Finding volume of a created extrusion in family

[Anonymous]

I have made a family from multiple shaped extrusions. I need to find out the volume of each extrusion (in family!), in order to determine the required materials for my project. By the way, I have Revit 2014. Hope someone can give me some aid.

[L.Maas]

Inside the family you would have to do the calculations yourself.

Inside the project you can create a material takeoff, there you have a parameter named material:volume.

[Anonymous]

anyway to get this information in the family?

[Sahay_R]

Revit 2014 does not have the capability to create calculated parameters. However, you can create formula driven parameters that can calculate the volume that you want. 

What I would do would be to create families for individual components with dimensional parameters and a formula driven volume parameter. Since you need the volume to be schedulable, it should be a shared parameter. Nest the parts into a 'parent' family and associate parameters.

[Anonymous]

That's my basic work around. Can I get the cross sectional Area in a revit family similar to AutoCAD? These are for complex shapes.

[Anonymous]

I'm using REVIT 2017

[Sahay_R]

Oops. I  was thinking of the OP. Sorry.

In that case, calculated parameters will be your savior! As long as you have the appropriate shared parameters, you can create a volume parameter that calculates (with or without rounding) and adds the values to the schedule.

Also - for the cross sectional areas - creating a region in a cross sectional view should give you the benefit of the area parameter.

[Anonymous]

I'm looking for this in the family. I've attached my clunky work around. I need this because I am combining parameters in the schedule. but combining parameters does not allow a calculated parameter to be used. hence the work around. If i could report the cross sectional area it would make the calculation much easier and more precise.

[Sahay_R]

Can you share the family?