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I am working on a 6 building development, and am currently developing the general massing and suite mix/size for each floor. I am using Space objects to develop my floor plates and overall massing, and have set up a series of worksheet databases to track my saleable, buildable and parkade area so i can calculate my overall area totals and FSR for the project. I also need to keep a running total of how many of each type of unit I have (Studio, 1 bed, 2 bed, etc). To keep this tallied, i have added a series of User Defined Fields, one for each unit type. I then manually enter a "1" for each row that contains a unit of that type so that i can sum them all up at the end. I am assuming I could simply set up my databases to automatically tally each unit type separately, but I want to be able to sort them by Unit number in ascending order so when we present to the Client they are neatly ordered. Unfortunately, I am finding that every once in a while when I recalculate my databases, a random assortment of my user defined fields will refuse to tally. The information is there, but the top row of the database shows a blank cell (not a "0," but an actual blank cell). It happens at random times and to random User Defined fields, which tells me I'm probably using them improperly. Along with this, it means I have to manually enter information, which opens up the possibility of human error (there are approximately 615 units). Is there a better way to tally up my unit count? I have attached the file for reference. The database tables are on the "Project Information" design layer, and all the space objects live on the various "Outline and Areas" Layers. Thank you, Brett 24145-DP Brett.vwx

Hi All, I've started working on a new project, and am currently sorting out labels for my space objects which will form the rooms. In a previous project, I used some of the 'User Defined Fields' (#1-10) found in the 'Space Settings' box (Select Space object --> Settings --> 'Additional Data' tab), in order to create specific fields relevant to that project, which could be used in the name labels and in schedules etc. I ended up naming and using 'User Defined Field' 1, 2, 3 and 10 in this project. I had assumed that this information was stored in the file, and therefore when I started a new project, I could define new 'User Defined Field's relevelant to the new project. So I was surprised to see these same fields filled in as previous project. Why is it done like this - Is there a good reason? This is likely to be problematic - Say someone else needs to work on my drawing files, i.e. a consultant, and they have different user defined fields set up. Surely this is confusing? Would it not work far better to have the names you give these files stored in the file you are working in?? Does anyone have a good way of dealing with this issue..? Thanks! A