Occupancy Load Tabulation

[john.cantrell]

How can you schedule area settings to divide that area by the occupancy load tabulation and calculate that for you? I know there must be a way, but it's probably a shared parameter thing that I'm not sure of.

Thanks anyone.

[anthony.67953]

I don't think it can be done in a schedule.

Respond to David Conent post Crossing the Divide. This is a major impediment.

[Scott D Davis]

I can be done, and there are several threads here about it. The only impediment is that the Tags will not fill themselves out with calculated values. You must create a "QA" schedule, where you comapre two columns and manually type in the calculated values so that they will appear in Tags.

THIS LINK should help.

[john.cantrell]

Well actually, this would be for an interiors calculated Gross Building square footage. I would need this table for the front-end sheets, not necessarily a tag. But I'm looking for a way to create a parameter calc. that takes my Gross Building area and divides is by 100(type B occupancy).

[stuntmonkee]

Here is an all purpose schedule that factors out your occupancy, and then from there, calcs out your plumbing & exiting as well.

There is also another for Parking.

You have to fill out the variable numbers, but after that it does the math for you. . . .meaning you can't just put "B". . .you have to input 100. Look at the sheet in the file to see where info must be added.

Hope this works for some of you, and if nothing else, I would like some feed back on how to improve it.

Thanks
Stunts

[sbrown]

Come to AU and I'll show you. It is done using a schedule key, basically copy the code table in(yes using shared parameters for Area Type and Occupant load factor.) then in your room schedule you will select the key for each room type, create a calculated value including your area and your OLF.

[ford347]

Scott's solution works great...as a matter of fact, I think I got my schedule from him or someone in here. But copying the code and applying a good schedule key rocks.....easy to fill out and every area or room is availiable in a schedule with the appropriate values!

[archjake]

Come to AU and I'll show you. It is done using a schedule key, basically copy the code table in(yes using shared parameters for Area Type and Occupant load factor.) then in your room schedule you will select the key for each room type, create a calculated value including your area and your OLF.

This is the ONLY way to do this. We do a lot of electrical and mechanical engineering as well as the architectural portion. This has saved us so much time when it comes to calculating various code requirements. Once the code info is in your key schedule you hardly have to pick up the code book for this sort of thing.

[phillipluuluu]

i downloaded one of the occupancy load tabulation on this site and it works great. one question though. is there a way to edit the calculated value so whenever something divides by 0 it comes out as zero on the schedule and not a blank space.

example ( bathroom's sf is 300. I divide that by 0 for the S.F.PerPerson. Instead of showing the number 0, the schedule leaves it blank.)

I need it to show as zero!!! help please...

[Scott Womack]

You'll actually have to add another calculated column, where it does the previous formula again. If it is not 0, print the value, it is is 0, print 0