best wat for the zone tool?

[Anonymous]

can anyone explain me the best way for the zone tool, to be used in a high rise residential building, so that the residential units and retail spaces and garage and circulation areas are marked individually, but the information can be added for gross sq ft for retail, total residential area, total garage area, and gross building sqft.

I never used this tool, I want to make sure I use it properly
thanks in advance

[TomWaltz]

Usually the zone tool is used by placing one zone per room. If you want total square footages, I would recommend the "gross area" placement option which will chase each room to the reference line of the wall.

Zones can be dividing into categories under the Options menu, so you can have them divided into Residential, Commercial, Common, etc.

Will you be using Modules on this project as well for repeating floors?

[Anonymous]

where is the gross area option located?

I'm afraid I don't know anything about the modules as well.

thanks Tom, you have been saving me here

[TomWaltz]

This is the Zone Setting I'm talking about.

Modules.... that's a little bit longer of an answer. I could practically write a book on that... oh, wait, I already am 😉

In the mean time, I'd really recommend checking out the User Manual section on Hotlinks

[Anonymous]

thanks that was helpful,
will read the manual as well

good luck with your book, will be waiting for that for sure

[Aussie John]

Once a module is placed into a module it is one zone fits all modules. That is, they cant be asigned different numbers. They can however be called up in a schedule and grouped by the storey to give a certain separation.

[TomWaltz]

That depends.

Users of my SuperZone object have the ability to append the story number to the room number, allowing them to create a repeating story module with floor numbers that change on their own.