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Source:
- [Forum Conversation](https://forums.autodesk.com/t5/autocad-forum/how-to-
calculate-the-total-length-of-multiple-lines/td-p/5120514)
- [Link with actual
code](http://web.archive.org/web/20201112011622/http://www.turvill.com/t2/
free_stuff/tlen.lsp)

Instructions:
- Simply copy/paste (CTRL+V) ALL the code, (defun... ...), into your command line
and press Enter.
- type TLEN into the command line and follow the command prompt (select the
objects)
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TLEN.LSP - Total LENgth of selected objects

(c) 1998 Tee Square Graphics

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(defun C:TLEN (/ ss tl n ent itm obj l)

(setq ss (ssget)
tl 0
n (1- (sslength ss)))
(while (>= n 0)
(setq ent (entget (setq itm (ssname ss n)))
obj (cdr (assoc 0 ent))
l (cond
((= obj "LINE")
(distance (cdr (assoc 10 ent))(cdr (assoc 11 ent))))
((= obj "ARC")
(* (cdr (assoc 40 ent))
(if (minusp (setq l (- (cdr (assoc 51 ent))
(cdr (assoc 50 ent)))))
(+ pi pi l) l)))
((or (= obj "CIRCLE")(= obj "SPLINE")(= obj "POLYLINE")
(= obj "LWPOLYLINE")(= obj "ELLIPSE"))
(command "_.area" "_o" itm)
(getvar "perimeter"))
(T 0))
tl (+ tl l)
n (1- n)))
(alert (strcat "Total length of selected objects is " (rtos tl)))
(princ)
)