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Calc units in schedule wall thickness

Tom Krowka — Wed, 16 Oct 2013 16:47:57 GMT

Am generating a wall schedule and including wall thickness. It appears that value in feet/inches/decimals is controlled by calculation units-length units in project preferences. However, only decimal equivalents are available in that dialogue box. Any way to get inches. Decimal equivalents of inches aren't going to be greeted with much enthusiasm by contractors.

Thanks.

Re: Calc units in schedule wall thickness

David Maudlin — Thu, 17 Oct 2013 13:55:22 GMT

Tom:

I am not seeing this, the dimension is controlled by Project Preferences > Dimensions > Linear Dimensions (leftmost button). Maybe if you post your Interactive Schedule settings someone can spot the problem.

David

Re: Calc units in schedule wall thickness

Tom Krowka — Thu, 17 Oct 2013 16:40:18 GMT

Nope, that's not it either. Have linear dimensions set to feet and fractional inches and I still get 7.25" in the wall thickness column only. All other values in the schedule are in the appropriate feet and inch values.
Have an email in to GS support....will see what they have to say.

Re: Calc units in schedule wall thickness

Anonymous — Wed, 10 May 2017 22:05:30 GMT

Re: Calc units in schedule wall thickness

Anonymous — Wed, 10 May 2017 22:05:32 GMT

Tom wrote:
Nope, that's not it either. Have linear dimensions set to feet and fractional inches and I still get 7.25" in the wall thickness column only. All other values in the schedule are in the appropriate feet and inch values.
Have an email in to GS support....will see what they have to say.

Sorry to bring up an old thread but i did not find any other thread with this issue. Did you find a way to get this done correctly? I am having the same issue as well with the door schedule coming up in decimals and not in fractions. Its fine when its quarters but the 1/8ths will be an issue.

Re: Calc units in schedule wall thickness

Barry Kelly — Thu, 11 May 2017 00:50:31 GMT

It seems length (and perimeter), area and volume are controlled by the calculation units.
Width and height seem to be controlled by the dimension settings - I would have thought all schedule figures should be controlled by calculation units.
I have never noticed as I have everything set to metric millimetres.

Barry.

Re: Calc units in schedule wall thickness

Tom Krowka — Tue, 16 May 2017 15:34:33 GMT

Never did find a way to change the values. Have just lived with it. TK.

Re: Calc units in schedule wall thickness

MrC — Tue, 27 Jun 2017 20:54:02 GMT

Having same issue. anymore thoughts out there?

Re: Calc units in schedule wall thickness

MrC — Tue, 27 Jun 2017 20:55:27 GMT

apologies for double post!

Re: Calc units in schedule wall thickness

MrC — Tue, 27 Jun 2017 21:00:29 GMT

schedule settings

Re: Calc units in schedule wall thickness

Barry Kelly — Wed, 28 Jun 2017 01:43:49 GMT

Have you checked the length settings in your calculation units?
You only have the choice of decimal feet or decimal inches there (not feet and inches) so I don't think you will get what you want.

Barry.

Re: Calc units in schedule wall thickness

MrC — Wed, 28 Jun 2017 17:10:15 GMT

Hi Barry I am just curious why I can display vertical(height) values in ft & inches,but not horizontal(length) dimensions? But I think you're correct,I'm not going to get what i want! Thanks for your reply.

Re: Calc units in schedule wall thickness

Barry Kelly — Thu, 29 Jun 2017 02:09:15 GMT

MrC wrote:
Hi Barry I am just curious why I can display vertical(height) values in ft & inches,but not horizontal(length) dimensions?

That is a question for Graphisoft.
The height is controlled by dimension settings which allows decimal and fractional feet and inches.
The length is controlled by the calculation units which only have decimal feet and inches.
Why this is controlled by two different settings and why they have different units - who knows?

Barry.

Re: Calc units in schedule wall thickness

Steve Jepson — Thu, 20 Jul 2017 17:39:00 GMT

dromo07 wrote:
Tom wrote:
Nope, that's not it either. Have linear dimensions set to feet and fractional inches and I still get 7.25" in the wall thickness column only. All other values in the schedule are in the appropriate feet and inch values.
Have an email in to GS support....will see what they have to say.
Sorry to bring up an old thread but i did not find any other thread with this issue. Did you find a way to get this done correctly? I am having the same issue as well with the door schedule coming up in decimals and not in fractions. Its fine when its quarters but the 1/8ths will be an issue.

One of the ways a person can compensate for the lack of more useful Units of Measure is by naming the Schedule more specifically.

For example -- 4 9/16" INTERIOR DOOR JAMBS or 6 9/16" EXTERIOR DOOR JAMBS...

Putting the critical dimensions in the name of an Interactive Schedule can simplify the schedule and also resolve some of the units of measure issues.

1/2"x10" J-Bolts with Nuts & Washers
3"x3"x1/4" Square/Slotted Flat Washers
11 7/8" I-Joists
3/4" T&G Plywood Subfloor
5/4"x 5 1/2" FJ&P Fascia
5/16"x 6 1/4" Select Cedarmill, HardiPlank Lap Siding
5 1/2" Crown Molding - Legacy Heritage Standard

And this is also how I name my layers - I just call it what it is which helps a lot with making my Interactive Schedules.

Every product in the building needs to be ordered and purchased at some point. This is why I model virtual buildings. It's not just for the sake of really cool models, it is because modeling is how I generate the schedules I use to place the orders.

How you model something in ArchiCAD is relative to how you need it to be scheduled - unless of course you are not going to generate useful schedules anyway.