The temporary measure

The temporary measure is opened via the Extras pull-down menu, the shortcut <CTRL>+M or via the Control bar. It is used for temporary measuring during pattern development. Grafis also offers a recorded measurement function.

Step-by-step guide
  • Start measure from the Extras pull-down menu or from the Control bar.
  • Select a measurement type from the block of functions.
  • Click on the objects of the construction.
  • Set the display options for the active measurement,

There are four length measurements:

length of a single line

length of several lines

perimeter length

partial length of a line

Measure the length measurements indicated in on Bodice 10.

  1. length of front width
  2. total length of the four waist lines
  3. partial length of the side seam between waist and hip lines
  4. perimeter length of the back

When setting measurement B, the length of the four waist lines, start with the line at the centre front and click the four lines below, see . Alternatively, start with the centre back and click the individual lines above. As the number of lines is variable, the measure will be placed by right mouse click . Position the measurements suitably.

Then, close measuring.

There are five distance measurements:

direct distance

horizontal distance

vertical distance

perpendicular distance onto a connection between two points

perpendicular distance to a line

The different measurement types are well illustrated by the button symbols. Clicking on it automatically opens the sub-menu point construction .

Measure the distance measurements indicated in on Bodice 10

  1. dart content of the bust dart
  2. neck width
  3. neck depth
  4. perpendicular distance from the sleeve pitch to the connection between shoulder point and side seam
  5. distance from an arbitrary point on the arm-hole to the right bust dart leg

The position of each measurement can be altered by clicking and dragging. Close measuring,

There are five angle measurements:

angle between two lines at click point

angle at intersection point

angle about a turning point from a basic direction to a point

angle between three points

line direction in click point

Measure the angles in Bodice 10 shown in .

  1. angle between back neck and centre back at 20mm from the corner respectively
  2. angle between shoulder and armhole
  3. shoulder angle for back shoulder
  4. angle between dart legs of the shoulder dart
  5. direction of the armhole in the sleeve pitch; as there are two lines in the vicinity of this point, the desired line must be clicked after having defined the point. The measurement type line direction in click point is useful if the construction direction /orientation of a curve or a line is needed.

The coordinates/vector measurements measure point coordinates relating to the coordinate origin or to another constructed point. The change of these point coordinates correspond to the grade rules in common grade rule grading.

A coordinate/ vector measurement can be set in two ways:

co-ordinate/ vector from zero (origin)

co-ordinate/ vector from constructed zero point

Grade Bodice 10 in different sizes and stack it at the corner point neck/centre front (). Set a measurement coordinates from constructed zero point. First, the zero point is constructed at the corner point neck/centre front. The second point is the corner point shoulder/neck. The x component of the measurement shows the width of neck and the y component indicates the depth of neck.

An area measurement can be set in two different ways:

select single lines for perimeter of area

search lines for area perimeter automatically

Measure the surface area of Bodice 10 by clicking the single lines for the perimeter.

Click the five lines from the outside in order. After having clicked the last line, press to set the measurement. A closed perimeter is created automatically from the clicked lines. Protruding lines are cut off. The click point of the first line must be within the future perimeter contour! Until the measurement has been set with , individual lines can be reset with:

reset single lines

Measure the area of the front and back of Bodice 10 using search lines for area perimeter automatically (no picture). sets the measurement.

Internal partial areas can be deducted from an area measurement. The partial areas must be marked before the measurement is set.

Measure the area of the back of Bodice 10 without the area of the waist dart. First, define the outer contour of the back. A new partial area to be deducted from the original area begins with

start new partial area

Then, click the four lines of the waist dart. Please note the order. Then, set the measurement with or define a new partial area to be deducted with start new partial area.

display measurements in a table

All set measurements can be displayed in a table. Measurements of a graded stack are shown in all sizes. The table can be printed or copied to the clipboard.

There are three display options:

normal view

difference to first size

relative difference/difference to the previous size
sort measurements

If a co-ordinate/vector measurement is set in a graded stack, the third display option shows the grade rules between the sizes.

Clicking selects a single measurement. With <Ctrl>+A and <Ctrl> a number of measurements can be selected. <Del> deletes all selected measurements. The following display options can be chosen for selected measurements:

normal or larger number of decimals

Display of half the value or multiples of the value

In the pull-down menu Settings units for length/ distance and area can be selected amongst others.

If a number of measurements are selected they can create a chain measurement:

create chain measurement from a number of selected measurements

Set four measurements for the length of the individual waist lines of Bodice 10. Select all four measurements with pressed <Ctrl> key and use the button chain. The measurement E is created as a sum of the four individual measurements, see .

Now, select the four measurements A to D and set the tick for 2x. The four individual measurements have been doubled. Thus, E now indicates the circumference. Deactivate doubling 2x for the individual measurements and activate doubling 2x for measurement E only.