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area command

Anonymous — Thu, 08 Jun 2017 16:38:17 GMT

Area Command does not show area results after the area is selected. When the area is selected and I hit right click the area is selected nothing happens or if I hit enter it disappears.

This never happened before did I disable the area calculation on the command line?

Re: area command

imadHabash — Thu, 08 Jun 2017 16:41:14 GMT

Hi,

maybe you need to expand vertically the command line a little bit.

Re: area command

Anonymous — Thu, 08 Jun 2017 16:46:49 GMT

I tried that - it is not registering any numbers...other thoughts?

Re: area command

john.vellek — Thu, 08 Jun 2017 16:48:24 GMT

Hi @Anonymous,

I see that you are visiting as a new member. Welcome to the Autodesk Community!

Can you perhaps make a quick Screencast video of what you are seeing?

Does LIST show the area of the object of if you select the object and look in Properties does it show the area?

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Re: area command

kadmonkee — Thu, 08 Jun 2017 16:53:48 GMT

when you enter the command do you see this in your command line?

enter O and select your polyline to return the Area value

Re: area command

pendean — Thu, 08 Jun 2017 17:08:45 GMT

CTRL+F2 brings up the full text screen: what is shown there? Post a screenshot of that.

Re: area command

Anonymous — Thu, 08 Jun 2017 17:16:58 GMT

I see this - Command: AREA

Then after I pick the area then no indication of area registering in the command line as it did in the past!

Re: area command

john.vellek — Fri, 09 Jun 2017 15:06:20 GMT

Hi @Anonymous,

Did you try any of the other methods to display the area? Can you make a Screencast of what you are seeing? Is this drawing specific too? Please attach one of your files to a post so I can see if I can duplicate this behavior.

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Re: area command

Kent1Cooper — Fri, 09 Jun 2017 15:39:16 GMT

@pendean wrote:
CTRL+F2 brings up the full text screen: what is shown there? Post a screenshot of that.

[The F2 key does that without the CTRL+, though it also does with it.]

But, @Anonymous, you use wording like "after the area is selected" and "after I pick the area." Those make me wonder how you are trying to use the command. AREA requires either a series of point picks [most people don't use the word "selected" in relation to point picks] outlining the perimeter of an area, or a "selected" object, but only after the Object option is specified. If you are doing something like picking inside an enclosed area, the way you do with the BOUNDARY or HATCH command, at the first prompt, and that is what you mean by selecting or picking an area, then you're not using the command correctly.