Room DBX box showing polyline boundaries as an area calculation tool...am i missing something

[ricatic]

As i learn more about features in this complex program, I discovered the "roof area poly line" choice in the roof plane dbx. Am i missing a selection for similarly displaying room area using a similar tool in the Room DBX box... or even another method? I currently just build a CAD polyline and use its DBX polyline choice but it seems like it could be more automatic...just wondering...

 

Regards

 

Rick

[Chrisb222]

12 minutes ago, ricatic said:

As i learn more about features in this complex program, I discovered the "roof area poly line" choice in the roof plane dbx. Am i missing a selection for similarly displaying room area using a similar tool in the Room DBX box... or even another method? I currently just build a CAD polyline and use its DBX polyline choice but it seems like it could be more automatic...just wondering...

 

Regards

 

Rick

 

Select room, click "Make Room Polyline" button that will appear on the lower Edit toolbar. Open Polyline DBX and find area and other info.

[MoeGia]

Yes, you can display the room area automatically by turning on the correct layer.  There are two available room area layers you can choose.  It's plan wide, not room specific.  It can be room specific by using a macro.

[ricatic]

Chris and Moe

 

I knew there had to be a way to do this in a simpler manner than drawing my own "box".

 

Thanks

 

Rick