QTO - Areas Report
Last updated: 2026-07-14
Overview
This report provides live reporting of total area of the currently selected entities with the ability to create an Excel spreadsheet that includes station range and 2D area of selected entities. The report can be used to report areas for Polylines, 3D Polylines, Feature Lines, Parcels, Circles, Ellipses, Splines, Alignments, and Catchments. Objects that are not closed will be indicated in the report output.
Usage
WisDOT Design tab > Analyze panel > QTO dropdown > Areas Report
The tool can also be accessed from the command line: DOTREPORTAREAS.
- Select supported entities in the drawing using any method available to select entities.
- A running total area and entity count is displayed on the palette interface. Clicking on the Copy button will copy the total area value to the clipboard for use in other applications.
- To export a report to Excel, select the reference alignment to be used to compute the area station ranges.
- Set the Station Precision and Area Precision values. The running total displayed on the interface reports to the selected Area Precision value.
- Select the output units for area (SY, SF, or AC). The running total displayed on the interface honors the selected units.
- To label the areas in model space with MText, Add Labels . The MText labels will be placed at the centroid of each object and on the current layer. These labels are not dynamic.
- Provide a name for the Excel worksheet.
- Click the folder icon to open the Save File As.. dialog. If the workbook already exists, it will be appended with the specified worksheet.
- Create Report
Sample report