This tool can eliminate a lot of work when you need to export information about a collection of closed objects including its area, perimeter, and even text contained within the object.
Keyboard Command: ObjExpTxt
In the example that follows, representing a small simulated section of a hospital, each room was a closed polyline. In the event that the walls were not drawn as polylines, AutoCAD's BPOLY tool can create them quickly and easily. After selecting all the closed polylines, and specifying a filename, this routine will export the area, perimeter, and any text totally contained within the boundary. The text is automatically sorted from top down, the order drawn does not affect the results.
36805.37051913,893.73979354,Patient,Room,420 36537.02778766,892.21855664,Patient,Room,418 37564.01145087,898.69023764,Patient,Room,416 36545.66214946,891.56313305,Patient,Room,422 6274.61751796,321.74622219,Patient,Toilet,418 6239.80195978,321.00930288,Patient,Toilet,416 6264.22491580,321.63836908,Patient,Toilet,420 6200.55885382,320.29241865,Patient,Toilet,422
This comma separated data is then easily imported into a spreadsheet or database where other data can be related and further reporting can be done.