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Stefan Cargoski
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June 19, 2023
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How to calculate the perimeter of a selection

  • June 19, 2023
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Hi forum.

 

Is there a way to calculate the perimetre of the marching ants around a selection?

 

Thank you.

 

 

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    Correct answer Jacob Bugge

    Stefan,

     

    You need to click the Menu (the three bars at the top right, then tick Selections only and Objects in the dropdown, to get the Length.

     

    What you have marked in your screenshot is the size (of the Bounding Box) expressed as Width and Height, corresponding to the W and H boxes in the Transform panel.

     

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    Jacob Bugge
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    Jacob BuggeCommunity Expert
    Community Expert
    June 19, 2023

    Stefan,

     

    As I (mis)understand it, you can select the path and see its length directly in the Document Info panel (Objects),

     

    https://helpx.adobe.com/illustrator/using/file-information-metadata.html

     

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    Stefan CargoskiAuthor
    Inspiring
    June 19, 2023

    is it this here: 720 + 501: 1221px in total? is this is perimetre?

     

     

     

    Jacob Bugge
    Community Expert
    Jacob BuggeCommunity ExpertCorrect answer
    Community Expert
    June 19, 2023

    Stefan,

     

    You need to click the Menu (the three bars at the top right, then tick Selections only and Objects in the dropdown, to get the Length.

     

    What you have marked in your screenshot is the size (of the Bounding Box) expressed as Width and Height, corresponding to the W and H boxes in the Transform panel.

     

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