Calculate surface area

[Anonymous]

How can I calculate the surface area of various components in mm^2 in Fusion 360?

[TheCADWhisperer · Accepted solution]

Right click on the Component and select Properties.

[Anonymous]

Select the body and turn it into a component by clicking Assemble, next to Modify

and then clicking new component. Then right click the component button and select properties. There will be your surface area.

You're welcome

[Anonymous]

Any of my components or bodies showing in properties - Area 0.00 mm^2

What can be wrong?

[arwalker324]

How do you get the total area of all components in the model, without drilling down to each and every component's body and adding them up?

[mk5BJJB]

Had the same issue. It seems you can't display the surface area of a sketch - so i extruded the sketch 1cm upwards, then the cm^2 showed.

[TheCADWhisperer]

@mk5BJJB 

Measure Area of a sketch.

[mk5BJJB]

Using the measure tool - that makes a lot of sense and is certainly quicker! Thanks!

[Madhatterzero]

This is the ACTUAL answer i needed. Not the people saying check "properties".

you cant see the sq footage of a sketch with Properties. it only shows you info on an extruded model. so when you extrude your sketch it then shows you the sq footage of the ENTIRE model top and bottom and even the 1mm sides you gave it. this gives you sq footage that is wrong.

you need to use measure tool on a 1 dimensional sketch to get your answer.

thank you.

[TheCADWhisperer]

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@Madhatterzero wrote:

you need to use measure tool on a 1 dimensional sketch to get your answer.

@Madhatterzero 

You can also Measure an individual face of a solid or surface body - it doesn't have to be a sketch.

...and it could be a 3D face, not just 2D.