topic Re: Area calculation in AutoCAD Forum

Area calculation

Anonymous — Wed, 19 Jul 2017 09:42:46 GMT

Hi,

When you have a drawing and you want to calculate an area in sqm , which is the best way?

The scale is 1:100 and 1.5m in real dimensions is displayed by 15 in the DWG.

Thanks in advance

imadHabash — Wed, 19 Jul 2017 10:07:02 GMT

Hi,

>> The scale is 1:100 and 1.5m in real dimensions is displayed by 15 in the DWG. <<

this is weird and have NO sense to be 1.5m = 15 . depending on your drawing units and i think it's Decimal (meter) the 1.5M must be either :

>> you want to calculate an area in sqm , which is the best way? <<

there is a lot of way to calculate area in AutoCAD :

AREA command >> Click <<
making hatch in your space and by properties dialog (Ctrl+1) you can know the area.
making polyline around the area and by area command (object) or properties dialog (Ctrl+1) .

Note : The total area number that you will get will be calculated depending on your drawing units ( m,cm or mm ).

Good Luck..

kadmonkee — Wed, 19 Jul 2017 10:49:33 GMT

in my test i was able to change my units to Scale inserted Content from M,cm,mm and not impact the result

my dimension style is set for Decimal with a suffix of M

I set the precision for both high for accuracy

Anonymous — Wed, 19 Jul 2017 11:21:39 GMT

It's in Decimal, I also provide you some photos of how exactly it is