Measuring Tool Issue

I do 95% of my work on architectural drawings. The measuring tool used to work great when I wanted to convert inches to feet. For some odd reaon, even after I select the proper scaling, it does not display the correct figures. All I am trying to do is scale an opening and convert inches to feet and be able to see the measurments. Any suggestions?
Thanks for your help.

What about just simply having the measurement and section toolbar appear? I've been capturing files using the "print screen" method and not been able to produce a PDF that will display the measurement and section tool in the reader. Can anyone tell me how to do it?
Thanks,
Luigi

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I am measuring a drawing and I can't see what I need to click on because the measuring tool graphics are so large. Please see the images. Is there a way to make the graphics smaller, thinner, etc. so that I can actually measure something with a bit more accuracy?
In the pictures below I am trying to measure a wall footing and in the second image the rectangular footing is covered by the arrows when using the measuring tool. In the third picture, you can see what I am measuring and how covered up the rectangular footing is in the previous image.
I want to annotate the drawing with the measurements so I don't want to turn off the leaders and annotation. If someone has an answer, i would really appreciate the help. Thanks in advance.
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I am sorry if I have wasted anyone's time. I have actually now found a solution.
Right clicked the page when the measuring tool was selected and chose 'change scale ratio'. However, I would have never thought that it was a ratio issue...
Thanks a lot, anyway.

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Am try to use the measurement tool to measure perspective plain; any ideas?

No one can remotely have "any ideas" to help you when you don't even mention what your problem is nor what your system and workflow are like.
Of course, when you post here,one assumes you have done your due diligence, read the documentation, the user guide, the Help files in the Photoshop Help menu, as well as done Google and forum searches, etc, and we would expect some sensible, detailed information from you.
Teaching someone Photoshop from scratch, step by step, exceeds the scope of this forum—or any other forum.
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Note that this is boilerplate text.
If you give complete and detailed information about your setup and the issue at hand,
such as your platform (Mac or Win),
exact versions of your OS, of Photoshop (not just "CS6", but something like CS6v.13.0.6) and of Bridge,
your settings in Photoshop > Preference > Performance
the type of file you were working on,
machine specs, such as total installed RAM, scratch file HDs, total available HD space, video card specs, including total VRAM installed,
what troubleshooting steps you have taken so far,
what error message(s) you receive,
if having issues opening raw files also the exact camera make and model that generated them,
if you're having printing issues, indicate the exact make and model of your printer, paper size, image dimensions in pixels (so many pixels wide by so many pixels high). if going through a RIP, specify that too.
A screen shot of your settings or of the image could be very helpful too,
etc.,
someone may be able to help you (not necessarily this poster, who is not a Windows user).
Please read this FAQ for advice on how to ask your questions correctly for quicker and better answers:
http://forums.adobe.com/thread/419981?tstart=0
Thanks!

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Had same issue with Firefox 8.0 in Windows 7 Home Premium-64 bit.
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I have been searching this topic and I can't find anything conclusive on this situation. I have Adobe Reader XI version 11.0.10. I would like to take measurements of parts on a 3D PDF. These folks are outsourcing work to us to build and I can't get measurements that I need from the notations they have made. I know the measure tool will solve my issues, I have seen it in use, but I don't have access. I have the following tools available above my 3D image:
I know the ruler / measure tool belongs up in the left section of tools but mine isn't there. I have the Extended toolbar and I can see the Measuring Tool is disabled here. Object Data Tool & Geospatial Location Tool aren't helping me.
I have looked at the document security settings and nothing stands out to me that says I have limited access this way. How do I activate my ruler? or if this functionality has been deactivated by the document author, where can I find that out conclusively?

The tool needs to be enabled using Acrobat. For example, in Acrobat 9 you'd open the document and select: Comments > Enable for Commenting and Analysis in Adobe Reader
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Hi,
When reading the PDF in Acrobat 9 Pro, how can I change the measurement units from inches to metric when using the measuring tool?
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It would be truly great if anyone could clarify this. Thank you so much!

I am sorry if I have wasted anyone's time. I have actually now found a solution.
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The file IS a .pdf file type and I am accessing it via a shared drive (not email) and I don't know how you'd tell whether it was damaged. Do I need to change some other setting on Reader X? Is there a technical solution that is not obvious? Or do I need to go back to the drawing board and work with the creator?!
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Hi SGckc,
This document is almost certainly a dynamic XFA form. Unfortunately, our mobile Reader does not support displaying or filling such forms. The application that produces this form embeds this message into the document so that non-supportive viewers (like ours) will display this "error" page when the document opens. I do realize that this is confusing and I would like to add some additional detection to our Reader for this case. However, we've avoided doing this for fear of confusing users even further. Your feedback helps though. Hopefully we'll find a way to detect this case and present a better message to the user like: This form is not supported by the mobile version of the Adobe Reader. Please open and fill it on the non-mobile version of the Adobe Reader for Windows, Linux or Mac OSX.
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Using a javascript to change the font size used by the measurement tool

A couple years ago I saw a javascript written that would allow me to chang the font size used by the measurement tool in Acrobat 9. When the IT department deliverd my new laptop with Acrobat X Pro, they had wiped out the script and I am not expert enough to recreate it from scratch. Any suggestions? I believe it was in an older post by Dave Merchant, but I truly can't find the post or a way to recreate the script. Thanks for any help.

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this.syncAnnotScan();
var annots = this.getAnnots();
for (var i in annots) {
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    if (annots[i].type=="Line") {
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I have Adobe Acrobat Pro XI and cannot enable the measuring tool. Any advice?

I have tried to add to the tool set, but I am not allowed to select the Measuring Tool and move to it the tool set.
Any help is appreciated.

The Measuring Tool is not showing in the tools panel either.
Sent from my Samsung Galaxy S4. Please excuse any typos.

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ERROR: DW063: Command ARKDeleteDirectoryCommand failed.(Seq 80)
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ERROR: DW063: Command ARKDeleteDirectoryCommand failed.(Seq 116)
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ERROR: DW063: Command ARKDeleteDirectoryCommand failed.(Seq 171)
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ERROR: DW063: Command ARKDeleteDirectoryCommand failed.(Seq 213)
ERROR: DF037: Unable to delete directory "C:\ProgramData\Adobe\CameraRaw\LensProfiles\1.0\Sigma". Error 145 Das Verzeichnis ist nicht leer.(Seq 214)
ERROR: DW063: Command ARKDeleteDirectoryCommand failed.(Seq 214)
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ERROR: DW063: Command ARKDeleteDirectoryCommand failed.(Seq 241)
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ERROR: DW063: Command ARKDeleteDirectoryCommand failed.(Seq 284)
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ERROR: DW063: Command ARKDeleteDirectoryCommand failed.(Seq 287)
ERROR: DF037: Unable to delete directory "C:\ProgramData\Adobe\CameraRaw\LensProfiles\1.0". Error 145 Das Verzeichnis ist nicht leer.(Seq 288)
ERROR: DW063: Command ARKDeleteDirectoryCommand failed.(Seq 288)
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ERROR: DW063: Command ARKDeleteDirectoryCommand failed.(Seq 289)
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ERROR: DW063: Command ARKDeleteDirectoryCommand failed.(Seq 712)
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ERROR: DW063: Command ARKDeleteDirectoryCommand failed.(Seq 955)
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Measure tool in Photoshop CS6

why is the unit of measurement displayed when using the measure tool wrong? I have changed it in the units and rulers in preferences but it is still wrong.

Hello Emma,
It works ok for me here. Where are you reading the measurement? (Info Panel? Ruler Tool Option Bar?)
Is your Photoshop up to date?

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I created a Geo-spatial PDF using ESRI's ArcGIS. I opened the PDF in Adobe Acrobat Pro X and made some minor cosmetic changes. In Acrobat Pro X I was able to use all the geospatial tools including the measuring tool. I saved the changes to the PDF.
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yes i just found it. I had to get rid of the common tools box and go to view then tool sets. Thanks for the response.

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