Area Calculation

[Davide]

Hi there, in VW Architect 9.5, what does the Net Area Polys command do? Is in the VW Architect Menu.I'm looking for a way to calculate areas of polygons linked to a record and schedule, so that a change in the polygon area will be reflected in the computation.

Thank you.

[Robert Anderson]

Net Area Polys creates "net" room area polys from the walls on the active layer. Not a bad trick, but not what you were looking for ;-)

To create a report of polygon areas, you must first create a database of all the polygons of interest. See the VW9 manual beginning page 16-13 to see how to do this. Use a criteria [T=POLY] for all polygons in the file, or a criteria [T=POLY AND L=<<LAYERNAME>>] for all polygons on a particular layer. (See the section in chapter 16 on Search Criteria.) Then, to return the area, go to the database header row and in the column you wish, type =AREA . That's it. I know this isn't simple to learn, but once learned, it's very simple to do.

[Davide]

Thanks. It really sounds complicate but I'll try it. I don't understand why for so many commands there is no explanation in both the VW and the Architect manuals.