Hi.
If I create 2 rects, select them and open “entity info”, I get the total area.
If I group those 2 rects, “entity info” no longer displays area.
How can I get the area of grouped rects? Thanks.
To get Entity Info to display area you must select at least one face. Selecting a group is not the same as selecting a face. Open the group for editing and select a face or the faces inside it.
Thanks @DaveR I managed to access the area of each of the rects by selecting their respective faces (right-click, ‘edit group’, select face). This is similar to the situation pre-grouping. So, for non-contiguous faces, is there a way to get the total area? I assumed grouping was the way to go, but seems that’s no the case?
Grouping the geometry basically puts the geometry into a container to prevent it merging with other geometry. If all the faces are in the same group you can open the group for editing and select each of the faces. If they are in separate groups you would need to open the groups one at a time, make note of the face area and then sum those areas manually.
What are you modeling that you need these areas for?
Is there a way to select multiple faces in a single operation (either as part of a group or otherwise)? without having to manually click them?
I’m modelling a floor area, but think knowing the area of multiple faces is valuable in various scenarios where those faces require cover: e.g., the total wall area of certain rooms, to know how much paint is required to cover them, the total area of non-contiguous open ground, to calc how much turf will be needed for laying, etc.
If you turn off edges and profiles you can select all faces in one go and get an area.
I think in Free you will need to use the magnifying glass on the left to find these options, to toggle them off.
Note in my image the component has a grey bounding box, meaning it is open for editing and the faces are all selected.
You just have the component selected.
Thanks @Box. Seems to me though that the reason faces in your example were selectable in one operation is due to them all being in the same area. A use-case I’m thinking-of is where faces are spread across a model, in different locations (like the walls example given above). I was wondering if those faces can be grouped/tagged, such that a single operation would give you their total area.
I’m nevertheless greatful for the insights provided so-far. Cheers!
If you paint the faces you want with the same material you can select one face with that material, right click and choose Area/ Material and it will give you the total area of that material throughout the model whether contained within groups or not.
I have checked and this does work in the free version.