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Assuming data like the following:

   x         y           z 61.451828 120.703318 53.891932  60.487655 120.451269 53.958880  59.553369 120.113391 53.937736  58.649164 119.742376 53.741179  57.748777 119.372535 53.518019  56.833270 118.988744 53.426859  55.916012 118.591941 53.398583  54.999395 118.212736 53.291697  54.076806 117.979776 53.029058  53.153013 117.982292 52.663368  52.202854 118.205061 52.445258  51.248874 118.454180 52.295180  

Where each column represents a row represents a single point (x, y, z). These points represent a "tube", but these are just the points and I need to be able to find the area of this tube. I also need to be able to orient several iterations of data like this in the same direction, if that is of any relevance.

Note: Because I am not sure how to do this, I do not know what tags to apply to the question. Sorry if I misapplied any.

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    Have you seen [this](http://www.geometrictools.com/Documentation/LeastSquaresFitting.pdf)?2012-04-19

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