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The latest Beta Build 29.3.0.100 offers Area Calculation using Measure Tool, now with extended support for compound paths and overlapping objects.
- Select the objects in your artwork you want to calculate the area for.
- Select the Measure Tool from the Toolbar.
- The calculated area will be displayed in the Info panel, shown automatically.
- Shift + Click on a segment in the existing selection to remove/add it to area calculation.
- Configure measurement options by accessing the flyout menu of the panel. You can customize units, precision, and scale to suit your requirements.
We would like to hear your feedback on the new capabilities — please try it out and let us know in the comments.
An error occurred while saving the comment An error occurred while saving the comment Chris Mitchell
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Hi Egor,
I've attached another file for you to take a look at. I'm not quite sure how to explain how it's working, but if I place a closed and filled shape on top of another, then use the pathfinder's divide tool, then drag the topmost shape off of the one on the bottom, I am able to get the area for that one, but not the one on the bottom (now with the cutout from the divide tool). Does that make sense? I'm hoping at the end of it all, we'll be able to click on any closed, filled area and get the calculation. This is off to a good start though! I'll attach the AI file I was playing with. This file was created in AI Beta 29.3 20.
Thanks again!
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Hello Egor,
I've attached an Illustrator file with a couple of notes on it that describes the results I'm having with the new Area Tool. Hopefully this helps. Please let me know if you have any questions.
Thanks again,
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Hello, I think I may be missing something... I've converted some large block text to outlines, added a fill and a 2pt stroke. I click on the closed path, but I get the same area for all the closed paths that I select. The total area for multiple paths does not seem to work at all. (I'm doing this on an M1 Studio Mac). I've attached a brief video showing what is happening.
An error occurred while saving the comment Chris Mitchell
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Scenario #1-2 seems to be the most appropriate of the two options in scenario 1. It would seem that factoring in the stroke regardless of its alignment may be a bit confusing. By expanding the shape and eliminating the stroke, the user can see precisely the area being calculated.
Scenario #2 nails it. Being able to calculate the area of ANY closed shape would be ideal!Thanks again for all your hard work on this, I can't wait to see it in a future update!
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Figuring out the area of irregularly shaped objects is now the only thing I really need to leave Illustrator to accomplish. It would be wonderful if this seemingly simple tool could be added!
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Bringing back the area calculation too would be fantastic! If possible, it would be nice to have it added to the new Dimension tools in Illustrator.
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InkScape has an area measurement tool that works quite well, it's a bit unrefined, but if Adobe adopted something similar, I'm sure they could improve upon it. (April 2023)
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So far, it seems to work really well. I've had a couple of crashes while using it, but other than that the numbers seem to be making sense and I really like how it's been added to the measure tool, well done!