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Displaying area in Square Meters in AutoCAD LT

autocad1878 — Tue, 13 Jun 2017 20:06:20 GMT

Good morning,

I have an drawing and need to know the area, I can use the measurement tool to get a figure, but I can't use that figure to work out the area??

Can you help ?

@autocad1878,

john.vellek has edited your subject line for clarity: Area

Re: Displaying area in Square Meters in AutoCAD LT

h_s_walker — Tue, 13 Jun 2017 20:06:48 GMT

If you're talking about the blue dashed line area is one of the items listed in PROPERTIES (Ctrl+1) or Right Click and choose PROPERTIES

Re: Displaying area in Square Meters in AutoCAD LT

autocad1878 — Tue, 13 Jun 2017 20:07:12 GMT

Sorry I'm trying to work out meter squared area?

Re: Displaying area in Square Meters in AutoCAD LT

h_s_walker — Tue, 13 Jun 2017 20:07:30 GMT

See the attached video showing how to use the calculator in the properties to find the area you require

Re: Displaying area in Square Meters in AutoCAD LT

john.vellek — Tue, 13 Jun 2017 20:07:52 GMT

Hi @autocad1878,

Have you figured out how to calculate the area in AutoCAD LT? It looks like @h_s_walker has given you some great help.

If you have a closed polyline you can simply select it and it will show the area in the Properties palette. If you have a bunch of lines you can edit them using PEDIT to make them a closed polyline or you can also use BO (Boundary) to drop in a polyline.

If the display of the area is in MM and you want Meters, an easy way to get this to display is with a Field.

I made a quick video of that process for you.

I hope this helps.

Please select the Accept as Solution button if my post solves your issue or answers your question.

Re: Displaying area in Square Meters in AutoCAD LT

autocad1878 — Wed, 14 Jun 2017 06:58:04 GMT

Sorry, I'm not always online. Fantastic guys thank you so much for your help.

Both Videos helped me achieve what I needed.

Re: Displaying area in Square Meters in AutoCAD LT

Anonymous — Thu, 27 Feb 2020 12:11:49 GMT

How is it possible to do this in Auto Cad 2014 LT?

I want my area to be viewed in square meter units instead of long millimetre number!

Thank you!

Re: Displaying area in Square Meters in AutoCAD LT

steven-g — Thu, 27 Feb 2020 12:32:20 GMT

Have you watched the two screencast's? Both these methods will work in AutoCAD LT 2014

Re: Displaying area in Square Meters in AutoCAD LT

MajaMaliszewska — Tue, 11 Jul 2023 12:09:15 GMT

This gave me the wrong result. I had to type in 0.000001 to convert sq mm to sq m?

Re: Displaying area in Square Meters in AutoCAD LT

MajaMaliszewska — Tue, 11 Jul 2023 12:11:29 GMT

Also, how do you use it as a permanent solution, instead of typing in every time, you would have an option to display the area in meters?

Re: Displaying area in Square Meters in AutoCAD LT

h_s_walker — Tue, 11 Jul 2023 13:54:34 GMT

@MajaMaliszewska No there is no permanent solution.

Re: Displaying area in Square Meters in AutoCAD LT

vladimirvay — Mon, 13 Nov 2023 18:31:04 GMT

Thank you very much!