ValleyGuy Posted yesterday at 02:09 AM Share Posted yesterday at 02:09 AM 3 hours ago, SHCanada2 said: so million dollar question, where is your total for all floors coming from (it's own one line schedule?) It isn't from a separate schedule. The individual floor values come from CAD poly lines with a macro in the label. The total is a macro formula in a Rich Text box. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SHCanada2 Posted yesterday at 02:24 AM Share Posted yesterday at 02:24 AM too bad, I was hoping for a non polyline solution. just be careful if those macros are using global variables. If those are on different sheets than the actual floor, and if you have two open floor plans, you may get results from the other floor plan. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ValleyGuy Posted yesterday at 02:30 AM Share Posted yesterday at 02:30 AM 1 minute ago, SHCanada2 said: too bad, I was hoping for a non polyline solution. just be careful if those macros are using global variables. If those are on different sheets than the actual floor, and if you have two open floor plans, you may get results from the other floor plan. I exhausted everything I knew to get a total from a schedule and came up short. You are right about the different poly lines on different layers / multiple plans messing up the numbers. I scratched my head and said a few bad words until I figured that out. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SHCanada2 Posted yesterday at 02:44 AM Share Posted yesterday at 02:44 AM 12 minutes ago, ValleyGuy said: You are right about the different poly lines on different layers / multiple plans messing up the numbers. I scratched my head and said a few bad words until I figured that out There is only one way I know to avoid that, and that is to use the filename as a key/check on the variable. Did you find another way? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ValleyGuy Posted yesterday at 02:49 AM Share Posted yesterday at 02:49 AM Just now, SHCanada2 said: There is only one way I know to avoid that, and that is to use the filename as a key/check on the variable. Did you find another way? I just keep all of the CAD poly line boxes on my Terrain Working SPV. I just cut and paste to the upper and lower floors - then back again to the home base parked off to the side. I'm barely out of the staring blocks on macros so there isn't much depth of experience to draw from. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SHCanada2 Posted yesterday at 03:06 AM Share Posted yesterday at 03:06 AM that's the "keep all of the items which contribute to the global variables and the resulting calculations, on the same view" method. That works well, you just cant move the resultant calculations off that view. I'm guessing with CA doing more and more on work on schedules lately, there will be a schedule solution to this soon Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ValleyGuy Posted yesterday at 03:15 AM Share Posted yesterday at 03:15 AM 3 minutes ago, SHCanada2 said: I'm guessing with CA doing more and more on work on schedules lately, there will be a schedule solution to this soon It's greatly appreciated that CA is putting some good effort towards schedules, that's for sure. Did you ever find out how the other programs handle this total sqft issue? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SHCanada2 Posted yesterday at 03:45 AM Share Posted yesterday at 03:45 AM well i just looked around and cannot even find user doc for SP or archicad. SP looks like it has a concept of an area object, just cant tell if it is live or not Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Renerabbitt Posted yesterday at 06:29 AM Share Posted yesterday at 06:29 AM I have stated this before, and unfortunately this is not one of those things that I would give away for free as others sell a similar system. All I am willing to tell you is that it is totally doable without the need of a rich text box. My next version of the Pro Plan has an expanded area analysis that is very easy to adapt to many different conditions. It only requires one polyline for the lot size. The rest is done automatically. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SHCanada2 Posted 16 hours ago Share Posted 16 hours ago no argument that it is not doable, as I already do it as well without polylines (except for the lot),...but it is not implementable in a simple manner. I just think it should be available OOTB, or described by CA as to how to configure it OOTB. ...in other words a standard(live - non polyline) solution by CA Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Joe_Carrick Posted 16 hours ago Share Posted 16 hours ago 3 minutes ago, SHCanada2 said: I just think it should be available OOTB, or described by CA as to how to configure it OOTB. ...in other words a standard solution by CA There are various rules depending on the jurisdiction so a standard solution by CA wouldn't work except in just a few cases. IAE, if CA did provide one then the work Rene, Michael, myself and others who sell a system would be devalued. FWIW, my system using named polylines has no problems with multiple floors because I use one plan for the site and referenced plans for each floor. All the macros are thereby visible and executed. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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