schedule - can i make one that will ist lines/polylines

[Anonymous]

anyway of making a schedule that will list lines or polylines and their lengths?

its looking like i cant, but thought i would ask to be sure

thanks in advance
Gene

[Barry Kelly]

No unfortunately not.
Element Info is the best you will get for them.
Barry.

[Anonymous]

double post

[Anonymous]

dang..

im trying to do up a quantity schedule for floor joists and bearers.

i guess its going to have to be modelled up to get the info.

is there a way to get beams to not intersect with each other so i can get there actual lengths into the list/schedule . i want to keep the center lines in the center

[Barry Kelly]

GeNOS wrote:
dang..

im trying to do up a quantity schedule for floor joists and bearers.

i guess its going to have to be modelled up to get the info.

That is why it is unfortunate to not be there.
Would also be handy for plumbing and power runs.

GeNOS wrote:
is there a way to get beams to not intersect with each other so i can get there actual lengths into the list/schedule . i want to keep the center lines in the center

If you have the beams in a layer with an "Intersection Priority Number" of 0 (zero) then they will not intersect.

You can control the IPN with you layer combinations so if you want them to intersect in one view they can and then you can have them not intersect in another view.

Barry.

[Anonymous]

excellent, thanks for that... one last questions

im trying to get a list that will list all the beams and joist.
im having trouble getting it to list multiple items as a single entry

for example i have these HJ300 joists seen in the attachment in red.
they are all identical but it lists them separately and gives them a quantities of 1..

so 14 beams all the same, listed separately.

[Anonymous]

now when i click the "SHOW UNIFORM ITEMS AS SINGLE ENTRY"

it combines them as one entry and 14 as the quantity which is great, but it also combines the length in to a total.. which to me and every other person would read that list as "14 units 62.97m long each" which is incorrect.. anyway to have it combine the 14 units but keep the actual individual unit length size?>?? kinda makes the quantity column useless if it s unable to do so???

[Barry Kelly]

It's just another one of the "unfortunate" limitations of the interactive schedules.
Barry.

[Anonymous]

devastating

cheers for the help. is there a possible work around to achieve what im after?

[Barry Kelly]

Only if you want to delve into the mysteries of the Calculation Menu.
But this is a whole other world of hurt that involves GDL scripting.
Barry.