Planimeters are excellent tools to use when you measure irregular shaped areas on plans or drawings. They eliminate the need for grids, charts, or calculations done by hand. Planimeters are used by many in Surveying, Civil Engineering, Cartography, Architecture, Medicine, Clothing Industry, Boat and Ship Design, Office, Store and Plant Planning, and Biology.
Most people I know use the older model Planimeters, known as Mechanical Planimeters. These Mechanical Planimeters work well, work accurately and are usually efficient enough for the job. The only problem is that they are a little bulky and they aren’t so easy to use.
There is another solution! The Planix Ex is a Digitized Planimeter that works quickly, has a smoother operation, is built to last, and allows you measure areas, calculate lengths, coordinates, radii and angles. It also permits you to measure in metric units, inches, feet, yards and acres, as well as other user defined units.
The Planix Ex also has two modes to help with more accurate measurements; the Point mode and the Stream mode. The Point mode allows the user obtain areas and lengths of diagrams with straight lines easily and quickly while the Stream mode should be used for tracing curves on curved lines.
The Planix EX is so easy to use! All you need to do is roll it over the area you would like to calculate and it will give you a digital readout! As simple as that! It also has an automatic closing function, which automatically finishes the measurement when the trace point is returned to the starting point, making measuring easier.
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