This command will calculate and report the area of
single area and multiple area closed polylines. In the case of
multiple areas, the user can choose to have the areas totaled
(Total Multiple Areas) into
a single result or to generate data for each area separately. Area
by Closed Polyline will also automatically find special Carlson
attributes attached to the polyline, in addition to capturing the
area itself. These attributes will appear in the report, which can
be the standard report or which can be presented in the Report
Formatter, which itself links to Excel and Access. For example,
property names and owner names, as applied to a polyline using the
Mine modules, will report out automatically using Area by Closed
Polyline. The command “Draw Lots from File…” will apply “extended
entity data” to the lot polylines, which includes the lot name, and
this will also report out when using Area by Closed Polyline. In
addition, lot names, or any interior text whatsoever, can be
captured and included in the report. The plot of the area on-screen
can be canceled if only the report is desired.
Select Area Polyline:
select the area
polyline
SQ. FEET: 64862.9 SQ. YARDS:
7207.0 SQ. MILES: 0.0
ACRES: 1.5 PERIMETER: 1018.7
Pick area label centering point (Enter for none):
pick a location
When auto-placing labels at the rear of lots or when aligning
labels by the sides of the lot the user will also be prompted to
pick one or more centerlines (Select the Centerline Polylines). The
routine will find the closest centerline and use this to determine
the location of the front and back corners of the area.
When additional
interior text is selected, the standard report will include that
text:
Polyline
Area
11/17/2004 12:49
Polyline Area: 43560.0 sq ft, 1.00
acres
Polyline Perimeter: 838.35 ft
Text: 16 Sf: 43560.0; Ac:
1.00
In this case, the “16” refers to Lot 16, and appears in the
report because the lot number and existing area labeling were
selected along with the polyline for the lot.
Pulldown Menu Location: Area/Layout
Keyboard Command: plarea
Prerequisite: Set Area Label Defaults