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calculate SF of slab?

Anonymous — Fri, 13 Jul 2007 21:37:58 GMT

Is there a way to calculate the square footages of a free standing slab? I have a driveway that has an irregular shape (it has a couple curved edges) making it difficult to simply multiply length by width. I tried to use the zone tool but it requires the area to be "enclosed by boundary elements," and apparently a slab doesn't fulfill this requirement...
thanks for your help.

Re: calculate SF of slab?

Erika Epstein — Fri, 13 Jul 2007 21:58:48 GMT

Select the driveway,
Open your Element Information Palette (Windows> Palettes> Element Information)

Under Information Content, the 3rd button from the left will give you the Area on Plan.

Re: calculate SF of slab?

Anonymous — Fri, 13 Jul 2007 22:05:28 GMT

Use a Fill that has the "Show Area Text" checked. Alternatively you can use a Zone with Manual Construction Method, or just Magic Wand (Hold Space bar down) the Fill (or group of lines) to create the Zone.

Re: calculate SF of slab?

Karl Ottenstein — Sat, 14 Jul 2007 01:43:59 GMT

Erika wrote:
Select the driveway,
Open your Element Information Palette (Windows> Palettes> Element Information)

Under Information Content, the 3rd button from the left will give you the Area on Plan.

See attached.

Re: calculate SF of slab?

Karl Ottenstein — Sat, 14 Jul 2007 01:47:33 GMT

The Element Information palette is very often overlooked. (It just came up a couple of days ago with regards to determining the length, with one click, of an arbitrary poly-line.)

It is one of half a dozen ways of retrieving model information - usually about a single element. (No substitute for schedules, etc. of course, particularly since cumulative math is not performed here. But, Element Info offers the fastest method if all one wants is a quick answer about one element.)

Here's a screenshot of that same slab with all of the information that can be retrieved about it displayed - along with the flyout menu that lets you save the data or print it. (You can also select and copy/paste.)

Karl

Re: calculate SF of slab?

Anonymous — Sat, 14 Jul 2007 02:19:12 GMT

cool, thanks guys. I was able to get the SF using both the manual zone method and the element information menu.