multipule object info

is it possible to select a number of objects and get the info for them.

Such as a number of polylines forming areas and getting the total area or the very least a list of the individual areas.

Answers on a post card please.

Yes it is. Search this site for lisp routines.

Small enough?

thanks but i should of said its for an LT user?

Yep, should have.

No autolisp.

Need macro.

thanks but i should of said its for an LT user?

That's a pity. But may be for full version users:

(defun c:surea(/ iCnt cCur cAre oNam tAre)
 
 (vl-load-com)
 
 (setq iCnt 0 tAre 0.0)
 (princ "\n<<< Pick curves to measure areas, Spacebar for Total >>>")
 (princ "\n---------------------------------------------------- ")
 (while(setq cCur(entsel ""))
   (princ(strcat "\n" (itoa(setq iCnt(1+ iCnt))) " "))
   (if(or
 (vl-catch-all-error-p
 (setq cAre(vl-catch-all-apply 'vlax-curve-getArea
   (list(car cCur)))))
   (= 0.0 cAre)
 ); end or
     (princ "\n<!> Can't measure area for this entity <!> ")
     (progn
(setq oNam(substr(vla-get-ObjectName(vlax-ename->vla-object(car cCur)))5))
(princ " ")
(repeat(- 4(strlen (itoa iCnt)))(princ " "))
(princ oNam)
(repeat(- 10(strlen oNam))(princ " "))
(princ(rtos cAre))
(if(not(vlax-curve-isClosed(car cCur)))
  (princ "  (non closed!)")
  ); end if
(setq tAre(+ tAre cAre))
); end progn
     ); end if
   ); end while
 (textscr)
 (princ "\n---------------------------------------------------- ")
 (princ(strcat "\nTotal entities: " (itoa iCnt) ", Total area = " (rtos tAre)))
 (princ)
 ); end of c:surea

Usage example:

[color="#800080"]<<< Pick curves to measure areas, Spacebar for Total >>>
----------------------------------------------------
1     Polyline  44421990.2003
2     Polyline  12365838.5665
3     Polyline  64633994.1523  (non closed!)
4     Arc       19236282.9623  (non closed!)
5     Ellipse   29217657.8478
6     Circle    34015807.281
7     Polyline  44421990.2003
----------------------------------------------------
Total entities: 7, Total area = 248313561.2107[/color]

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