calculate area of a block refere..if not possible can we get vertices of block

[Anonymous]

Hi,

I am very new to programming autocad through .net.

Question : Is it possible to compute area of a block reference.If we are not able to get the area directly

may be through coordinate system will use the below formula to compute the area

https://www.mathopenref.com/coordpolygonarea.html

In order to use the above formula..i should get all the vertices of the block reference..

can any explain,any of the above specified things is possible..

[_gile]

Hi,

Basically, a block reference is a transformed geometric representation of a block definition inserted in some space (or another block definition).

A block definition is a collection of entites, which may or may not not have an "area".

So, the" area of a block reference" does not make sense.

The area of some entity (or entities) contained in the block definition can be computed.