Bas Vellekoop Posted August 1, 2012 Share Posted August 1, 2012 (edited) Im looking into worksheets, pretty handy! I`m wondering if it possible to get the area (m2) of the walls of a room by using the space tool. Is it possible te get the m2 of all the walls of a living room or a bedroom? This would be very handy in my case... :-) Couldn`t find a proper way. Only the totals of all walls, but not by room. Edited August 1, 2012 by Buzz Lightyear Quote Link to comment
michaelk Posted August 2, 2012 Share Posted August 2, 2012 I'll take a swing at it. Using the space tool, if the Net Ceiling Height is set to the layer height, then it's easy to get the perimeter of the room and multiply that by the ceiling height. It's not clear to me the difference between the net perimeter and gross perimeter. Maybe someone can shed some light on that. Unfortunately a vaulted ceiling throws the whole thing off. I don't think using the space object as a location for a database criterion will work, because the wall will often extend beyond the boundry of a given space object. I'll attach an example... mk Quote Link to comment
michaelk Posted August 2, 2012 Share Posted August 2, 2012 This approach does what you want. Not sure if it's worth it... mk Quote Link to comment
Bas Vellekoop Posted August 2, 2012 Author Share Posted August 2, 2012 (edited) Hi, Thanks for the help! Looks great! Can you elaborate about how you made it? For me te criteria in the worksheet are unclear ('location is within' and than al the numbers....?) and how you made the nurbs surfaces. Edited August 2, 2012 by Buzz Lightyear Quote Link to comment
michaelk Posted August 2, 2012 Share Posted August 2, 2012 1. Use the extract tool in surface mode to extract the nurbs surfaces from the walls. Assign them to a class. 2. Use the split tool in top/plan view to split the nurbs surfaces at intersections. 3. When creating the database use the criteria Class is __________________ Location is XXXXX The XXXXX will be what is in the name field of the data tab of the space object OIP. You can either use the crazy id code or type in something more useful to a human. It's not live. If a wall moves or window changes size, you need to extract a new nurbs surface. hth mk Quote Link to comment
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