Measuring Area

From the Markup menu, select Add entity, select Measurement, and then select Area.

The Measurement Entities dialog box appears.

Note: From the Markup Entity toolbar, you can also click Area .

Select Between Points if you want to measure the area between points on a drawing. The snapping modes are displayed.

Select the snapping modes that you want to use for measuring.

To select all snapping modes, click All On. To deselect all snapping modes, click All Off.

See 2D Vector Snapping Modes

Select Shape if you want to measure the area of a predefined shape on the drawing.

From the Measured Area Units list, select the unit in which you want to measure the area.

From the Perimeter Units list, select the unit in which you want to measure the perimeter.

To cumulate a Net Area Result of different areas, select Add in the Measurement Entities dialog box.

To subtract an area from the Net Area Result, select Subtract.

Select Clear to clear the Net Area Result field.

If you selected Between Points, click points on the drawing to define the area, then right click to complete the measurement.

Each point is joined by a line. The measured line path, measurement and unit appear in a value box entity on the current active markup layer. The area and perimeter measurements appear in the Measurement Entities dialog box.

If you selected Shape, click the edge of a predefined shape on the drawing.

The shape is highlighted. The measured line path, measurement and unit appear in a value box entity on the current active markup layer. The area and perimeter measurements appear in the Measurement Entities dialog box.

Click Close to close the Measurement Entities dialog box.