Find area of object in 3ds Max

[Anonymous]

I have a 3d model of a robotic head and want to recreate the model using mdf in the real world. I have flattend out the 3d model so that it is now 2d shapes. I want to calculate how much material I will need to make the head. what is the best way to do this? 3ds max has an area calculating tool, but it's giving me some strange number that dont seem right.

[Steve_Curley]

Command Panel > Utilities tab > Measure (click More if Measure isn't visible). That shows the Area of the selected object (as well as a lot of other stuff).