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Displaying area in Square Meters in AutoCAD LT

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autocad1878
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Displaying area in Square Meters in AutoCAD LT

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

 

 

 

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h_s_walker
in reply to: autocad1878

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

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autocad1878
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Sorry I'm trying to work out meter squared area?

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

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john.vellek
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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.


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autocad1878
in reply to: john.vellek

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

 

Both Videos helped me achieve what I needed.

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Anonymous
in reply to: john.vellek

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!

 

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steven-g
in reply to: Anonymous

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

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

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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?

 

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h_s_walker
in reply to: autocad1878

@MajaMaliszewska No there is no permanent solution.

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vladimirvay
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Thank you very much!

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