gEDA-user: Calculating component area verses available board area?

[Bob Paddock <graceindustries@xxxxxxxxx>]

In PCB is there a way to get a sum of all of the component
footprint/silk areas, so that the sum can be compared to the available
board surface area?

Board surface needs to account for any keep-outs where components
can not be place.  May or may not want to count both sides of the board.

Boss is telling me to put 230 parts on a board that I think
I can put 175.  That is not even accounting for space for actual
traces and vias.  I'm looking for object numbers to inflict on him.

This happens often enough that I want it to be an automated process.


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