mgoeritz Posted January 24 Share Posted January 24 New Chief Architect user here. I'm converting from Revit to Chief Architect and am looking for a convenient way to do Finish Schedules. I have figured out Cabinet, Fixtures, Floor Finish Schedules, but haven't found a great way to create a finish wall schedule to be used for tile specifications and take-offs. How is everyone else accomplishing this? In Revit, I would create structural wall types as well as wall finish types and layer them in the program. I would then create a wall schedule and filter out anything that didn't have 'finish' in the name. But it seems like chief won't let you layer walls in this way. Chief is such a smart program, I feel like there's got to be a way. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chopsaw Posted January 24 Share Posted January 24 I think it can likely be done with a few macros in the wall OIP fields. I am not a Revit user though. Could you perhaps post a typical Revit Schedule the way you would like Chief to do it ? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mgoeritz Posted January 25 Author Share Posted January 25 Thank you for your response Chopsaw! I am essentially just trying to make a schedule of the wall finishes only that shows the square footage. I'll attach a simple version of what I'd like to create. I'd also like to add some custom manual input fields like manufacturer, tile size, offset... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chopsaw Posted January 26 Share Posted January 26 If you can do without the sub titles then I think we can make it work. I assume your "Description" is the Wall Type so some custom wall types would be required there as I just used some default ones. There is a provided OIP field for Manufacturer that you can use and create or rename the others. Customize as required... The trick is the area which you will need to choose a relevant layer that accounts for wrap so an interior finish layer would likely be the most accurate. The formatting for wall layers would go something like this: %upper_layers[4].area.ceil.to_s% or if you are having wrap issues with paint you can use the coverings layer as well: %coverings[0].material_data.quantity% Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GeneDavis Posted January 26 Share Posted January 26 How is tile dealt with when it is done with material regions? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chopsaw Posted January 26 Share Posted January 26 4 hours ago, GeneDavis said: How is tile dealt with when it is done with material regions? They can be included in a Wall Schedule and have an area attribute and OIP panel as well as accessible layers, but it does make it a little more difficult as they don't seem to be associated with the wall. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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