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In VectorWorks Architect, choose Tools>Reports>VA Create Schedule. There are two wall reports that you can start with, "Wall Area" and "Wall Style Report". You can customize the reports by adding formulas; this requires a little more knowledge of the VW worksheet. For this, go to the "Worksheet Commands" and "Additional Worksheet Operations" topic on the online help.

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You can create your own worksheet even if you dont' have Architect. Actually it does not appear that either of the two built in worksheets contain the information you are looking for.

Create a new worksheet.

Select the row header for a row and set it to be a Database Row.

Set the criteria of the database to be Type is Wall

In the header row of the database enter formulas in the columns that you want. Some formulas that you might like are:

=Length {this will give you the wall length in inches}

=WallThickness

=AverageWallHeight

If you want to use feet instead, change the formulas to =Length/12

Pat

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Petri,

Thanks for the correction. I apologize to all those not using feet and inches for negelecting them when I posted this ;-) Lets phrase it this way instead.

The basic formulas will get you measurements in the base unit of the drawing. If you want to show the measurement in a different unit, you need to modify the formula to include the proper conversion.

Pat

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It is quite unfortunate that one cannot use the unit settings of the file in a report. Eg instead of =AREA we might be able to say =AREAINFILEUNITS or have a cell formatting.

People working in millimetres and wanting areas in square metres have to divide by 10?6 - and try telling that to an artistic interior designer!

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You can define multiple criteria by clicking in the row header (e.g. 2) for the database and editing the criteria. There you can add multiple criteria to further limit the scope fo the database rows. (i.e. Layer is Mod-Floor-3 and Class is Wall-Plaster.

In addition the the functions in the Paste Function command, you can also use most of the criteria commands (see the VectorScript Appendix). if you put =L in the database column header, it will diaplsy the layer name for each object. =C gives the class.

Pat

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