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AREA

Section: PD Piglet Users Manual (1P)
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NAME

AREA - Compute and display area of selected component  

SYNOPSIS

ARE [<component>[<layer>]] xysel [xysel ...] <EOC>  

DESCRIPTION

Calculates and displays the area of the selected component. The area of a circle is that of an ideal circle, not the polygonal approximation. The area of notes, text and instances is the area of the bounding box.

The area of lines with width is computed by multiplying the total line length by the line width. This gives an exact result for lines that do not cross themselves.

The area given for rectangles and polygons is exact.

Both the area of each component and the cumulative area of all selected components is displayed after each pick.

 

OPTIONS

<component>
A designator limiting the command to a given component. One of E=everything, A=arc, C=circle, I=instances, L=lines, N=notes, O=oval, P=polygons, R=rectangles, T=text, or a valid instance name. If an instance name is given, only instances of that name will be selected. If no <component> is given, then components of any type may be selected.
<layer>
Layer number, "0" or omitted designates all layers. Not used when <component> is an instance name.
<xysel>
A point to select the component to be measured.
 

SEE ALSO

piglet(1p) add_arc(1p) add_circle(1p) add_instance(1p) add_line(1p) add_note(1p) add_oval(1p) add_polygon(1p) add_rectangle(1p) add_text(1p) archive(1p) area(1p) background(1p) bye(1p) change(1p) copy(1p) date(1p) define(1p) delete(1p) display(1p) distance(1p) dump(1p) echo(1p) edit(1p) equate(1p) exit(1p) files(1p) fsize(1p) grid(1p) group(1p) help(1p) identify(1p) input(1p) interrupt(1p) layer(1p) level(1p) list(1p) lock(1p) macro(1p) menu(1p) move(1p) plot(1p) point(1p) process(1p) purge(1p) quit(1p) redo(1p) retrieve(1p) save(1p) search(1p) set(1p) shell(1p) show(1p) smash(1p) split(1p) step(1p) stretch(1p) trace(1p) tslant(1p) undo(1p) units(1p) version(1p) window(1p) wrap(1p) memory(1p) time(1p)  

AUTHOR

Rick Walker (walker AT omnisterra DOT com)

The PD Piglet homepage is at http://www.omnisterra.com/walker/linux/piglet/intro.htm.


 

Index

NAME
SYNOPSIS
DESCRIPTION
OPTIONS
SEE ALSO
AUTHOR

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