Measurement tool on creating a new footprint

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Hello all.
I have a question: Is there a way to ‘freeze’ the measurement tool in when creating a new footprint? I would like to make some measurements while creating a new component without calling the tool every time.

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Not that I know of.
What specifically are you trying to do? There might be another trick to help you along.

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Well. I would like to make accurate footprints and sometimes a measurement tool helps a lot. In fact there is a tool but I cannot put (or fix) the measurements while drawing…

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for complex fps you may be find this useful:

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This might also be a good read: Tutorial: How to check footprint correctness?

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