https://community.graphisoft.com/t5/Collaboration-with-other/problems-with-calculated-length-and-quantities-of-beams/m-p/209102#M26303 In the Schedule Fields panel, switch the positions of the Length Right and Quantity fields so that the Quantity field will be summed while the Length Right field is set not to be summed. Sat, 03 Nov 2012 23:41:52 GMT Laszlo Nagy 2012-11-03T23:41:52Z https://community.graphisoft.com/t5/Collaboration-with-other/problems-with-calculated-length-and-quantities-of-beams/m-p/209098#M26299 <DIV class="actalk-migrated-content"><T>Hi all i'm a new user to AC and i'm having a problem with trying to get the summed amounts of beams in the schedules with different lengths[/img]</T></DIV><BR /><IMG src="http://community.graphisoft.com/t5/image/serverpage/image-id/68812iFBA253125832DB1B/image-size/large?v=v2&amp;px=999" border="0" alt="AC question.jpg" title="AC question.jpg" /> Sat, 03 Nov 2012 05:40:05 GMT https://community.graphisoft.com/t5/Collaboration-with-other/problems-with-calculated-length-and-quantities-of-beams/m-p/209098#M26299 Anonymous 2012-11-03T05:40:05Z https://community.graphisoft.com/t5/Collaboration-with-other/problems-with-calculated-length-and-quantities-of-beams/m-p/209099#M26300 Add a "Ʃ" sign to the schedule field Lenght Right.<BR /><IMG src="https://community.graphisoft.com/t5/image/serverpage/image-id/12902i8B100F3F415C5989/image-size/large?v=v2&amp;px=999" border="0" alt="Schedule settings_ZONES.jpg" title="Schedule settings_ZONES.jpg" /> Sat, 03 Nov 2012 09:02:13 GMT https://community.graphisoft.com/t5/Collaboration-with-other/problems-with-calculated-length-and-quantities-of-beams/m-p/209099#M26300 Anonymous 2012-11-03T09:02:13Z https://community.graphisoft.com/t5/Collaboration-with-other/problems-with-calculated-length-and-quantities-of-beams/m-p/209100#M26301 Thanks andro55 for your reply but putting the auto sum only gives me the total length of all the beams . what i'm after is a summarised total of the quantity of the same length/type beams with it's individual length in the same row<BR /> <BR /> this is so i could order timber straight from the one schedule example <BR /> 15 joists @ 5,000m<BR /> <BR /> rather than 75,000m of joist Sat, 03 Nov 2012 22:15:13 GMT https://community.graphisoft.com/t5/Collaboration-with-other/problems-with-calculated-length-and-quantities-of-beams/m-p/209100#M26301 Anonymous 2012-11-03T22:15:13Z https://community.graphisoft.com/t5/Collaboration-with-other/problems-with-calculated-length-and-quantities-of-beams/m-p/209101#M26302 So you want this: 5 pieces of the same dimensions.<BR /><IMG src="https://community.graphisoft.com/t5/image/serverpage/image-id/11740i403F1B3348221A0B/image-size/large?v=v2&amp;px=999" border="0" alt="Schedule - SUM_01.jpg" title="Schedule - SUM_01.jpg" /> Sat, 03 Nov 2012 23:39:19 GMT https://community.graphisoft.com/t5/Collaboration-with-other/problems-with-calculated-length-and-quantities-of-beams/m-p/209101#M26302 Anonymous 2012-11-03T23:39:19Z https://community.graphisoft.com/t5/Collaboration-with-other/problems-with-calculated-length-and-quantities-of-beams/m-p/209102#M26303 In the Schedule Fields panel, switch the positions of the Length Right and Quantity fields so that the Quantity field will be summed while the Length Right field is set not to be summed. Sat, 03 Nov 2012 23:41:52 GMT https://community.graphisoft.com/t5/Collaboration-with-other/problems-with-calculated-length-and-quantities-of-beams/m-p/209102#M26303 Laszlo Nagy 2012-11-03T23:41:52Z https://community.graphisoft.com/t5/Collaboration-with-other/problems-with-calculated-length-and-quantities-of-beams/m-p/209103#M26304 I will eventually get this but not quite yet <IMG src="https://community.graphisoft.com/legacyfs/online/emojis/icon_confused.gif" style="display : inline;" /> Sun, 04 Nov 2012 03:33:41 GMT https://community.graphisoft.com/t5/Collaboration-with-other/problems-with-calculated-length-and-quantities-of-beams/m-p/209103#M26304 Anonymous 2012-11-04T03:33:41Z https://community.graphisoft.com/t5/Collaboration-with-other/problems-with-calculated-length-and-quantities-of-beams/m-p/209104#M26305 I think this is probably the closest you will be able to get with these Schedules.<BR /> There is no way of producing that exact "15 150x50 @5000" text in the Schedule itself, except possibly with the help of GDL Scripting. Mon, 05 Nov 2012 10:17:49 GMT https://community.graphisoft.com/t5/Collaboration-with-other/problems-with-calculated-length-and-quantities-of-beams/m-p/209104#M26305 Laszlo Nagy 2012-11-05T10:17:49Z https://community.graphisoft.com/t5/Collaboration-with-other/problems-with-calculated-length-and-quantities-of-beams/m-p/209105#M26306 oh well, at least now i know and can get on with my life. thanks for your help guys i'll be sure to come any other problems i'm certain to have Wed, 07 Nov 2012 05:59:07 GMT https://community.graphisoft.com/t5/Collaboration-with-other/problems-with-calculated-length-and-quantities-of-beams/m-p/209105#M26306 Anonymous 2012-11-07T05:59:07Z