Area of part from Drawing view

[kmiller]

Is it possible to get the "actual" calculated area of the face of a part from a drawing view?  I looked at the drawing view object in the api but didn't find what I was looking for.  What my goal is, I want to calulate the actual square foot of this piece and then subtract it from the overall square foot so I can calculate waste.  Perimeter's of pieces can be in multiple forms, radial, straight or a combination of the two.  See image below. 

Can this be done this way?

[jdkriek · Accepted solution]

Rather than using the Drawing View, see SheetMetal.FlatExtentsArea - we do this exact thing to calculate waste.

Curtis_Waguespack has posted an example for getting these properties to the drawing.

http://forums.autodesk.com/t5/Autodesk-Inventor/sheet-metal-extents-add-in/td-p/3525012

http://forums.autodesk.com/t5/Autodesk-Inventor/Create-user-parameter-values-with-iLogic/td-p/367778...