Overlapping areas in schedule

[gccdesign]

I'm researching how to create a schedule that will show the house footprint area, paved areas, etc.

Basically it's for hard surface areas on the lot.

I haven't finished yet, but I'm starting out using a shared parameter that can be labelled in topo, floors, roofs, stairs.

Then I want to read the "projected Area".

What I would like to figure out is how to deal with say, a roof that overhangs a walkway. The roof should govern and the covered walkway portion should not be counted as part of the walkways for this purpose. Rain won't hit it so to speak.

Anyone else dealt with this?

Thanks,

GChapp

[SteveKStafford · Accepted solution]

You're describing one purpose for Area Plans. You'll need to sketch Area Boundaries to define how the building and site elements relate to each other. Then place Area elements and you can schedule these which means you can provide a plan and schedule to tell the whole story.

[gccdesign]

Area plans seem to work great in a building. But they won't recognize topo subregions, like a subregion for a driveway.

There can be quite a bit of this type of thing, convoluted and all.

So I don't think area plan is what I want to use.

GChapp

[barthbradley]

What about using Topo SubRegions to define these areas. They can pull all these areas into a schedule.  No need for shared parameters.  

[gccdesign]

This works for some areas. Like I have a topo subregion for the convoluted driveway.

The topo subregions are in a linked site model.

But some areas are walkways that I modeled out of 4" concrete floor.

I have a split surface under the house, garage, guest house at the ground level footprint. These can be marked as topo objects.

But I also have roof areas that overhang walkways. You might call it "rained on surface area" that I need to count. With zero wind.

Exterior stairs also have to be counted.

That's why I'm leaning toward using a shared parameter.

First time doing this, so I'm learning as I go.

GChapp

[ToanDN]

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@gccdesign wrote:

Area plans seem to work great in a building. But they won't recognize topo subregions, like a subregion for a driveway.

There can be quite a bit of this type of thing, convoluted and all.

So I don't think area plan is what I want to use.

GChapp

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You can edit a subregion, copyclip its boundary, finish, and paste align to the Area plan.  They will become model lines and you will be able to trace and snap to them (not pick lines though) to create the Area boundary.

[barthbradley]

If the Subregions are defined in the link, wouldn't you want to Link the building into the Topo?  That's what I do for Plot Planning.  Sounds like that's what you're doing.  

[barthbradley]

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@ToanDN wrote:You can edit a subregion, copyclip its boundary, finish, and paste align to the Area plan.  They will become model lines and you will be able to trace and snap to them (not pick lines though) to create the Area boundary.

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...and grab the Property Line too, if it's also in the Topo Link.  

[ToanDN]

Speaking of which, I now often use property lines to create Areas on floor plans in lieu of Areas and area plans. Schedule-able, filter-able, tag-able. What not to like?

[gccdesign]

I finally just drew it in an area plan.

I could not get the various categories to show up in a schedule.

Area plan worked.

But for some reason the color fill for the different areas is missing over site stairs.

Maybe some day I'll learn more about schedules & parameters.

I see there are more answers I missed, like copying the subregion borders to the area plan. Darn, I should have used that.

GChapp

[gccdesign]

I have the site (with topo) linked into the building model. Only one building being worked on.

GChapp

[ToanDN · Accepted solution]

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@gccdesign wrote:

But for some reason the color fill for the different areas is missing over site stairs.

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Change the view's Color scheme location to Foreground.