Perimeter measurement

[reggy]

Will someone please give me the procedure used to determine the length of a line which would be the total perimeter of a geometric shape. The shape is comprised of individual line segments, right now, arcs, straight lines, etc. Do I need to convert it to a polyline first?

Thank you,

Reggy

[Grant]

Convert to a polyline and type

AA or Area

[BIGAL]

PE select lines arcs etc then LI L will give both area and length without picking polyline again L=last object

[SLW210]

_REGION select the lines etc. and hit enter, select the region, right-click>Properties and look at Area.

[Glen1980]

As you can see there are a number of ways of doing this. As I normally have the properties palette open I would select the polyline and then it instantly displays the perimeter and the area on the properties pallete.

If your drawing is complicated and you don't want to trace a polyline or change layer info of lines by making them polylines you could give BPOLY command a try. It works like a boundary hatch but just creates a polyline or a region instead of a hatch.

 

If you go for the change lines to polylines route once you have created your first polyline use the fillet command and set the radii to 0 (or press shift when you select lines) then it will join them to the polyline.

 

I hope these tips work on ACAD 2000

[SLW210]

I hope these tips work on ACAD 2000

 

I think to do a pedit join in 2000i, the express tool MPEDIT is needed. Pretty sure Region and/or boundary should work. If not there are still plenty of LISP around the internet for this.