Window-to-floor area ratio calculation in 4 easy steps (SANS 10400-XA 4.4.4.1 & 2).
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Tag Archives: Window
Door/Window Functionality Survey (Wish-list)
I am conducting a survey on the functionality of doors and windows.
Starting off with "standard" Door/ Window Dimension Markers available in ArchiCAD. This is the result of increasing number of clients wanting to know where they find a door / window marker represented by the pictogram highlighted in the screenshot below..... it depicts a circle divided horizontally with a door number top and suffix below.
A very good survey and opportunity for SADC ArchiCAD users to define the future of the ArchiCAD door and window functionality...Take a minute to review the functionality and leave a comment on your wishes, after completing the survey...
How to: The significance of certain "Schedule Fields" in the Interactive Schedule
The Interactive Schedule not only displays quantities and other parameters, but you can actually edit it. The ability to edit the Interactive Schedule is what I will discuss in this post.
When learning how to use the Interactive Schedule a good place to start would be with one of the default Schedules as supplied by Graphisoft with the ArchiCAD 15 Template for example.
How to: Make a "Composite" Door/ Window Schedule
A common request received from Users/ Clients is how do I make my ArchiCAD door/ window schedule look the same as the company "standard". In other words at some point in time, maybe when the company was first established, someone was tasked with producing a door/ window schedule. Remembering that most probably it was set up manually to look a certain way on a drawing board or 2D CAD software without any consideration for automation of the output.
How to: Forerunner to how to Number openings + using Interactive Schedule
First some background.
Every company should have their own prescribed "manual" for staff to follow when dealing with Door/ Window Scheduling, otherwise there could be chaos or heated arguments over the "correct" way to do this. Herewith are some points to incorporate:
Before I continue for ease of explanation I refer to Door Schedule only instead of keep repeating Door & Frame Schedule / Window Schedule.
Setting up the Door or Window List as a View
When setting up a Door or Window schedule for the first time using the Interactive Schedule it is important to know that you should save the Door or Window List as a View. When the Door or Window List is viewed as a view one can control the output scale, especially considering the setting out of the schedule on paper.The one way to save the Door or Window List as a view is to right-click on it in the Navigator > Project Map and then select the option “Save Current View…”.
This will open the Save View window
You will find the Door or Window List at the bottom of the Navigator – View Map.The other way is from Navigator – View Map > click on button towards the bottom of Navigator called “Clone a Folder…”.
This will then open up the “Clone a Folder” window > scroll down the list and double click on Schedules to expand > click on Element (Note: under the General tab – Scale: is blanked out and cannot be changed, don’t worry about this as we can change this later).
Select “Clone”
You will now see the view “Element” at the bottom of the Navigator – View Map. Expand the “Element” View and select Door or Window List then click on the button at bottom of Navigator – View Map > “Settings…”
Under the View Settings > General Tab you will now be able to set the “Scale:, Pen Set:, Model View Options: etc. At this stage 1:50 would be recommended. One can also change the “Name:” by changing the button from “By Project Map” to “Custom”. Then it is also a good idea to change “Dimensions” at the bottom to your preferred method. In this instance I prefer “Plain Millimeter”.
How to: Door & Window Schedules using the Interactive Schedule
Introduction & Background to the Interactive Schedule
ArchiCAD’s Interactive Schedule function allows you to automatically generate schedules. Unlike simple lists created with the commands of the Document > Schedules and Lists menu, the Interactive Schedule not only displays quantities and other parameters – you can actually edit it. This makes it possible to notice and correct inconsistencies resulting from a data entry error or from the merging of the work of several people on different parts of the same project.
For example, the schedule may allow you to detect that all but one of the thirty or forty doors placed in your building have the same height and width. You can then select this door directly from the schedule and check whether there is a reason for this inconsistency. If you find that this was a mistake, then you can correct the setting in the schedule and automatically update the door in all views.
Similarly, it’s easy to double-check how many of the doors open to the right or the left. There are two categories of Interactive Schedules:
- Element Lists show characteristics of simple construction elements.
- Component Lists are optimized to list information about each component of composite elements (composite walls, slabs, roofs and/or multi-component profile elements
To make a door or window schedule you would use the Element List . Go to Navigator > Project Map > scroll down list to Schedules > Element > select Door List or Window List
DETAILED INSTRUCTION SECTIONS:
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2. How to separate doors that use the same object but have different panels
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3. How to: Not schedule empty openings
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4. How to: Split a Schedule (Door/ Window) into Multiple Layouts.
5. How to: The significance of certain “Schedule Fields” in the Interactive Schedule
