Area – BricsCAD Help Center

Finds the area and perimeter of 2D entities.

Accessing the Command

: area

Prompts you in the command bar:

Select first point [Entity/Add/Subtract]: (Pick a point, or enter an option)

<Next point>: (Pick a point)

< Next point>: (Pick another point)

<Next point>: (Pick another point, or else press Enter to end the command)

Use entity snap modes to ensure your picks are accurate. As you pick points, BricsCAD previews the area with a dashed polygon.

When you press Enter to indicate you have ended picking points, BricsCAD reports the area and perimeter like this:

Area = 6.1836 sq. units, Perimeter = 11.2968

This command does not work with solids (2D), traces, rays, xlines, or hatches. To find the area of hatches, use the Properties command.

Option	Description
Entity	Provides the area and/or perimeter of the selected entity. The information reported by this command varies according to the entity selected: Line and sketch - length Arc and elliptical arc - length Circle and ellipse - area and perimeter Closed polyline and closed spline - area and perimeter Open polyline and spline - area and perimeter, as if they were closed 3D objects - surface area
Add	Allows you to add up the areas of two or more entities. The prompt changes to: Adding: Entity/Subtract/ <First point> - pick a point, enter an option, or press Enter to exit Adding mode.
Subtract	Allows you to removes areas and/or entities from the total area and perimeter; this option can only be used after you have found the area of at least one entity. The prompt changes to: Subtracting: Entity/Subtract/ <First point> - pick a point, enter an option, or press Enter to exit Subtracting mode.
First point	Specifies the first point of the area to be measured. The prompt changes to: <Next point> - pick another point, or press Enter to end the area specifying.

Dist - reports the 2D and 3D distances between two points.

Id - reports the x,y,z coordinates of picked points.

List - lists the area and other parameters of entities in the command bar.

MassProp - reports the properties of solid models and regions.

Properties - lists the area and other parameters of entities in a palette.