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Tutorial-How to display the area of an enclosed figure

By Ellen Finkelstein

Suppose that you would like to insert a label that displays the area of an enclosed figure. While the AREA command can show you the area, it doesn’t create a label in your drawing. If you insert the area at the end of a leader, that area doesn’t change if your object changes in size.

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September 1st, 2020 | Tags: , | Category: General AutoCAD tip | 37 comments

Measure almost anything with the MEASUREGEOM command

By Ellen Finkelstein

The MEASUREGEOM command is fairly new (since AutoCAD 2010). It measures distance, radius, angle, area, and volume and replaces some older commands like AREA and DIST (although those commands still exist).

Choose Home tab> Utilities panel and then click the Measuregeom drop-down list. Then choose the option that you want to start the MEASUREGEOM command.

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February 29th, 2012 | Tags: , , , , , , | Category: Drawing, Text & Dimensions | 8 comments