Gross area

[Carlos GT]

I am trying to figure out the square footage of a house. So far I got the square footage for the living space, garage and the porch. I create a schedule with this info and it is great, but I would like to include in my schedule the total square footage (living plus garage plus porch) How can I do that?

Thanks.

[cdetore]

Create an area plan and choose gross building as the type. You can have it create the boundaries or you can do it manually.

CD

[richard.140626]

You can add a new parameter to your Rooms so you can Group By it (Area_include - for example). Then just set the Area column to Total.

[Carlos GT]

Thanks guys, but I think I just do not get it. let me explain you better my sproblem. What I want to do is just to see (1) living space area (bedrooms, kitchen, etc; I do not want to see individual areas for each room), (2)open porches and (3)garage area. I used the gross building area tool to find these 3 areas and I can display this information in a schedule. But, again I want to see the total area.

I appreciate more help in this issue.

Thanks.

[Dimitri Harvalias]

It's sort of a two step process to ensure you get totals in your schedules.

From the Sorting/Grouping tab of your schedule properties you set up sub-totals and grand totals. If you only want totals based onthe function of the space (e.g. Living space, storage space, exterior space) then you need to uncheck Itemize Every Instance.

From the Formatting tab you tell Revit that you want to get totals for the Area field. You can change the units of the area by clicking on the Field Format button.

Check out hte help files under Schedule Formatting.

As Richard pointed out if you want to sort/group/filter/total by any parameter other than the ones included out of the box then you will need to add a new parameter and assign it to the area objects. It will then be available to use in your schedule.
Hope that helps.

[Carlos GT]

Thanks Dimitri.
It worked pretty good. I appreciate your specific explanation.

[mdcoop_ak]

Hi Dimitri, I have a problem...I have about 60 rooms but when I create a schedule for an overall area schedule it only calculates about 10 rooms. What may I be overlooking? Any help will be appreciated. Thanks in advance.

Mike

[Dwane Lindsey]

Mike...do only 10 rooms show in the schedule? If so, check the Sorting/Grouping tab and see if the Itemize Every Instance is unchecked...if it is, check it so it will show each room in the schedule.

[Dimitri Harvalias]

You might also want to check the filter tab to see if you are just showing rooms from a single level or filtered based on some other parameter.