How to Calculate area in AutoCAD? (100% Expert Tips) Mar’24

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Good morning guys today we are talking about How to calculate area in AutoCAD, How to calculate area in AutoCAD 2024, and How to calculate area in square Metres in AutoCAD.

What is the AutoCAD Area command?

Area command calculates the Area and perimeter of selected areas.

We can measure it by directly selecting closed objects like a polyline, rectangle, circle, etc, and by selecting the area by points.

How to calculate area in AutoCAD?

Calculating the area in AutoCAD follows these 6 simple steps.

1. First of all, click on the “Measure” drop-down menu from the ‘Utilities’ panel in the ‘Home’ tab.

2. Select “Area” from all options.

3. Or you can type ‘AREA‘ in the command bar and press the Enter key.

AutoCAD Area measure
AutoCAD Area measure

4. Then select the points of the object. Right click-Enter.

5. It will show the Area and perimeter of the selected points.

6. If you can’t see the result, press the ‘F2’ key.

To calculate area in AutoCAD
Know how to measure the area in AutoCAD

How calculate the area of irregular shapes in AutoCAD?

If you have an irregular shape made by lines, you can directly select the points of the line while selecting the area to calculate.

But, if you have any curve, then you need to select the ‘arc’ option from the command bar while selecting the object.

To understand that one example is shown here. For example, we want to calculate the area of this shape.

Follow these steps to calculate the area of irregular shapes.

Irregular shapes in AutoCAD
Know how to calculate the area of irregular shapes in AutoCAD

1. First of all, click on the “Measure” drop-down menu from the ‘Utilities’ panel in the ‘Home’ tab.

2. Select “Area” from all options.

3. Or you can type ‘AREA‘ in the command bar and press the enter key.

4. Start selecting the points of the object. If an arc is there, then select the ‘Arc’ option from the command bar and select the arc points.

Measure arc area in AutoCAD
Measure arc area in AutoCAD

5. If you want to select again line points, then select the ‘Line‘ option from the command bar.

6. After selecting whole area points, rightclick and select enter. The area will show above the command bar.

7. If you cannot show the area above the command bar, press the ‘F2‘ key.

How do you calculate area in square Metres in AutoCAD?

If you want to calculate the area in square meters, then you need to change the unit of your workspace.

1. First of all, type ‘UNIT’ and press enter key. Then select ‘Length type‘ as a “Decimal” and precision as per your requirement.

2. Then select Unit as a “Meter“.

3. Select “Area” and select points.

4. You will get the area in Square meters.

How to calculate the area of multiple objects in AutoCAD?

Follow these steps on how to calculate the area of multiple objects in AutoCAD.

1. Invoke the ‘Area‘ command by typing “AREA” in the command bar or select it from the “Measure” drop-down menu from the ‘Utilities’ panel in the ‘Home’ tab.

2. Then click on the ‘Object’ from the command bar and select the object or select the area by selecting the points.

3. Then rightclick. AutoCAD will show the area.

4. If you want to add more object areas in that, then click on the “Add area” and select the area that you want to add.

5. And also, if you want to subtract an area from the previous, then click on the “Subtract area” from the command bar and select the area to subtract.

Add or Subtract area in AutoCAD
Add or Subtract area in AutoCAD

6. Then press the enter key. The area will be added or subtracted.

Thank you for reading.

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