Wall Area

[pjames]

I'm trying to calculate the area of my exterior walls minus the area of the windows and doors to fill out some WSEC forms. Anyone know if this is possible in Chief? It's the insulated area of the above grade walls.

[DG1949]

One way would be to select the walls you want, and create a materials list from the "selection". The "Siding" category should give the square footage, and it doesn't include windows or doors. 

[SHCanada2]

i calculate a percentage of windows on side property line walls with a couple macros. Because it is "Above grade", I think the only solutions is to draw a polyline (or at least that is what I do). You get the area from the polylline, and then you would need to subtract the windows and doors

if you look closely below you can see the blue polyline that I drew

[robdyck]

I also use a polyline and macro system set up specifically for this purpose and for each (and any) elevation view. The polylines must be manually adjusted however the reporting output is automatic.