how to display schedules on my plans?

[Anonymous]

Hi all,

Im finaly dipping my toe into schedules after all these years, inspired by the tips and tricks article on AECbytes.com

So i have a couple of questions that Id like to ask know that I have played arounda bit to get the hang of it. I spent a good deal of last night searching this forum and the internet and reading the Archicad documentation but I didnt find anything that addressed my question.

Very simply, how can I present or implement any schedules that I create into my drawings/plans? So far it seems that I can only place them onto a layout sheet, then if I want to reference them directly on a plan I am working on I need to use the layout sheet as a trace reference. Is there no way to place schedules onto worksheets or plan views directly?

Also, when Im working on the plans with the trace reference activated so that I can see the schedule on the layout sheet, When I change an object the schedule doesnt automaticly update to reflect the changes made (for example the surface area of the roof) To get tthe update I need to open up the schedules dialogue box. Is it not possible to have a "live" schedule that automaticly updates?


Many thanks

[Steve Jepson]

Barry wrote:
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At least my window schedule I just checked is updating as I change it.
Barry.

The individual items update in the schedule but not the total sum.

This is hard to verify if you are using cu.ft. since this unit of measure does not work in AC 14.


By null at 2010-08-03

Is the problem with using cu.ft in a schedule only a problem in the USA version ?

[Barry Kelly]

If you change the thickness in the schedule then the total doesn't update.
A bug I would say as the volume updates automatically.

Press the "rebuild and regenerate" button updates it.
Or close and reopen the schedule updates it.
Or update the slabs back in the model and it updates OK.

I was using metric measurements and not imperial.
Barry.

[Steve Jepson]

Do you have any trouble using cubic feet in your schedules? I wonder if it is a problem with the 64 bit version.

[Barry Kelly]

Steve wrote:
Do you have any trouble using cubic feet in your schedules? I wonder if it is a problem with the 64 bit version.

I don't use cubic feet but the total volume certainly does not add up to the individual volumes.
I don't think the individual volumes work either.

A 10' x10' x1' slab has an area of 100 SQ FT but the volume is wrong and the total is even wronger!

Barry.

[Barry Kelly]

Seems to work in metric.
A 10m x10m x 1m (1000mm) slab has an area of 100 SQ M and a volume of 100 CU M.
And the total adds up!!!

Barry.