How to schedule dimensions of fills?

[Anonymous]

Is there a way to schedule the widths of fills in a particular view? I have created 2-d elevations representing stone layouts using four different fills to represent stone types. Each type is a given fill of a specific length, but in some cases the length is unique (i.e. most of the 25% fills are 6 ft., but some are various dimensions). I would like a schedule to tally the quantity of a fill with a given dimension (width only).

I have created a schedule of element id (which I associated with the fill elements) with "quantity" and "width" fields. My results only show a total quantity of fill elements. The width columns shows "----"

Any help would be much appreciated.

Thanks!

[Barry Kelly]

A fill can literally be any shape you want so it won't have any dimensions other than an area and perimeter.

Barry.

[Anonymous]

Makes sense. Any thoughts on how else I might schedule what I've drawn? I tested polygons using the rectangle tool thinking that dimensions would always have an associated height and width, but this produced nothing in the schedule. Perhaps converting all fills to slabs? I'm thinking this would have the same issue as fills.

If anyone has a suggestion, please chime in.

Thanks,

Loutro

[Barry Kelly]

Yes slabs are like fills and can be any shape so won't have lengths and widths.

If they are stone walls why don't you just schedule the height and length of the wall?

Also you can't schedule anything in elevation (section details, or worksheets).
It must be in the 3D model or in plan.

If you are handy with GDL you could create a simple object for the rectangular fill using the A & B values for length and width (height) and then you could schedule those values (again it will have to be in the plan).

Barry.

[JCCARLOS91]

Hi, Barry.

Is there a tutorial for this? I haven't used GDLs yet. This is quite new to me.

[Barry Kelly]

GDL is quite a learning curve, although to create a rectangle is quite simple.

In the 2D script of an object you just need the following...

RECT2 0, 0, A, B

There is a bit more involved if you want to start choosing pen colours, line styles, adding text, etc.

There are a lot of resources out there, just search here for GDL documentation, or how to learn GDL.

I am sure you will find more than a few posts here.

And search for the GDL Cookbook by David Nicholson-Cole.

Although it is a bit old now and there is quite a bit of new stuff in GDL, that is still my favourite and is what got me started.

Barry.