topic Re: Surface area inspection in Fusion Design, Validate & Document Forum

Surface area inspection

aleksei_ovsienko — Mon, 09 Feb 2026 12:34:54 GMT

So my problem is this. I want to select a bunch of surfaces and know their combined area.
I can select them but then if I press "I" for investigate the selection clears.

I can press "I" for investigate first. But then when I start selecting surfaces the system won't let me select all of them. It starts deselecting them because it doesn't get what I want to do. It thinks I want to measure between things. This is incredibly fristrating.
Am I missing something? Is there an easy way of selecting all the surfaces I need to know the area of and measuring it?

Re: Surface area inspection

rosie_lucas1 — Thu, 12 Feb 2026 14:49:01 GMT

Hi @aleksei_ovsienko ,

I wanted to check in and see if you still needed assistance, or if you found a solution to your question already? Let us know if you need further assistance by providing an update or if you have found a solution, please share it with the community so other members who may have the same question could learn from your experience.

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Re: Surface area inspection

MichaelT_123 — Fri, 13 Feb 2026 09:37:35 GMT

Hi Mr Aleksei_Ovsienko, Mrs Rosie_Lucas1, Others...

The issue is also causing a frequent twitch in the upper-right corner of my right eye.

Am I going to a doctor... seeking Pfizer medication? No!

I will wait until TF360 builds a simple logging facility into the measure dialogue.

A basic text log file in a simple format, such as CSV, fed in FILO or LIFO manner, would allow post-processing of measurement results using common software tools.

Such an addition should be trivial... so I can afford... 5 short years, can I?

Regards

MichaelT

P.S.

" fed in FILO or LIFO manner "

... without units ... and particulary inches! I have got the allergy!

Re: Surface area inspection

kandennti — Sat, 14 Feb 2026 15:04:27 GMT

Hi @aleksei_ovsienko -san.

One of the problems in Japan's 3D CAD exam requires answering the total surface area of multiple specified faces after modeling. I created this add-in to help prepare for that question.
https://github.com/kantoku-code/MENSEKI

Unfortunately, the display is in Japanese.

Re: Surface area inspection

aleksei_ovsienko — Mon, 16 Feb 2026 15:15:08 GMT

Dōmo arigatōgozaimasu.

I've taken the liberty to have it translated to English and uploaded to git for everyones benefit -
It has an executable .cmd file for quick installation as well.

https://github.com/ergilion-tech/Fusion-Gadgets/tree/main/MENSEKI

Collective programming is the way we beat Fusions problems -