Combining Spaces

[Anonymous]

I know we can do Space Separation but is there a way to combine the spaces....Here is what i am trying to do.....Arch has a large hall and he allocated the rooms in bog open area. I want Revit to consider whole area as one single space; because my spaces are linked to ventilation tables and calculcations....

Folk any idea ...

Regards

Usman

[asommer]

When Placing spaces, it automatically looks for walls and separations that the arch places. There is an option to select boundary walls, but I don't know if this will work.

[Anonymous]

Well i didnt see any option for the wall boundry ...Where exactly you are referring ? Only solution which comes to my mind is to go into Arch model and change room boundaries and then my spaces will pick up those boundaries...But what if i get an update on the Arch model, do again the process....specially when i have like more than 4000 rooms in the building...

AUTODESK team do you any idea how to achieve this goal...?

Regards

Usman

[embolisim]

Can you achieve what you want with HVAC Zones?   Add all the spaces to the same zone then look at the zone data & see if it gives you what you want.

[Anonymous]

This is still an issue Autodesk has never resolved. There are many occasions where architects want to divide out a portion of a room with room separation lines and place seperate room tags, however these additional spaces make HVAC calculations unneedlessly bulky. For example, a corridor with a connected equipment alcove. The architect wants to divide the alcove with a line so they can place a separate room designation. However, for HVAC purposes it is essentially the same space. There needs to be a way to combine spaces for HVAC calcuations.

[fabiosato]

Hello,

I believe the suggestion from embolisim is the best, of course is not the simplest, since you will have to group the spaces.

[Anonymous]

I am facing the same problem when it comes to lighting calculations. Fortunately, ElumTools lets you calculate multiple spaces by combining them. But the results sometimes look weird once scheduled.