What is the best practice for calculating space?

[Ryan Russell]

Hello,

 

I am currently working in VW Architect 2021, and I am designing a two story residence. I would like to capture the space/room/dimensions and have that data reflected/incorporated into a VW worksheet so I can produce accurate estimations and material take offs. Any assistance that you can provide in this matter is greatly appreciated.

 

Thanks,

Ryan Russell

[Silvano]

The space object is good for documentation, data presentation, and other uses like energy calculations.

For accurate surveys of services and related materials, I make a record format for each building component, with the service specification and the unit normally used as measurement criteria, as a minimum. It's easy to add worksheet functions as new report columns for these reports.

There are also pre-formatted reports for this, in the VW archives, with a lot of information that might be useful.

[Pat Stanford]

Make a Space for each room and you will easily be able to get the information into a worksheet.