A measuring apparatus includes a housing with a retractable tape, a waveform
range
finder, and a laser pointer disposed within the housing. The retractable tape includes
indicia corresponding to a distance. A save button is further disposed on the housing,
wherein upon the depression of the save button, the distance measured by waveform
range finder is saved to a memory. A display on the housing indicates the dimension
measured by the waveform range finder.
