How to measure angles and line segments

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msparkland1
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How to measure angles and line segments

Postby msparkland1 » Sun May 22, 2011 7:47 am

It's in the title.
How do you measure angles and line segments?

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brynn
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Re: How to measure angles and line segments

Postby brynn » Sun May 22, 2011 12:27 pm

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There's an extension: Extensions menu > Visualize Path > Measure Path, which will measure a path. I'm sorry, I don't know about measuring angles. But maybe someone else will :D

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Grobe
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Re: How to measure angles and line segments

Postby Grobe » Sun May 22, 2011 10:58 pm

Workaround:
You need a simple calculator for this.

1
Draw the line with an angle.

2
Make sure "Snap to cusp node" si activated.

3
Put a guideline in parallell with both line segments. Tips: you can adjust it's angle by holding Shift button down while adjust with mouse.

4
Double click on each guideline to get it's absolute angle. Then use a calculator and calculate the difference in angle.


Alternative way: If you have given absolute coordinates, then Geogebra is a good tool to measure angles.
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