Siding Area Calculations


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Hey folks. I am designing a dormer, and the town guidelines for new dormer construction specify that at least 50% of the wall space must be occupied by windows. Now, I have three gables connected by two sheds, so making these calculations won't be straight forward. Does anybody know of any tools or tricks to help me with this?

-Chris

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Alan probably has the best solution, but I've never used materials lists yet. So, if you want an alternate method: shoot elevations. Draw polyline polygons to define the wall area, and use the Object Specification dbx to check the enclosed areas of each polygon. Add them up.

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Alan probably has the best solution, but I've never used materials lists yet. So, if you want an alternate method: shoot elevations. Draw polyline polygons to define the wall area, and use the Object Specification dbx to check the enclosed areas of each polygon. Add them up.

This is what I typically do.

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