More Calculation Units have been on the wish list for years and years.
It seams like such a simple and essential thing to add to the program.
Apparently it is more difficult that it seems.
Part of the problem for the US version of ArchiCAD might be that the programmers are not familiar with the units for ordering building materials at a US lumber yard, or the common US units we need for site plans and other things. They probably asked Architects about units instead of the Builders who place the orders. I have worked with Architects more than one time that were not familiar with things as common as the lenghts that studs come in, or how many bundels of shakes are in a square. That sort of thing.
I would like to have an unlimited choice of Calculation Units. Metric and Imperial.
I would be happier if they would at least give use the common units for ordering building materials at a US lumberyard.
Board Feet, Squares, etc...
I would also like to be able to define my own Calculation Units.
I would like to be able to use ArchiCAD to produce an order for my building materials at the lumber yard, or a list I can e-mail to a supplier that has the
appropriate units
for the items I want to order.
We need the ability to create our own formulas for Calculations based on calculation units we can define. Boxes, Cases, Squares, Rolls, Spools, Tubes, Bundles, Bales, Yards, Acres, Sections, Chains...what ever we need.
There is another category of "Units" that is also very important.
Ordering Units.
These are not necessary Metric or Imperial. Sometimes they may be unique to a particular trade, manufacture, or even geographical region.
This is why I would like the the ability to define my own Units.
I can get by with the Calculation units we have but it sure would be good to have just a few more until we can define our own units and formulas for Calculations.
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