How to calculate the total length of multiple lines

[veloster]

Hi!
I would like to know if it's possible to have the total length of different lines by selecting them in a drawing?
Those lines are all separated and it will take forever to do it manually on a calculator 🙂
Thx!

[nestly2 · Accepted solution]

Welcome to the Autodesk forums.

AutoCAD doesn't have anything like that built in, but it's easily done with TLEN.lsp (Total LENgth of selected objects)

http://www.turvill.com/t2/free_stuff/tlen.lsp

If you're not familiar with how to use lisp, simply copy/paste (CTRL+V) ALL the text and characters in the above link into your command line and press Enter, then type TLEN into the command line and follow the command prompt (select the objects)  Note using this method, the lisp is only loaded for the current session, if you want it to be a permanent feature, Add it to the Startup Suite or the acaddoc.lsp file.

[veloster]

Thanks! Works perfectly!

[Kent1Cooper]

There are several additional routines that will do that here.

[braudpat]

Hello from France

Welcome to the Autodesk/AutoCAD Forums !

I am using since a long time ago this nice French routine : TLENGTH

which is running on : LINE , POLYLINE , LWPOLYLINE , ARC , CIRCLE , ELLIPSE , SPLINE , MLINE , REGION , MPOLYGON

You can remove easily some entities from the filter inside the routine ... 

Thks to Patrick_35 for this beautiful routine ...

[ajahmadi]

working better than what I expected.

Thanks

[Anonymous]

There's "MeteorSpec" plug-in that calculates the summarized lengths of polylines.  Look at Autodesk Exchange apps. 

https://apps.exchange.autodesk.com/ACD/en/Detail/Index?id=appstore.exchange.autodesk.com:meteorspect...

[Anonymous]

thats perfect

[Anonymous]

How do you Add it to the Startup Suite or the acaddoc.lsp file?

[Patchy]

Appload command, and look for the suitcase icon, add it in there.

[Anonymous]

Thanks for the help. Worked great.

[Anonymous]

when i select the lines and press enter nothing happens.help..

[Anonymous]

the command is not working for me.when select the lines and press enter nothing happens.any idea why?my cad is not the full version.not activated.mayb thas y?

[Kent1Cooper]

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@Anonymous wrote:

....my cad is not the full version....mayb thas y?

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If by that you mean you are using AutoCAD LT, that would be the reason.  It does not have AutoLisp capability.

[yosephk]

Click Analyze tab,Inquiry panel,Add Distances.

[Anonymous]

thank, it works very nice..............

[Anonymous]

Well done it woks very well. Cheers

[Anonymous]

Thank you. Just what I needed.

[Anonymous]

Very nice thank you so much..

[wisedrawing]

for accumulative lengths by picking points along the way:

Just searched this little gem out:

TLENGTH - PICK FIRST POINT - THEN SELECT MULTIPLE AND CLICK AWAY - RIGHT CLICK TO END = TOTAL LENGTH

this is brilliant - no lisp or other complex workarounds

well done Pat

Darren