INVENTOR 2018 MEASURE SURFACE AREA OF A FACE

[MikeKovacik4928]

INVENTOR USERS

MY PARTICULAR INDUSTRY IS FORMWORK (FOR THE CONSTRUCTION INDUSTRY)
[FORMWORK IS THE PANELS FOR POURING AND GETTING THE SHAPE OF THE CONCRETE]
[THE FORMWORK ALSO HAS TO BE SUPPORTED IN SPACE BY A " SUPPORT WORK" STRUCTURE]
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IN MY PARTICULAR INDUSTRY WE ARE VERY INTERESTED THE SURFACE AREA OF ALL THE PANELS USED.
THE PANELS COULD BE A MORE COMPLEX SHAPE AND COULD HAVE FACETS AT DIFFERENT ANGLES.
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IN THE EXAMPLE ATTACHED (SIMPLIFIED TO A SQUARE PLATE WITH NO STIFFENERS)
WE WOULD ONLY BE INTERESTED IN THE AREA OF FACE 1.
THE IPROPERTIES OPTION, PHYSICAL TAB, AREA BUTTON GIVES
A TOTAL SURFACE AREA OF ALL 6 FACES.
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IS THERE A WAY TO GET THE AREA PROPERTIES OF FACE 1 ONLY?
THIS WOULD BE EXTREMELY USEFUL.
AT THE MOMENT I AM TAKING THE TOTAL SURFACE AREA AND DIVIDING BY 2
(NOT QUITE ACCURATE AS THE EDGE AREAS ARE STILL INCLUDED)
OR MANUALLY WORKING IT OUT (WHICH IS VERY DIFFICULT WHERE THE SHAPE IS COMPLEX)
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OBVIOUSLY THERE IS THE OPTION TO EXPORT THE FACE AS A DXF OR DWG  AND OPEN IT IN AUTOCAD
TO GET THE AREA OF THE CLOSED PLANAR POLYLINE.
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HOWEVER I WAS HOPING THERE WAS A WAY TO GET THE SURFACE OF A FACE WITH JUST ONE CLICK,
AND EVEN BETTER TO BE ABLE TO CUMULATIVELY ADD A WHOLE BUNCH OF SURFACES BY CLICKING ON
ALL OF THEM TO GET A TOTAL
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SEE PDF ATTACHED FOR DETAILS
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Michael Kovacik
2d & 3d Autocad and Inventor designer/draughtsman
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Draughting/Designing (Manufacturing) (31 yrs)
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---(and recently Autocad/Inventor Customisation)
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(personal licensed copy)
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(Impossible only means you haven't
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kelly.young has edited your subject line for clarity: SURFACE AREA OF A FACE

[eng.co · Accepted solution]

To get a surface area of the face you need 2 clicks, first click measure, then click the face.

kelly.young has embedded your image for clarity

[kelly.young · Accepted solution]

@MikeKovacik4928 to add to what @eng.co shared about the measure tool, you can use the accumulated value function.

Please select the Accept as Solution button if a post solves your issue or answers your question.

[Xun.Zhang]

Hi Michael,

Just one more comment, the measure accumulation is available after 2018.2.

Regards

[MikeKovacik4928]

Thanks

 Perfect, that answers the 1st part of my question.

Not too sure why I didn't figure that out before.

but, hey,that's what the forum is for!

Mike 

[MikeKovacik4928]

Thanks Kelly

That answers the second part of my question.

I can't find it on my software, but I see from the next post,

that it is on one of the service packs of Inventor 2018.

I have not loaded them yet, here, at work, or at home.

Mike

[MikeKovacik4928]

Thanks Xun

That explains why I can't find it on my software here at work

(Inventor 2018 - No service packs loaded)

or at home (also Inventor 2018 - No service packs loaded.

Mike

[felix_hofbauerJECSJ]

Hi!

Measuring AREAS only works in .ipt or .iam etc. files, but not in a .idw
Is there another way to get the Area of only one FACE in a drawing, then measuring it in the Model Space, copying the value and pasting it in my .idw. That way the value also won't update, if the model is changed.

Felix