windows and doors are listed on the wrong stories

[Bobby_ja_tt]

good day all

I'm having a problem with my schedule,
my windows and doors are being listed
on the wrong floor(story).
I had a look at the wall setting for each and
it is set to show on own story but when i
change that to automatic it disappears.
does this mean the floor the wall is on is
not its home story? and is this the root of the
schedule problem.
if so can anyone offer me a solution?
thanks in advance

best regards
ps

Arch-cad 10
power pc mac

[Steve Jepson]

Bobby.ja.tt wrote:
@Barry Kelly and @Srinivas thanks very much for your replies
my next question now would be, Is there anyway to create a 5th custom
field in schedule the so i can list the floor(story) manually?
right now the schedule only allows 4.

regards

Change the way your doing things. Use the name of the schedule to take care of what story doors and windows are on. First Floor Windows, Second Floor Doors, etc...so you don't need to show the "Story" in the schedule at all.

Using an efficient name for schedules solves all kinds of problems, for all kinds of schedules.

Base your door and window schedules on Layers, not "Stories" I base all of my schedules mostly on layers even though there are many other options.
I do this because I try to make every schedule visibly verifiable. In other words, there is probably some view of what is in every schedule. Doors and Windows don't have layers but the walls they are in do, and you can control what doors and windows are in the schedule that way.

Also, I never use Stories only in a direct relation to some Floor of the Building.
I may have several "Stories" between each Floor of the Building. My Stories are called Top of Subfloor, Top of DBL Plate, Top of Footings, Roof Plan...that sort of thing. And I never have any reason to link Top Wall to a Story. That is a useless and problematic tool if you ask me.

And for what ever it is worth, I never have any problems scheduling window or doors.