Streamline Area Polylines

[PitMan71]

I am trying to streamline the process of creating my area poly lines to have the color, fill, label, and schedule selections that I want. Living, Garage Porches, etc.... I have tried creating objects with the labels I want and adding to my library but that didn't work, program sees them a trim poly lines when I drag them into the drawing. Is there a way to accomplish this? It would be nice if I could invoke the polyline tool and it just draws it with the properties I want, but I haven't found a way to do that yet. Is there something I am missing?

 

Thanks in advance.

[Renerabbitt]

6 hours ago, PitMan71 said:

I am trying to streamline the process of creating my area poly lines to have the color, fill, label, and schedule selections that I want. Living, Garage Porches, etc.... I have tried creating objects with the labels I want and adding to my library but that didn't work, program sees them a trim poly lines when I drag them into the drawing. Is there a way to accomplish this? It would be nice if I could invoke the polyline tool and it just draws it with the properties I want, but I haven't found a way to do that yet. Is there something I am missing?

 

Thanks in advance.

Just curious, why not use rooms to report area instead now that we have an OIP for floor defaults

[PitMan71]

22 hours ago, Renerabbitt said:

Just curious, why not use rooms to report area instead now that we have an OIP for floor defaults

I'm not 100% but it seems like early on this year when I first starting using Chief, there was some uncertainty about the calculations and I opted to go the route of poly lines so that I was sure of the reported numbers. Is that included OOB or what kind of setup is involved? If it makes life easier, it's worth at least giving it a try. Send me some info or a link to check out.

 

Thanks

[Gawdzira]

See if this is what you are after. I did this quickly to spit out a tabulated list for some site area calculations. I did not refine this and you could easily lose the labels and use the names of the individual areas (renaming the headings). I did not try to copy these polylines into a new plan yet but I suspect they would retain the schedule association.

RIC As Built V1p.zip

[PitMan71]

On 5/6/2025 at 7:33 PM, Gawdzira said:

See if this is what you are after. I did this quickly to spit out a tabulated list for some site area calculations. I did not refine this and you could easily lose the labels and use the names of the individual areas (renaming the headings). I did not try to copy these polylines into a new plan yet but I suspect they would retain the schedule association.

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Thanks for posting..... So far I have done all my SF reports using polylines and schedules. I like to use fill on the plines so I can be sure the edges are where I want them....Different Area types have different fill colors..... I wanted to streamline that task to where I didn't have to spend so much time editing the properties of the poly lines after I drew them if that makes sense. my idea was to create library items, but that doesn't work.

 

I like Rene's suggestion but I am not exactly sure how to do what he mentioned AND I would want to make sure the SF's are figured the way I want them to be.