Meazure offers a variety of units in which to display linear and angular measurements each selected using the Units menu. The linear units are used to measure positions, lengths and resolutions.

• Pixels - Picture elements are the fundamental unit of measure available from Meazure.
• Twips - These units are typically used by programs such as Visual Basic when designing screen dialogs. One twip is equal to 1/1440 of an inch or 1/20 of a point.
• Points - The point is most commonly used in typography to measure the height of characters in a font. One point is equal to 1/72 of an inch.
• Picas - One pica is equal to 12 points. Therefore, one pica is equal to 1/6 of an inch.
• Inches - Standard English unit of measure.
• Centimeters - Standard metric unit of measure. There are 2.54 centimeters to one inch.
• Millimeters - Standard metric unit of measure. There are 25.4 millimeters to one inch.

Angles are measured using one of the following units.

• Degrees - Measures between 0 and 360 degrees for a full circle.
• Radians - Measures between 0 and 2 * pi radians for a full circle.

All linear units except pixels require Meazure to convert from pixels to the desired units using the screen resolution (dots per inch). For the conversion to be correct, the screen resolution values must be correct. By default, Meazure uses the screen resolution values reported by the Windows operating system. These values are not accurate. You should determine the true screen resolution using the Resolution Calibration dialog. When you first select units that requires the use of the screen resolution, a dialog will be displayed urging you to calibrate Meazure. To learn more about the screen resolution see the Resolution Calibration online help.

A custom set of linear measurement units can be defined using the Custom Units preferences. Once a set of custom units has been defined, it is displayed on and can be selected using the Units menu.