Specifies the enclosed area of an arc, circle, ellipse, hatch, lightweight polyline, polyline, region, or planar-closed spline.

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Signature

object.Area

object

Arc, Circle, Ellipse, Hatch, LightweightPolyline, Polyline, Region, Spline
The object or objects this property applies to.

Area

Double; read-write for Circle objects, read-only for all others
The area of the object specified in square drawing units.

Remarks

Hatch objects:
Note To access this property, use the IAcadHatch2 interface.

Wide polylines:
The area is defined by the center of the width.

Regions:
The area equals the combined area for all the objects in the region.

Open objects such as arcs, spline curves, and open polylines:
The area is computed as though a straight line connects the start point and endpoint.