Re: [Inkscape-user] Measuring distances and angles

On 5/18/06, Thorsten Wilms <t_w_@...1631...> wrote:

A measure tool in the sense of what the GIMP has, yes. But for precision and numerical entry (very important), you have to select the actual nodes. That is, this should work from the node tool, not be another tool. Select 2 nodes of 1 segment, read the distance (= lenght in case of a straight line), see it's not what you want, enter desired value ... that's the kind of workflow I'm about.

So, what you need is not really a separate tool, but a way to see and enter numeric coords for nodes, first. For that we have an RFE. Then we can build on that to measure distances and angles.