Bea Greaves Posted July 11, 2002 Share Posted July 11, 2002 Please could you tell me a quick way to calculate the surface area of a wall, straight or curved. Many thanks. Quote Link to comment
Matthew Giampapa Posted July 11, 2002 Share Posted July 11, 2002 Well there is a VectorScript function you can use, FUNCTION CalcSurfaceArea(solidObject :HANDLE) :REAL; It will return the complete surface area of any object that can be rendered as a 3D object. This includes the top and bottom of the object as well as additional sides created by the openings for windows and doors. If you want more detailed and more accurate numbers for your surface area, you can run the wall framing command in the Model menu. It can generate a worksheet which includes the Surface Area. Matthew GiampapaNNA Technical Support Quote Link to comment
Petri Sakkinen Posted July 14, 2002 Share Posted July 14, 2002 Bea, Thanks for the reminder! I have a set of scripts for wall quantification and costing that were intended to go into public domain. You should be able get them in a few weeks' time from VectorDepot. I just have to check that they work with VW 9 & have some documentation. They are based on the use of worksheets. Quote Link to comment
Bea Greaves Posted July 16, 2002 Author Share Posted July 16, 2002 Thanks for replies - I haven't advanced to using scripts yet but this will encourage me I hope. Bea Quote Link to comment
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