Autodesk AUTOCAD 2006 Command Reference Manual page 103

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1
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defined area to
be added
new area
First Corner Point
Calculates the area and perimeter you define by selecting points. All points
must lie in a plane parallel to the XY plane of the current UCS.
Specify next corner point or press ENTER for total (ADD mode): Specify a point
(2)
Specify points to define a polygon (3). Press ENTER. AREA calculates the
area and perimeter and returns the total area of all the areas defined by
selecting points or objects since Add mode was turned on.
If you do not close the polygon, the area is calculated as if a line were drawn
from the last point entered to the first. When the perimeter is calculated,
that line length is added.
Object
Calculates the area and perimeter of the selected object.
(ADD mode) Select objects:
AREA calculates the area and perimeter and returns the total area of all the
areas defined by selecting points or objects since Add mode was turned on.
If you select an open polyline, the area is calculated as if a line were drawn
from the last point entered to the first. When the perimeter is calculated
that line length is ignored.
The centerline of a wide polyline is used to make area and perimeter
calculations.
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