Determine and report the area and perimeter of an existing figure. Use the Toolspace list view to list the figure properties, or you can use the Area Perimeter command. The figure can be any shape, provided it is a closed figure.
Note: The area and perimeter information is also listed at the top of the Figure Display vista when displaying Inverse information for the figure.
To list the area of a figure
- In Toolspace, on the Survey tab, right-click a named network
Survey Command Window. - At the Command line, enter:
AREA [figure]
Command Line Example
The following is a sample valid entry using the Area command:
BEG TRIANGLENE 1 0 0NE 2 10 10NE 3 0 10CloseAREA TRIANGLEArea = 50.000 Perimeter = 46.5028