Measuring; Functions - Leica DISTO D5 User Manual

Measuring

Single distance measurement
Press to activate the laser. Press again to trigger the distance
measurement.
The result is displayed immediately.
Minimum/maximum measurement
This function allows the user to measure the minimum or maximum
distance from a fixed measuring point. It can also be used as determine
spacings. See figure {I}.
It is commonly used to measure room diagonals (maximum values) or hori-
zontal distances (minimum values).
Press and hold down this button until you hear a beep. Then slowly
sweep the laser back and forth and up and down over the desired target
point - (e.g. into the corner of a room).
Press to stop continuous measurement. The values for maximum and
minimum distances are shown in the display as well as the last measured
value in the summary line.
Laser continuous (
Press and hold down the key when switching on the device until the
character appears permanently in the display and a beep sounds. Every
further press of the key releases a distance measurement.
Press the key and keep it pressed to switch the device and Laser
continuous operation off.
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If the laser is in continuous operation mode, the device
switches off automatically after 15 minutes.

Functions

Overview of the program icons
Measuring program
Simple distance measure-
ment
Area measurement
Volume measurement
Trapezoid measurement
1 (using three distances)
Trapezoid measurement
2 (using two distances
and one angle)
Pythagorean calculation
1
Pythagorean calculation
2
Pythagorean calculation
3
Inclination measurement
Direct horizontal
distance
Triangular area measure-
ment
Staking out function
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Measurement Detail display
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