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How do you Handle Atriums?

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Anonymous
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How do you Handle Atriums?

I'm only on the 3rd floor of my first FMD project, and I've gotten to
the point where I've created spaces for the entire floor (just under
150,000 sq ft) BUT, I haven't created spaces for the atriums.

I've got this huge patch of footprint, but, I can't put anything there
by way of assets... should I just leave the space out so no one on the
end thinks it's a usable space? or should I leave it in for some other
reason (like making the overall sq ftge mesh better with the space
inside that is accounted for?)?

Pardon the newb-like question on this one, but, I don't recall seeing
this particular topic come up before.

Appreciate any thoughts / opinions on what methods have worked for others.

Cheers!

Melanie Perry
***not all who wander are lost***
http://Tech-Tea.com
http://AUGI.com/AutoCAD
http://mistressofthedorkness.blogspot.com
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mark.evans
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Sorry to say this, but the answer is, "It depends..."

It depends on what you want to accomplish with the data/model. If you are a obsessive about matching the BOMA or IFMA space standards, you would want to treat it to match them. That probably means you poly-line it at the floor of the atrium, classify it according to it's usage, and do nothing at the upper levels. I say probably because I unfortunately don't recall what the standards say and I don't have time to look it up. On the other hand, if you have "stuff" hanging in there at various levels, you may want to define a space at each floor so that you could place the hanging equipment and write work orders against it and have a location attached automatically. A little bizarre, but I could see it. I have also seen people poly-line the atrium at each floor because they compute their floor area based upon outside dimensions (instead of where there really is a floor) and want their area totals to match up.

So, no real clear answer, unless you are sticking to BOMA/IFMA.

Mark Evans


Mark Evans
Senior Product Manager
AEC Division, Simulation Product Line
Autodesk, Inc.

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Anonymous
in reply to: Anonymous

lol... that's what I was afraid of.

Thanks for the speedy reply, Mark, much appreciated.

I think I'll leave it empty.

Cheers!

Melanie Perry
***not all who wander are lost***
http://Tech-Tea.com
http://AUGI.com/AutoCAD
http://mistressofthedorkness.blogspot.com

Mark Evans wrote:
> Sorry to say this, but the answer is, "It depends..."
>
> It depends on what you want to accomplish with the data/model. If you are a obsessive about matching the BOMA or IFMA space standards, you would want to treat it to match them. That probably means you poly-line it at the floor of the atrium, classify it according to it's usage, and do nothing at the upper levels. I say probably because I unfortunately don't recall what the standards say and I don't have time to look it up. On the other hand, if you have "stuff" hanging in there at various levels, you may want to define a space at each floor so that you could place the hanging equipment and write work orders against it and have a location attached automatically. A little bizarre, but I could see it. I have also seen people poly-line the atrium at each floor because they compute their floor area based upon outside dimensions (instead of where there really is a floor) and want their area totals to match up.
>
> So, no real clear answer, unless you are sticking to BOMA/IFMA.
>
> Mark Evans

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