topic Re: Zone Occupancy Field in Libraries & objects

Zone Occupancy Field

Marcus Trimble — Sun, 08 May 2016 23:38:39 GMT

Hi,
I am using the Zone Tool and would like to show occupancy.
In the Occupancy field of the Zone Tool, the relevant option is: "No of Persons per sqm"

The data field will not let me enter decimal points or fractions.
So how can I work out the occupancy for a room type that has 3sqm per person? or 10sqm per person, as in a typical office.

As it stands, the only option is whole numbers, and it is only in rare cases that you might need to accomodate more than 1 person per sqm, so this tool is not very useful.

Re: Zone Occupancy Field

Anonymous — Tue, 10 May 2016 23:34:05 GMT

That is strange because in AC19 (US) it is "Area per Person in sq. ft". Perhaps it is a typo so it is meant to be "Area per Person in sq. m.". You would think the script is nearly identical except for the units.

Re: Zone Occupancy Field

Anonymous — Wed, 11 May 2016 06:40:33 GMT

Marcus,
If you are using the AUS version Archicad 19, the zone tool 'Zone_Stamp_1 19' has the Occupancy field "Area per Person in sq. meter", and I can enter decimal values with no trouble at all. I use this for child care centre calcs.

Re: Zone Occupancy Field

Marcus Trimble — Wed, 27 Jul 2016 02:01:57 GMT

Thanks Graeme -
Belated reply - but yes that worked.
My zones had defaulted to the V15 zone tool it seems... A carry over from an old project. The V19 Zone works well. Thanks