Easily Measure Objects on Your Screen with The BitRule Utility
Posted by: Barry Cleave in Freeware, tags: Freeware, Programs, Screen Measure, Software, Utilities, Windows, Windows XPWhat Is It?
A very simple and uncluttered utility to measure the distance between two points on your PC or laptop using the mouse. BitRule from Charten allows you to measure in pixels, inches, centimetres or pica units. It also gives the angle between the two points in degrees.
Why Would You Want It?
Screen measurements can be useful to try and determine the distance on a map or the scale of a value on a bar chart or graph. It can also be very useful when laying out web pages for a website or blog.
Why Do I Want It?
I use it for all of the reasons mentioned above. I have also used it with photos to try to estimate distances and heights by relative measurements of near and far objects where one of these has a known height or length.
What Does It Do - The Essentials?
Summary:
- Measures on screen distances
- Gives the angle between points
Pros: What’s Good?
Features & Benefits
- Freeware
- Simple to Use
- Magnifying loupe for precise positioning
- Can be calibrated for accuracy
- Help file included
Cons:What’s Not So Good?
- Looses contact with mouse pointer (need to restart BitRule)
- Relocating Window around the screen is awkward*
“* See text on how to get round this
More About What it Does in Detail:
Go to Page 2 for details and screenshots
Go to Page 3 for ProReviewer Summary
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