Measuring from a PDF
1 Open the PDF | |
2 Click on the Tools tab | |
3 Click on the Measure icon
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4 Click Measuring Tool on the tool bar | |
First time only a. Right mouse click on PDF b. Select Preferences from the pop-up list c. At the bottom of the left-hand panel select Units d. Change the Page units to centimetres e. Close the window. | |
5 On your PDF, use a feature you know the 1:1 scale (real world) measurement for, or you can use the scale bar on the PDF of there is one.
This will give you the "paper" length of the line. | |
6 Right mouse click and select Change Scale Ratio and Precision
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7 All measurements on the PDF will now be shown as 1:1 scale (real world) measurements. |
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