Roof Surface Material - Access to Information

[robdyck]

Is there any way to access the roof surface material only, in a roof plane schedule, without including all the substrate materials? I have more than 1 roof material and to automatically identify those in the plan view would be helpful.

[robdyck]

There is a ton of useful information for roofs that could easily be provided on a set of plans if Chief would give it's customers simple and reasonable access...which is not a materials list.

And number formatting macros to remove the 15 decimal places are not reasonable either, which is why the new schedule feature is helpful.

Designers need to be able to report more information on plan sets and it has to be automatic. 

[robdyck]

@Joe_Carrick Thank-you! No one would ever just 'figure' this out, so I really appreciate it.

[Joe_Carrick]

34 minutes ago, robdyck said:

Is there any way to access the roof surface material only, in a roof plane schedule

For the Plan View, 

 

%owner.layers[0].material_data.description%

 

placed in the Roof Plane Label should do it.

-or-

 

%owner.layers[0].material_data.description%

   -over-

%owner.layers[1].material_data.description%

 

if you also want to indicate the underlayment.

 

To get it in the Schedule you will need a custom field - but the same macro should work.

 

 

[robdyck]

Yes, it works!

[Joe_Carrick]

There are similar "layers" NVPs for Walls, Floors, Ceilings & Material Regions.  

Check the "Object Properties Macros" I posted Global & Object Properties Macros - Tips & Techniques - ChiefTalk Forum (chiefarchitect.com)