Bug 436214

Summary: Measure distances (and areas?)
Product: [Applications] okular Reporter: Ph. Marek <philipp>
Component: generalAssignee: Okular developers <okular-devel>
Status: REPORTED ---    
Severity: wishlist CC: donnieb, franjesus, horvathg.1988, nate, tinozzo123
Priority: NOR    
Version: 21.04.0   
Target Milestone: ---   
Platform: Debian unstable   
OS: Linux   
Latest Commit: Version Fixed In:

Description Ph. Marek 2021-04-26 13:23:37 UTC
It would be great if there was some tool to measure distances (in points, mm, cm, dpi) and perhaps areas in an PDF.

I'd imagine zooming in as much as necessary, then choosing the measurement tool, and dragging a line (resp. a rectangle) on the screen; either the status bar or a hovering popup could show the distance in some choosable units (one or multiple).


Thanks a lot!
Comment 1 Don 2023-09-27 15:45:11 UTC
additional to just being able to measure sheet distance allowing for a scaling option on the reported distance would make Okular incredibly useful for the Architecture, Engineering, and Construction (AEC) market. We typically need to scale dimensions from drawings and right now the opensource options for this are extremely limited to work arounds with either InkScape or GIMP.