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Zones on Zones

Anonymous
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Before I get carried away on something that may cause me a bigger
problem. I was hoping someone could answer a question for me.

So here goes:

Are there any known issues with puting zones on top of zones?

For instance, I plan to create:

1. zones to delieneate and name each room from the interior edge of
walls

2. an overall zone by floor that will reprent the entire perimeter and
all porchs and patios based on the exterior of the walls(ie framing square feet)

3. zones that correspond to my HVAC system so I can show which unit
serves which area in a house
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Djordje
Ace
vincon2 wrote:
Are there any known issues with puting zones on top of zones?
As long as you create a system for the zones (e.g. separate layers) it should not be problematic at all.
Djordje



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Karl Ottenstein
Moderator
If the zones are only for extracting area and volume information, then I don't see a problem, as Djordje says.

But, if you plan on creating schedules that indicate what zones objects are in (furnishing schedule), or into which zones doors swing, etc. ... then you will have a bit of a mess.

ArchiCAD keeps track of the multiplicity of zones, and using SQL or ODBC, you can extract and display the complete list of overlapping zones that an object resides in.

BUT, within ArchiCAD itself - the Interactive Scheduler for instance - there is only one zone field. It is a game of roulette which zone will be reported when there are multiples from what I know a the moment.

Karl
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