# By Area

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The ExtractMeshFacesByArea command separates mesh faces that are within a specified range of area from the parent mesh object.\
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### Extract mesh faces by area options

**Select faces larger than:** Selects mesh faces with an area larger than the specified setting.

**Select smallest face:** Select a mesh face to set the area of the smallest face.

**Select faces smaller than:** Selects mesh faces with an area smaller than the specified setting.

* **Select largest face:** Select a mesh face to set the area of the largest face.

**Increment:** Sets the amount the value is changed with each arrow click.

**Select range from face:** Select an example mesh face to set the size range. A range of ±10% of the area of the selected face is used.

**Border only:** Makes polylines out of the edges of the selected mesh faces instead of extracting them from the parent mesh object.

**Extract a copy:** Makes a copy of the selected mesh faces rather than extracting them from the parent mesh object.