Querying for Areas in Blocks and Xrefs
The AREA command is useful for finding the area of many AutoCAD objects. AutoCAD can find the area of circles, ellipses, splines, regions, closed polylines, or polygon objects. It also quickly finds the length of an open polyline. Using the AREA command’s Object option, AutoCAD calculates and lists the object’s area and perimeter length.
Caution
The AREA command provides both the total length and the total area of an open polyline object. Although the length is accurate, the calculated area is not.
If you select an object that is inserted as a block or xref, however, AutoCAD warns that the selected object does not have an area. How can you calculate the area of objects inserted as blocks or xrefs? The answer ...
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