Measure area

Hi Steve,

Steve Smith said:

Is there away to get a cumulative total of all 3 with without resetting each on and reduce all the clicking if so how? 

Yes, to read the tool documentation or to read what MicroStation tells you would be enough:

In Status bar, when first area is selected, is written it's possible to select next area using Ctrl key:

Also, in the tool documentation, it's mentioned that when more elements are involved, they can be selected using Ctrl key.

With regards,

  Jan

Steve Smith said:

Is there away to get a cumulative total of all 3 with w

Hi Steve

I also have found if I create a selection set ( if real closed shapes) then select the tool measure area and data point  in empty space it gives me the total area of the shapes selected.. I even do this by level names  turned on select all  the visible shapes  and lets me measure total area of each level name shapes.. only draw back no duplicates allowed  no small shapes  underneath big shapes of same layer name.. but if your data is nice and  clean its great.. I use it for calculation of pavement areas.... .you can even use the selectby mdl  tool to specify or pick the shape by level name colour and element type ie shape or the power selector .. will even give a count and then choose measure tool to get the total area... I often run the date clean up first to remove duplicates and look for overlaps before measuring areas this way.. still great tool time saver...BTW turning on and off the fill attribute is a quick visual way of finding small shapes under the big ones....