Wall Sweeps in Material Takeoff

[Anonymous]

What category  are wall sweeps under when I do a Material Takeoff?  I need to estimate how much material is being used for a few different wall sweeps.  I cannot find a wall sweep category.  I tried to give the sweeps a unique material and find them through that material. But the material didn't show up in the list of materials.  I'm curious to know how that works too.

Thanks

Nardo

[nathan.chapman · Accepted solution]

Wall sweeps Material don't currently schedule like you would think.  This is a limitation that has been a huge pain for many years.  We had to make line based families that would then get scheduled.  Not the best workflow but was what we needed to get correct material counts.  Wall sweeps have there time and place and one of them is not for getting correct material counts.

[RDAOU · Accepted solution]

@Anonymous

wall sweeps are parts... Similar to wall layers, floor and ceiling layers. When you need to takeoff material of such elements you convert to parts and schedule them

you shouldn't give up easily

cheers

[Anonymous]

RDAOU

Thanks.   That worked.  However it alerted me that our modelers put window sills and heads in as sweeps when they were for curtain walls.  But, they modeled them into the families of the regular windows.  Any ideas on doing a material takeoff or schedule for those items?

Thanks for sharing your knowledge

Nardo

PS: are you any relation to Vanessa Daou the singer?

[jjjoao2]

Hi RDAOU,

I have found your answer below because i just had this sweep issue today.

I have created a profile and introduced directly at the sweep in wall properties. (image attached).

Then i have transformed the wall into parts (like you explained below) but still the schedule didn't recognised the sweep profile.

Can you please explain what should i do?

[ToanDN]

Did you create Parts schedule or Parts material take-off schedule? They are to show and calculate material. The sweep profile information will not show there.

[jjjoao2]

OMG....it worked.

ToanDN, thanks for your help.

Regards