# How do you measure the area and display it in the views

**URL:** <https://discourse.slicer.org/t/how-do-you-measure-the-area-and-display-it-in-the-views/16089>\
**Category:** Support\
**Tags:** markups\
**Created:** [February 19, 2021, 3:43pm UTC](https://discourse.slicer.org/t/how-do-you-measure-the-area-and-display-it-in-the-views/16089 "2021-02-19T15:43:53Z")\
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**Author:** ![kira-snow](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex002/user_avatar/discourse.slicer.org/kira-snow/32/9996_2.png) [@kira-snow](https://discourse.slicer.org/u/kira-snow)\
**Post date:** [February 19, 2021, 3:43pm UTC](https://discourse.slicer.org/t/how-do-you-measure-the-area-and-display-it-in-the-views/16089/1 "2021-02-19T15:43:53Z")

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Can the area measurement display be displayed in the views as well as the Angle display?like this.  
 ![image](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex002/uploads/slicer/original/3X/4/6/4622e14fb8e32d660cdd401e410437fe0bebb3d9.jpeg)

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**Author:** ![lassoan](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex002/user_avatar/discourse.slicer.org/lassoan/32/13_2.png) [@lassoan](https://discourse.slicer.org/u/lassoan)\
**Post date:** [February 19, 2021, 3:45pm UTC](https://discourse.slicer.org/t/how-do-you-measure-the-area-and-display-it-in-the-views/16089/2 "2021-02-19T15:45:22Z")

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Yes, in recent Slicer Preview Releases you can use closed curve markups to measure area and display in views (you can select list of enabled measurements in Measurements section in Markups module).

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**Author:** ![kira-snow](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex002/user_avatar/discourse.slicer.org/kira-snow/32/9996_2.png) [@kira-snow](https://discourse.slicer.org/u/kira-snow)\
**Post date:** [February 20, 2021, 11:43am UTC](https://discourse.slicer.org/t/how-do-you-measure-the-area-and-display-it-in-the-views/16089/3 "2021-02-20T11:43:35Z")

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Can i use the plane makeups to measure area?And then how can i implement it in code, or which interface i can use?

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**Author:** ![lassoan](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex002/user_avatar/discourse.slicer.org/lassoan/32/13_2.png) [@lassoan](https://discourse.slicer.org/u/lassoan)\
**Post date:** [February 26, 2021, 2:49am UTC](https://discourse.slicer.org/t/how-do-you-measure-the-area-and-display-it-in-the-views/16089/4 "2021-02-26T02:49:04Z")

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In latest Slicer Preview Releases, you can enable “area” measurement for markups plane nodes (in Markups module / Measurements section).