Measuring board area ?

Question

Is there a feature in EAGLE, or a ULP, that will look at the outline in Layer 20 (Dimension), and report the area of the board?

The boards that I deal with are irregularly shaped, so calculating the area manually is difficult.

I have searched for "area" in the help files and in the ULP download area without finding an answer.

clem57 · Answer

Use this code to calculate Area of a polygon algorithm - Math Open Reference Clem

shabaz · Answer

Should be possible by implementing a fill, e.g. grabbing a screenshot, putting it into a paint package and filling with a color (any color). Then check the histogram to see the pixel count for that color (or write some code to do this).

Measuring board area ?

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