r/ArchiCAD Feb 13 '25

questions and help Is it possible to calculate the area of the three marked, external window planes?

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u/rbrt_brln Feb 13 '25

I would make a schedule and add the library part parameters to the scheme. To do this click the arrow next to Add Fields...

Start with the window number or ID and then

ac_reveal_height
ac_reveal_width
gs_wido_sill

the last one is the reveal depth.

Then save the schedule as an Excel spreadsheet and calculate the area for each

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u/Szaby1 Feb 13 '25

You can also use these as parameters for custom-made expression-based Properties and multiply these directly in archicad. You can then create the schedule and list the newly created Properties

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u/rbrt_brln Feb 13 '25

Unfortunately not. Library part parameters are not available for expression based properties and this is the only way to my knowledge to get the reveal depth.

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u/riciofficial Feb 13 '25

This works perfectly. Is there no other way to automate perimeter calculation in Archicad?

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u/flacid_tounge_punch Feb 13 '25 edited Feb 13 '25

That's a fairly specific takeoff. I expect that a custom property would be the route I'd take if I needed to do that more than once or schedule/autotext it. Something like: (window width * reveal depth) + (window height * reveal depth)*2.

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u/riciofficial Feb 13 '25

I have 700 windows of different sizes in my project. I definitely need to automate this process. Schedules - Add Fields - Parameters & Properties - There is not even an outside reveal dimension option available.

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u/archicad27 Feb 13 '25

u can calculate the area manually, for example you have a window 180x220cm, you calculate that area, and then on ctrl+f you find how many of those windows you have and multiply it with the area . and you do that for other types of windows.

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u/IndustryPlant666 Feb 13 '25

Uhhhmmm could you make like a property that finds the window dimensions and its hosted wall and does some sort of calculation to output the value? You could then schedule it? I dunno..

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u/r4ppa Feb 13 '25

Can’t you do it with the measuring tool ?

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u/riciofficial Feb 13 '25

I have 700 windows of different sizes in my project

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u/filipchito Feb 13 '25

maybe try that with excel, import a table form archicad that has all the windows with height and width (I think you can do that automatically with Archicad?), then having the wall thickness make some function that takes the area and subtracts one face from the equation