Wall sweep schedule reporting

[julian.attwood]

I have multiple brick sweeps intersecting.

When I join the intersecting sweeps the wall sweep schedule does not change the reported length.

ie. 1nr 10m vertical sweep (500mm face)intersecting a 10m horizontal sweep(500mm face).

Still reports 20m sweep length.

This should be 9.50m length.

Any thoughts appreciated.

[RDAOU]

@julian.attwood 

Join Geometry does not split the element. It will not affect the length but the Volume/Area

Your options are

1. Model the sweeps differently (example: use a line based family or a basic wall)
2. Split the Wall Sweeps
3. Calculate length using a calculated value

[barthbradley]

MTO/QTO? Isn't Volume the critical value you need to compute material quantities (e.g. number of bricks, etc.)?  What do you need Length for?  There's no Height value to use either.   

[julian.attwood]

Not the volume as the sweep thickness is variable. In this case 300mm. The problem I have is the sweep cutting the wall facade does not reduce the m2 area of the facade. Therefore I need to calculate the sweep length to determine the additional brick requirements for the depth of the sweep as a reportable parameter within a schedule.
The sweeps in both vertical and horizontal are in excess of 10,000 linear metres for this 38 storey building

[barthbradley]

Yah, I'm not following. I have no idea how Length is of value here, but whatever. 

BTW: Join Geometry removes volume at the union.