Measure 1.0

by

Rosso Agostino

Why Measure?

How to use Measure?

Where to put it?

Windows requirement

Known Bugs

ShareWare

Thanks

Contact


Why Measure?

Some time ago, a friend of mines, say to me:

 << I need a program that measure the bones. I need to know the exact measure of the angle, the distance and possibly the measure of a area>>.

Of course this friend is a doctor!!

After one week I realized this work.

Well someone else can use it. You can use this program for measure bone (terrific!!) or something else (thats good!).

If you like this program please read the shareware notes.


How to use Measure?

Intoduction

Begin the measure

Get a length

Get an angle

Get an area

Select the pen style

Decide when put text


Where put Measure?
Where to put it?

I don't care where you put the files. The only requirements is that help and executable files must be in the same directory.

This means that MEASURE.EXE and MEASURE.HLP must be in the same directory.


Introduction

This program is made for get the measure from images.

For get a correct measure you must impost an initial measure on the image. Normally this is done setting a linear measure that you know. For example if the image is a map you can set the distance from a city to another one and then get all the other distance, angle, and area of the map.

This program is made explicitly for measure the distance from X-ray photograph (thats why the measure are in mm), but it can be adapted for any purpose (as a retrieves distances from map).

All operation are supported by a Dialog Information Bar on the bottom on the window. If you move the mouse on the image or on the menu the Dialog Information Bar will tell you some additional info.


Begin the measure

Initially you have to set a linear distance selecting Set Measure from the Measure menu.

A message box will appear telling you the simple operation to do.

The measure is set by clicking the right button of the mouse and dragging in the final position. Then a dialog box will appear on the screen with the distance in pixel between the two point. You can set the correct distance by using the scroll bar, or setting directly the measure. You can set more that one measure but only the last is valid for rescaling the measure of the image.

If you open another image the last measure is still valid until you re-set it.


Get a length

For getting the distance between two point select Get Measure from the Measure menu. Now simply click the left button and drag it in the final position. A measure is set with the current pen style.

At the end of the operation you must confirm that action by pressing ok or cancel button in the message box that will appear. Note that if you select the ok button the operation can not be deleted, you must reload the initial image!

The last menu selected is still active, you can get another length simply repeating the last actions.


Get an angle

For getting an angle select Get Angle from the Measure menu. Now simply click the left button and drag it in the vertex of the angle, release the button and move it to final position, now click again the left button. An angle is draw with the current pen style.

At the end of the operation you must confirm that action by pressing ok or cancel button in the message box that will appear. Note that if you select the ok button the operation can not be deleted, you must reload the initial image!

The last menu selected is still active, you can get another angle simply repeating the last actions.


Get an area

For getting an area select Get Area from the Measure menu.

You can set the area freely, with a poly-line or a mixing of this two method.

Click the left button for set the starting point of the area. Now if you dont release the button you set the area freely otherwise a focus line will follow the mouse movement until you press the left mouse button again. Then if you dont release the button you set the area freely otherwise a focus line will follow you and so on.

For close the area simply double-click the left button. An area is draw with the current pen style.

At the end of the operation you must confirm that action by pressing ok or cancel button in the message box that will appear. Note that if you select the ok button the operation can not be deleted, you must reload the initial image!

The last menu selected is still active, you can get another area simply repeating the last actions.


Select the pen style

You can select the pen width and color.

The available width are from one pixel for eight pixel. For select a new pen width simply select Thickness from Lines menu and select the desired pen thickness.

The available color are black and white. For select a new pen color simply select Color from Lines menu and select the desired pen color.


Decide when put text

Sometimes the text can be illegible therefore you can suppress the output of text on the screen. This means that when you get any type of measure the measure will not appear on the image.

Remember that the measure is always readable from the dialog information bar on the bottom of the window!

For suppress or restore the output of text on the image select Put Text from Measure menu.


Known Bugs?

This is the first release and I dont know if there are some bugs.

Please Contact  me if you find some.


Windows requirements
Windows requirements?

This version of Measure is written for Windows 3.1 (with the standard Multimedia extensions).

The program is written for work with a 386 or higher system with math coprocessor.

For use the program you must run Windows with a True Color Screen Device Driver or a device with at least 32K colors. The image that you can modify are DIB or BMP files in True Color Format (24 bit).


ShareWare Info
ShareWare?

Measure is ShareWare software and is not free. Users may evaluate Measure for a maximum of 10 days, after which a registration fee must be paid, or Measure should be deleted from your system.  You are free to give out copies of the shareware version of Measure and are encouraged to do so, so long as the following files are contained in the archive:

MEASURE.EXE

MEASURE.HLP

This is not a speculation but is just for induce me to improve further versions!!

For registration send 10 US$ and your suggestions to:

Rosso Agostino

Viale Campania 42

20133 Milano MI

ITALY

Thank you in advance.


Thanks to...
Thanks?

My thanks for Measure goes to:

Roberto Leo,  for testing the programs

All other users, especially those who will mail me telling me how much they liked or disliked Measure, or telling me the bugs they will found.

Geert van Kempen, for made the AppBar utility.


How to contact the creator
Contact?

Please tell me all yours comments ,suggestions, found bugs at :

E-mail address (its instable):

soma3@ipmel2.elet.polimi.it

Address:

Rosso Agostino

Viale Campania 42

20133 Milano MI

ITALY