Concrete volume

[Anonymous]

Hi,

is there a way to obtain entire concrete building volume (material takeoff)!?

Do I have to summon foundations, floors, columns etc. or is there a workaround?

Regards!

[ToanDN]

Use a multi-category material take-off schedule.

[Anonymous]

@ToanDN 

Hi,

...tried to make a multi category takeoff schedule but something's wrong.

I should have around 550 m3 of concrete but Revit calculates "Grand total" 229m3.

What am I missing?

Thanks for your time!!!

[ToanDN]

Do you have multiple phases? What are the elements with the concrete material?

[Anonymous]

Hi,

all materials are "cast in place concrete C25", and the elements are beams, columns, slabs and foundation slabs, stairs.

There are no phases.

Regards!

[ToanDN]

If you add the Category column to the schedule, do you see any categories are missing?  How did you come up with the 533 m3 figure?

[Anonymous]

Hi,

I found where Revit doesn't properly summon volumes:

1. Floors (Grand total is 5m3)???

2. Structural Foundations

Grand total is 4m3???

So, after summoning I have around 550m3 as it should be.

Why is this happening? Is this a bug?

Regards!

[ToanDN · Accepted solution]

4 and 5 are Count Totals, not Volume Totals.  You need to go to Format tab and set the Volume filed to Calculate Totals.

[Anonymous]

@ToanDN 

ah...that's the problem,.....my mistake...

Thank you so much!

Regards!

[Anonymous]

How to do that so it shows volume?

[RDAOU]

[Anonymous]

@RDAOU Thank you!

[Anonymous]

Not sure that I know how to accept this as a solution: can't see this option

[RDAOU]

@Anonymous 

You can only accept solutions on Posts which you start...Moreover, there is already a solution for this post 🙂 so all is good .