Material Lists Backsplash Square Footage

[pjames]

I'm trying to create a materials list that upon creation shows both the lineal footage and square footage of a cabinet backsplash. Does anyone have any ideas? I can get either the square footage or lineal feet to show but can't get both at the same time. Legth is just "backsplash_legth" and the square footage is "=backsplash_length * cabinet.backsplash_height" Upon placement cabinets have a default component that show the countertop square footage and the lineal legth of the backsplash - would I somehow be able to setup a component that shows the square footage of the backsplash in my cabinet defaults? Note attached screenshots.

 

 

[TeaTime]

Hm. Well, I thought it was a cleverly simple solution to create a 0" thick material layer to the backsplash, set it to calculate Length via the built-in material's Material List options...set the "width" to 109 so as long as it's not taller than 9' it should be fine, EXCEPT...

 

Evidently it calculates "length" by some logic based on the objects sizes - setting width to 109 was not wise. Set it to 48" and it worked a charm.

 

And as a result that works great so long as the polyline isn't less than 4' wide...

 

So I suppose if you know your backsplashes will never be taller or shorter than certain sizes... hm...

 

[ChiefArmstrong]

By default the backsplash component is based on the automatic_countertop.

If you add a new component using the little green plus button it will be based on the cabinet itself.

You should be able to compute the area using the formula shown in the image below.