These commands can be used to take measurements of entities on your drawing.

NOTE: If you want to include measurements on the drawing itself, see Dimension.

If you want to include a measurement in the drawing, without creating a dimension, you can use the Text command. When the measurement calculation appears in the window, select it and Copy it (Ctrl+C). Then choose the Text command see Text and Paste (Ctrl+V) the text into the Text window.