reference line made of two known points.

The Tape Dimension is useful for calculation of the periphery of structures, such as buildings, that have features perpendicular to each other. This is done using tape measurements, relative to two known points that belong to one side of the structure (wall of the building), forming the reference line.

The dialog offers tools to specify start and end points of the reference line, input tape measured perpendicular segments (length and direction) one after another, calculate and record segment points coordinates and calculate the delta difference between horizontal coordinates of end point of the last measured segment and start point of the reference line. Four tabs are available in the dialog:

Click to open the dialog menu with additional options:


In the Ref Line tab, specify the reference line to start tape measurements from:


In the Tape Dim tab, enter the performed tape measurements one after another and monitor overall progress:


In the Results tab, review detailed data on entered tape measurements, check and save calculated results:


In the Map tab, entered tape measurements are shown graphically on the map along with other job objects. The reference line and measured perpendicular segments are red lines, their points are blue circles.