IFC Space Occupant

[Michael]

Has anyone one defined this, "IFC Space Occupant" in an IFC table and care to share where the input value is inserted ?

Having multiple seats at a table it may be possible to utilize this category such that the "head count" is hard wired to number of seats, not to the one (1) composite object within a room…..

Other options welcomed too...

[Laszlo Nagy]

Does this clip help with the IFC Space Occupant question?:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yCISvzl5tYE

Also, here is the Help page about these Assignment types:

http://helpcenter.graphisoft.com/guides/archicad-18-int-reference-guide/interoperability/file-handli...

You posted in the Schedule Forum. Do you want to use this for IFC export or for a Schedule?

[Michael]

The clip you posted helped, and suggest this is not the direction to proceed.

Really not trying to export an IFC, just trying to use a powerful database to make the simple use of onboard calculations in ArchiCAD.

No user friendly formula found yet.
Thanks for the linkage.

[Laszlo Nagy]

Try to give an exact specification of what you need, such as what value you need exactly where and then we may be able to offer a way to achieve it.
At the moment it is not clear to me what it is exactly that you would like to achieve.

[Michael]

The table in the sketch above has 18 chairs.

A simple element report will indicate there is one object within a defined zone.
That is fine, however this object is comprised of 19 elements:

1 table &
18 chairs

I am attempting to make a report/interactive that enumerates
1 table &
18 chairs and not just
the one object

All 19 elements have three dimensional para-metrics.
Thanks for assisting !

[Barry Kelly]

If the number of chairs is a parameter in the object then in your schedule settings you could use the "add parameter" button to add that field.

If the chairs just appear based on the length of the table then that won't work unless you edit the GDL script to make a parameter that shows the number of chairs.

Barry.

[Michael]

If the chairs just appear based on the length of the table then that won't work unless you edit the GDL script to make a parameter that shows the number of chairs.

Barry.

What is the degree of difficulty to add this GDL script to a couple of dozen or more objects ?

Thanks for the previous answers !

[Barry Kelly]

Michael wrote:
What is the degree of difficulty to add this GDL script to a couple of dozen or more objects ?

It is hard to say without seeing the object(s) involved.
Is the table a standard Graphisoft library part?
If so tell me what it is called and I will have a look at the script.

Barry.

[Michael]

Is the table a standard Graphisoft library part?
If so tell me what it is called and I will have a look at the script.

Yes.
Office Layout Linear 18

Actually, any of the objects within the "furniture layout 18" office related objects would be applicable.

Thank you !

[Barry Kelly]

It seems the parameters for chair numbers are in the objects in the "Furniture layouts" section - it is just they don't all have the same parameter name in each object which makes things difficult to schedule.

But here you can see what I did for the 3 "Office" objects.
These do all have the same parameter for chair numbers.

Barry.