JKEdmo Posted January 10 Share Posted January 10 Using space planning tool for 1st time and have a few questions: Can the "Room Box" objects be scheduled? For example to sum the areas? I notice the labeled dimensions of the room box don't accurately show the box polyline size. See below snapshot. It appears it's backing out a 4" wide wall.| Is this something that can be controlled or is it hard coded? Thanks again, Jim Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TeaTime Posted January 10 Share Posted January 10 No schedule or Object Information, so nope. As far as I know everything with space planning is all hard coded, and you're absolutely right it's adjusting size because the intent is not how you have your boxes arranged in your screenshot, rather it's reducing size because it's going to build walls where the boxes meet. ex: take something like this: and turn it into this: It's giving estimated room sizes - your job is to just mash the boxes together and let the program magically make a house. It's just unfortunate that room boxes aren't editable in any way. Great if all your rooms are perfectly rectangular though. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JKEdmo Posted January 10 Author Share Posted January 10 29 minutes ago, TeaTime said: No schedule or Object Information, so nope. Thanks Tea Time for your input. Seems like there is room for improvement. Interesting tool though. Jim Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chrisb222 Posted January 10 Share Posted January 10 It's a great tool. For irregular shaped rooms, I place two or more boxes where they need to be to approximate the shape, and then delete those unneeded walls after conversion. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
glennw Posted January 10 Share Posted January 10 If you butt 2 rooms of the same type up against each other, Chief will not build a wall between. 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JKEdmo Posted January 10 Author Share Posted January 10 6 hours ago, Chrisb222 said: It's a great tool. For irregular shaped rooms, I place two or more boxes where they need to be to approximate the shape, and then delete those unneeded walls after conversion. Thanks! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JKEdmo Posted January 10 Author Share Posted January 10 3 minutes ago, glennw said: If you butt 2 rooms of the same type up against each other, Chief will not build a wall between. Great tip! Thanks, Jim Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TeaTime Posted January 10 Share Posted January 10 But only sometimes! It's a tricky little devil. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
glennw Posted January 10 Share Posted January 10 Is this the secret handshake? Rooms can be overlapped: when this is the case, the room box edges drawn in front will be converted to walls when the Build House tool is used. By default, smaller rooms draw over larger rooms; however, you can control their drawing order. See Drawing Groups. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TeaTime Posted January 10 Share Posted January 10 Huh. I honestly hadn't poked at it that hard. But out of curiosity, here's that same layout drawn from different starting points And sure enough the last-placed, highest in the order, comes in separated. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JKEdmo Posted May 10 Author Share Posted May 10 I watched the X16 presentation yesterday and was pleased that Chief brought some improvements to this tool. Looking forward to trying it out. Jim 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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