MB-Ruler 4.0
- License: Freeware
- Language: English, German
- Release: 2010-03-11
- Size: 2 Mb
- Cost: Free
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After collecting and analyzing of sent to us users' opinions about this program it takes our editors award with a rate "5". This means that this program is popular and was found as convenient and useful.
A tool to measure distances and angles on the desktop and in mas.
The distances can be measured in pixel, cm, inch, pointsor twips and the angle in radiant or degree.
The ruler is almost transparent so you can have it on the screen, while you are working with the applications below.
Additionally it has a screen loupe and a RGB value window.
You can also draw points, lines, rectangles, ellipse, polylines, bitmaps and text as temporary objects on the screen.
The temporary objects can be saved as a stand alone application or as a bitmap.
The "remote interface" transmitts the meassured values to an other application and you can position the ruler from the other application (Windows Message based interface)
Keywords: distance ruler desktop lines angle remote interface marker point measure transparent loupe protractor
Latest User Reviews:
Kalcak, 2009-08-17 13:49:42
Version: 3.5
Greetings,
I am using your program for fast measure of distance and azimuth on commercial map software.
I must say I am very surprised with easiness of use, when compared to tools embedded to our software, especially hot-key to show/hide MB-Ruler is just godsend.
However I also have one suggesstion to improve easiness even more. If you place origin of coordinates/ruler after at the actual position of mouse, it would be huge time-saving improvement in my opinion.
Jodybgoode, 2009-08-03 16:29:23
Version: 3.5
Worked great for what i need it for thanks i really appreciate it.
Polard, 2009-07-28 04:32:12
Version: 3.5
this is a very usefull software ! thanks to you for this one !
CJW, 2009-03-05 19:23:56
Version: 3.5
Hello - I really enjoyed using your MBR! I am using it as an onscreen protractor and distance scale to practice flight navigation with a flight simulator. It MBR is an excellent tool to use in conjunction with the on-screen maps and charts at "http://www.skyvector.com"........ --- (Please note: the asterisk "*" is used as the "degree" symbol in the following) --- If there was any request I could make would be to add the ability to "flip" the triangle to allow the 360* reading to act like a compass (North = 360*, East = 090*, South = 180* and West = 270*). -- Thanks again, CJW
Sunny, 2008-12-14 22:37:22
Version: 3.5
I like it, is what I m looking for.
John.George, 2008-07-12 20:23:03
Version: 3.5I am not in need of a technical drawing or CAD program (or more precisely, not in need of paying for such a program). Mostly, the simple diagrams I need can be constructed in MS Paint. Occasionally, I need, for instance, to create a wedge that is exactly 1/6th or 1/8th of a circle, or to measure an angle with some precision. This tool is easy to use and effective at this. The few problems I had with it would have been solved if I had read the directions before use, and occasionally I found that a click that I wanted MB-Ruler to interpret was a click that MS Paint interpreted as well, in unwanted ways. That is a very minor difficulty. I only require a small part of the full functionality of this tool, but I do not doubt that it would be just as good or better for people who need to use more of its capabilities.
golfnut10, 2007-11-05 17:54:36
Version: 3.5I was looking for an easy application to measure angles on charts on the screen.This is a great program.
jmchez, 2006-06-03 14:07:36
Version: 3.5As a photographer I wanted to find the day of the year where the sun lined up with certain land marks in my mometown (streets and bridges in particular). To know where the sun would set (azimuth) I could uses a solar calculator found on the web. However, to know the angle that the streets or bridge deviated from true north I needed a map and a protractor. Looking for the best maps on the web, printing them and then using a not so accurate protractor seemed to be incovenient. Getting the geographical coordinates of two street or bridge points and then calculating the angle through trigonometry seemed even more inconvenient and difficult. The MB-Ruler solved my problem in a quick and efficient manner.
I looked up the best maps with the right amount of detail, started MB-Ruler and within seconds I had the correct number for the streets deviation from true north.
Thanks for your product.
Hello jmchez,
thanks for your review of my software.
If you have further suggestions (perhaps about the usability) then let me know (MB-Ruler@Markus-Bader.de)
Regards
Markus Bader
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