takeoff of the building skin

[diesellam]

Is there a way to quickly find out the area of a exterior surface?

Let's say a 9' long x 8' high, and 3" thick wall. If I want to to the take off of this wall, it keeps giving me the area of every face of this wall but in reality I should only be getting 72' SF.

Any idea how to achieve that or is it even possible? I can do this quite easily in other softwares, but I still can't figure out how to do that in Revit.

Thanks in advance.

[cliff collins]

Revit 2012 test works for me.

Wall 40 long and 20 high, area reports 800 SF.

see attached.

[diesellam]

How about if I have multiple walls and I want to isolate just the walls? Can I get a "grand total" of all of the walls that are selected?

[cliff collins]

Yes, with a Wall Material Takeoff Schedule.

It will report Grand Totals.

View>Schedule>Material Takeoff>Walls category>Material: Area Field
Check Calculate Values for Material Area filed
Check Grand Totals

Done.

cheers!