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Table Of Contents
- Contents
- Commands
- 3D Commands
- A Commands
- B Commands
- C Commands
- CAL
- Understand Syntax of Expressions
- Format Feet and Inches
- Format Angles
- Use Points and Vectors
- Use AutoLISP Variables
- Use System Variables in Calculations
- Convert Units of Measurement
- Use Standard Numeric Functions
- Calculate a Vector from Two Points
- Calculate the Length of a Vector
- Obtain a Point by Cursor
- Obtain the Last-Specified Point
- Use Snap Modes in Arithmetic Expressions
- Convert Points Between UCS and WCS
- Calculate a Point on a Line
- Rotate a Point About an Axis
- Obtain an Intersection Point
- Calculate a Distance
- Obtain a Radius
- Obtain an Angle
- Calculate a Normal Vector
- Use Shortcut Functions
- CHAMFER
- CHAMFEREDGE
- CHANGE
- CHPROP
- CIRCLE
- CLEANSCREENON
- CLEANSCREENOFF
- CLOSE
- CLOSEALL
- COLOR
- COMMANDLINE
- COMMANDLINEHIDE
- COMPILE
- CONE
- CONSTRAINTBAR
- CONSTRAINTSETTINGS
- CONTENT
- CONTENTCLOSE
- CONVERT
- CONVTOMESH
- CONVTONURBS
- CONVTOSOLID
- CONVTOSURFACE
- COPY
- COPYBASE
- COPYCLIP
- COPYHIST
- CUI
- CUTCLIP
- CVADD
- CVHIDE
- CVREBUILD
- CVREMOVE
- CVSHOW
- CYLINDER
- CAL
- D Commands
- DBLIST
- DCALIGNED
- DCANGULAR
- DCCONVERT
- DCDIAMETER
- DCDISPLAY
- DCFORM
- DCHORIZONTAL
- DCLINEAR
- DCRADIUS
- DCVERTICAL
- DDEDIT
- DDPTYPE
- DELAY
- DELCONSTRAINT
- DIM and DIM1
- DIMALIGNED
- DIMANGULAR
- DIMARC
- DIMBASELINE
- DIMBREAK
- DIMCENTER
- DIMCONSTRAINT
- DIMCONTINUE
- DIMDIAMETER
- DIMDISASSOCIATE
- DIMEDIT
- DIMHORIZONTAL
- DIMINSPECT
- DIMJOGGED
- DIMJOGLINE
- DIMLINEAR
- DIMORDINATE
- DIMOVERRIDE
- DIMRADIUS
- DIMREASSOCIATE
- DIMREGEN
- DIMROTATED
- DIMSPACE
- DIMSTYLE
- DIMTEDIT
- DIMVERTICAL
- DIST
- DISTANTLIGHT
- DIVIDE
- DONUT
- DRAGMODE
- DRAWORDER
- DSETTINGS
- DVIEW
- DXBIN
- E Commands
- F Commands
- G Commands
- H Commands
- I Commands
- J Commands
- L Commands
- M Commands
- MASSPROP
- MATBROWSERCLOSE
- MATBROWSEROPEN
- MATCHCELL
- MATCHPROP
- MATERIALS
- MATERIALSCLOSE
- MEASURE
- MEASUREGEOM
- MESH
- MESHCAP
- MESHCOLLAPSE
- MESHCREASE
- MESHEXTRUDE
- MESHMERGE
- MESHREFINE
- MESHSMOOTH
- MESHSMOOTHLESS
- MESHSMOOTHMORE
- MESHSPIN
- MESHSPLIT
- MESHUNCREASE
- MINSERT
- MIRROR
- MIRROR3D
- MLEADER
- MLEADERALIGN
- MLEADERCOLLECT
- MLEADEREDIT
- MLEADERSTYLE
- MLINE
- MODEL
- MOVE
- MREDO
- MSPACE
- MTEDIT
- MTEXT
- MULTIPLE
- MVIEW
- MVSETUP
- N Commands
- O Commands
- OBJECTSCALE
- OFFSET
- OOPS
- OPEN
- OPTIONS
- Application Preferences Dialog Box
- General Tab (Application Preferences Dialog Box)
- Cursor & Selection Tab (Application Preferences Dialog Box)
- Units & Guides Tab (Application Preferences Dialog Box)
- Look & Feel Tab (Application Preferences Dialog Box)
- Application Tab (Application Preferences Dialog Box)
- Document Settings Tab (Application Preferences Dialog Box)
- Select Alternate Font Dialog Box
- Default Scale List Dialog Box
- Application Preferences Dialog Box
- ORTHO
- OSNAP
- P Commands
- Q Commands
- R Commands
- S Commands
- SAVE
- SAVEAS
- SAVEIMG
- SCALE
- SCALELISTEDIT
- SCRIPT
- SECTION
- SECTIONPLANE
- SECTIONPLANEJOG
- SECTIONPLANESETTINGS
- SECTIONPLANETOBLOCK
- SELECT
- SELECTSIMILAR
- SETVAR
- SHADEMODE
- SHAPE
- SHELL
- SHOWPALETTES
- SKETCH
- SLICE
- SNAP
- SOLDRAW
- SOLID
- SOLIDEDIT
- SOLPROF
- SOLVIEW
- SPELL
- SPHERE
- SPLINE
- SPLINEDIT
- SPOTLIGHT
- STATUS
- STLOUT
- STRETCH
- STYLE
- SUBTRACT
- SURFBLEND
- SURFEXTEND
- SURFFILLET
- SURFNETWORK
- SURFOFFSET
- SURFPATCH
- SURFSCULPT
- SURFTRIM
- SURFUNTRIM
- SWEEP
- T Commands
- U Commands
- V Commands
- W Commands
- X Commands
- Z Commands
- Command Modifiers
- System Variables
- 3D System Variables
- A System Variables
- B System Variables
- C System Variables
- CAMERADISPLAY
- CANNOSCALE
- CANNOSCALEVALUE
- CCONSTRAINTFORM
- CDATE
- CECOLOR
- CELTSCALE
- CELTYPE
- CELWEIGHT
- CENTERMT
- CETRANSPARENCY
- CHAMFERA
- CHAMFERB
- CHAMFERC
- CHAMFERD
- CHAMMODE
- CIRCLERAD
- CLASSICKEYS
- CLAYER
- CLEANSCREENSTATE
- CLISTATE
- CMATERIAL
- CMDACTIVE
- CMDDIA
- CMDECHO
- CMDINPUTHISTORYMAX
- CMDNAMES
- CMLEADERSTYLE
- CMLJUST
- CMLSCALE
- CMLSTYLE
- COLORSCHEME
- COMPASS
- CONSTRAINTBARDISPLAY
- CONSTRAINTBARMODE
- CONSTRAINTINFER
- CONSTRAINTNAMEFORMAT
- CONSTRAINTRELAX
- CONSTRAINTSOLVEMODE
- CONTENTSTATE
- COPYMODE
- CPLOTSTYLE
- CPROFILE
- CROSSINGAREACOLOR
- CSHADOW
- CTAB
- CTABLESTYLE
- CULLINGOBJ
- CULLINGOBJSELECTION
- CURSORSIZE
- CVPORT
- D System Variables
- DATE
- DBLCLKEDIT
- DBMOD
- DEFAULTGIZMO
- DEFAULTLIGHTING
- DEFAULTLIGHTINGTYPE
- DEFLPLSTYLE
- DEFPLSTYLE
- DELOBJ
- DEMANDLOAD
- DIASTAT
- DIMADEC
- DIMALT
- DIMALTD
- DIMALTF
- DIMALTRND
- DIMALTTD
- DIMALTTZ
- DIMALTU
- DIMALTZ
- DIMANNO
- DIMAPOST
- DIMARCSYM
- DIMASSOC
- DIMASZ
- DIMATFIT
- DIMAUNIT
- DIMAZIN
- DIMBLK
- DIMBLK1
- DIMBLK2
- DIMCEN
- DIMCLRD
- DIMCLRE
- DIMCLRT
- DIMCONSTRAINTICON
- DIMDEC
- DIMDLE
- DIMDLI
- DIMDSEP
- DIMEXE
- DIMEXO
- DIMFRAC
- DIMFXL
- DIMFXLON
- DIMGAP
- DIMJOGANG
- DIMJUST
- DIMLDRBLK
- DIMLFAC
- DIMLIM
- DIMLTEX1
- DIMLTEX2
- DIMLTYPE
- DIMLUNIT
- DIMLWD
- DIMLWE
- DIMPOST
- DIMRND
- DIMSAH
- DIMSCALE
- DIMSD1
- DIMSD2
- DIMSE1
- DIMSE2
- DIMSOXD
- DIMSTYLE
- DIMTAD
- DIMTDEC
- DIMTFAC
- DIMTFILL
- DIMTFILLCLR
- DIMTIH
- DIMTIX
- DIMTM
- DIMTMOVE
- DIMTOFL
- DIMTOH
- DIMTOL
- DIMTOLJ
- DIMTP
- DIMTSZ
- DIMTVP
- DIMTXSTY
- DIMTXT
- DIMTXTDIRECTION
- DIMTZIN
- DIMUPT
- DIMZIN
- DISPLAYVIEWCUBEIN2D
- DISPLAYVIEWCUBEIN3D
- DISPSILH
- DISTANCE
- DIVMESHBOXHEIGHT
- DIVMESHBOXLENGTH
- DIVMESHBOXWIDTH
- DIVMESHCONEAXIS
- DIVMESHCONEBASE
- DIVMESHCONEHEIGHT
- DIVMESHCYLAXIS
- DIVMESHCYLBASE
- DIVMESHCYLHEIGHT
- DIVMESHPYRBASE
- DIVMESHPYRHEIGHT
- DIVMESHPYRLENGTH
- DIVMESHSPHEREAXIS
- DIVMESHSPHEREHEIGHT
- DIVMESHTORUSPATH
- DIVMESHTORUSSECTION
- DIVMESHWEDGEBASE
- DIVMESHWEDGEHEIGHT
- DIVMESHWEDGELENGTH
- DIVMESHWEDGESLOPE
- DIVMESHWEDGEWIDTH
- DONUTID
- DONUTOD
- DRAGMODE
- DRAGP1
- DRAGP2
- DRAGVS
- DRAWORDERCTL
- DTEXTED
- DWGCHECK
- DWGCODEPAGE
- DWGNAME
- DWGPREFIX
- DWGTITLED
- DYNCONSTRAINTMODE
- DYNDIGRIP
- DYNDIVIS
- DYNMODE
- DYNPICOORDS
- DYNPIFORMAT
- DYNPIVIS
- DYNPROMPT
- DYNTOOLTIPS
- E System Variables
- F System Variables
- G System Variables
- H System Variables
- HALOGAP
- HANDLES
- HELPPREFIX
- HIDEPRECISION
- HIDETEXT
- HIGHLIGHT
- HPANG
- HPANNOTATIVE
- HPASSOC
- HPBACKGROUNDCOLOR
- HPBOUND
- HPBOUNDRETAIN
- HPCOLOR
- HPDLGMODE
- HPDOUBLE
- HPDRAWORDER
- HPGAPTOL
- HPINHERIT
- HPISLANDDETECTION
- HPISLANDDETECTIONMODE
- HPLAYER
- HPMAXLINES
- HPNAME
- HPOBJWARNING
- HPORIGIN
- HPORIGINMODE
- HPQUICKPREVIEW
- HPQUICKPREVTIMEOUT
- HPSCALE
- HPSEPARATE
- HPSPACE
- HPTRANSPARENCY
- I System Variables
- L System Variables
- LARGEOBJECTSUPPORT
- LASTANGLE
- LASTPOINT
- LASTPROMPT
- LATITUDE
- LAYEREVAL
- LAYEREVALCTL
- LAYERMANAGERSTATE
- LAYERNOTIFY
- LAYLOCKFADECTL
- LAYOUTCREATEVIEWPORT
- LAYOUTREGENCTL
- LEGACYCTRLPICK
- LENSLENGTH
- LIGHTGLYPHDISPLAY
- LIGHTINGUNITS
- LIGHTSINBLOCKS
- LIMCHECK
- LIMMAX
- LIMMIN
- LINEARBRIGHTNESS
- LINEARCONTRAST
- LOCALE
- LOCALROOTPREFIX
- LOFTANG1
- LOFTANG2
- LOFTMAG1
- LOFTMAG2
- LOFTNORMALS
- LOFTPARAM
- LOGEXPBRIGHTNESS
- LOGEXPCONTRAST
- LOGEXPDAYLIGHT
- LOGEXPMIDTONES
- LOGEXPPHYSICALSCALE
- LOGFILEMODE
- LOGFILENAME
- LOGFILEPATH
- LOGINNAME
- LONGITUDE
- LTSCALE
- LUNITS
- LUPREC
- LWDEFAULT
- LWDISPLAY
- LWUNITS
- M System Variables
- N System Variables
- O System Variables
- P System Variables
- PALETTEICONSTATE
- PAPERUPDATE
- PARAMETERCOPYMODE
- PDMODE
- PDSIZE
- PEDITACCEPT
- PELLIPSE
- PERIMETER
- PERSPECTIVE
- PERSPECTIVECLIP
- PFACEVMAX
- PICKADD
- PICKAUTO
- PICKBOX
- PICKDRAG
- PICKFIRST
- PICKSTYLE
- PLATFORM
- PLINECONVERTMODE
- PLINEGEN
- PLINETYPE
- PLINEWID
- PLOTOFFSET
- PLOTROTMODE
- PLOTTRANSPARENCYOVERRIDE
- PLQUIET
- POLARADDANG
- POLARANG
- POLARDIST
- POLARMODE
- POLYSIDES
- POPUPS
- PREVIEWEFFECT
- PREVIEWFACEEFFECT
- PREVIEWFILTER
- PRODUCT
- PROGRAM
- PROJMODE
- PROXYGRAPHICS
- PROXYNOTICE
- PROXYSHOW
- PROXYWEBSEARCH
- PSLTSCALE
- PSOLHEIGHT
- PSOLWIDTH
- PSTYLEMODE
- PSTYLEPOLICY
- PSVPSCALE
- PUCSBASE
- Q System Variables
- R System Variables
- S System Variables
- SAVEFIDELITY
- SAVEFILE
- SAVEFILEPATH
- SAVENAME
- SAVETIME
- SCREENSIZE
- SELECTIONANNODISPLAY
- SELECTIONAREA
- SELECTIONAREAOPACITY
- SELECTIONCYCLING
- SELECTIONPREVIEW
- SELECTSIMILARMODE
- SHADEDGE
- SHADEDIF
- SHADOWPLANELOCATION
- SHORTCUTMENU
- SHORTCUTMENUDURATION
- SHOWHIST
- SHOWPAGESETUPFORNEWLAYOUTS
- SHOWPALETTESTATE
- SHPNAME
- SKETCHINC
- SKPOLY
- SKTOLERANCE
- SKYSTATUS
- SMOOTHMESHCONVERT
- SMOOTHMESHGRID
- SMOOTHMESHMAXFACE
- SMOOTHMESHMAXLEV
- SNAPANG
- SNAPBASE
- SNAPISOPAIR
- SNAPMODE
- SNAPSTYL
- SNAPTYPE
- SNAPUNIT
- SOLIDCHECK
- SOLIDHIST
- SORTENTS
- SPACEPAN
- SPACEPANTIMEOUT
- SPLDEGREE
- SPLFRAME
- SPLINESEGS
- SPLINETYPE
- SPLKNOTS
- SPLMETHOD
- SPLPERIODIC
- STARTUP
- STATUSBAR
- SUBOBJSELECTIONMODE
- SUNSTATUS
- SURFACEASSOCIATIVITY
- SURFACEASSOCIATIVITYDRAG
- SURFACEAUTOTRIM
- SURFACEMODELINGMODE
- SURFTAB1
- SURFTAB2
- SURFTYPE
- SURFU
- SURFV
- SYSCODEPAGE
- T System Variables
- TABLEINDICATOR
- TARGET
- TBEXTENDAFTERSECONDS
- TBSHOWSHORTCUTS
- TDCREATE
- TDINDWG
- TDUCREATE
- TDUPDATE
- TDUSRTIMER
- TDUUPDATE
- TEMPOVERRIDES
- TEMPPREFIX
- TEXTED
- TEXTEVAL
- TEXTFILL
- TEXTOUTPUTFILEFORMAT
- TEXTQLTY
- TEXTSIZE
- TEXTSTYLE
- THICKNESS
- TILEMODE
- TIMEZONE
- TOOLSETSSTATE
- TOOLTIPMERGE
- TOOLTIPSIZE
- TOOLTIPTRANSPARENCY
- TRACEWID
- TRACKPATH
- TRANSPARENCYDISPLAY
- TREEDEPTH
- TREEMAX
- TRIMMODE
- TSPACEFAC
- TSPACETYPE
- TSTACKALIGN
- TSTACKSIZE
- U System Variables
- V System Variables
- VIEWCTR
- VIEWDIR
- VIEWMODE
- VIEWSIZE
- VIEWTWIST
- VISRETAIN
- VPCONTROL
- VPCOORDDISPLAY
- VPLAYEROVERRIDES
- VPLAYEROVERRIDESMODE
- VPMAXIMIZEDSTATE
- VPROTATEASSOC
- VSACURVATUREHIGH
- VSACURVATURELOW
- VSACURVATURETYPE
- VSADRAFTANGLEHIGH
- VSADRAFTANGLELOW
- VSAZEBRACOLOR1
- VSAZEBRACOLOR2
- VSAZEBRADIRECTION
- VSAZEBRASIZE
- VSAZEBRATYPE
- VSEDGECOLOR
- VSEDGEJITTER
- VSEDGELEX
- VSEDGEOVERHANG
- VSEDGES
- VSEDGESMOOTH
- VSFACECOLORMODE
- VSFACEHIGHLIGHT
- VSFACEOPACITY
- VSFACESTYLE
- VSHALOGAP
- VSHIDEPRECISION
- VSINTERSECTIONCOLOR
- VSINTERSECTIONEDGES
- VSINTERSECTIONLTYPE
- VSISOONTOP
- VSLIGHTINGQUALITY
- VSMATERIALMODE
- VSMAX
- VSMIN
- VSMONOCOLOR
- VSOBSCUREDCOLOR
- VSOBSCUREDEDGES
- VSOBSCUREDLTYPE
- VSOCCLUDEDCOLOR
- VSOCCLUDEDEDGES
- VSOCCLUDEDLTYPE
- VSSHADOWS
- VSSILHEDGES
- VSSILHWIDTH
- W System Variables
- X System Variables
- Z System Variables
- Index
Object
Calculates the area and perimeter of a selected object. You can calculate the
area of circles, ellipses, splines, polylines, polygons, regions, and 3D solids.
NOTE 2D solids (created with the SOLID on page 955 command) do not have an
area reported.
Select object:
If you select an open polyline, the area is calculated as if a line were drawn
from the last point entered to the first. When the perimeter is calculated that
line length is ignored.
The centerline of a wide polyline is used to make area and perimeter
calculations.
The centerline of a wide polyline is used to make area and perimeter (or length)
calculations.
Add Area
Turns on Add mode and keeps a running balance of the total area as you
continue to define areas. You can use the Add Area option to calculate
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