How to calculate the surface area of a collision polygon facing a vector

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:bust_in_silhouette: Asked By manglemix

Let’s say I want to calculate the air resistance applied onto a rigid body
The collision shape is a cuboid, and the speed of the air is described with a vector

So I would need to know the surface area of the shape which is facing the opposite of the air’s velocity