Calculate area of a solid

[nektarios128]

I use the extrude command to make a solid out of a 4 side polygon. How can i calculate the area of the solid is created ?

Also, I want to calculate the area of a 90 degrees curve of a circle duct. How ?

Please, help me. I don't want to get confused with elevation geometry etc.

Thank you,
Nektarios

 

[lpseifert]

Assuming you mean volume, not area, use the Massprop command.

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Acad2006, Terramodel

 

[nektarios128]

I mean area. I don't care about the volume.

 

[VMichl]

You can use the AREA command even for 3D solids - see:

http://www.cadforum.cz/cadforum_en/qaID.asp?tip=1412

V.Michl,

http://www.xanadu.cz

 

[TrafficDesigner]

If all else fails, just redraw a polyline over the solid in top view. Then either use AREA or LIST to get the area of it.

 

[Zapster]

VMichl's link describes the surface of a solid. TrafficDesigner is describing a projected surface area which is a somewhat different concept.
It should be simple to verify that the autocad command does not generate a projected area but instead is the actual surface area.