Is there a way to calculate the total length of all paths in a vector file?

Question

I have a laser bed that people send me vector art to cut out. I charge by the inch and need a way to quickly select all of the vector artwork and get a total distance of all the paths.Are there any software or plugins that can do that? I have Illustrator CC.

Answer 1

You can do this directly from Adobe Illustrator, no need for plugins or other software. If you go to Window>Document Info and then click on the 'Options' tab at the top right and select 'Objects' it will provide the total length in inches, or whatever the document units are in, in the panel.