measure the perimeter

[Anonymous]

which are the option ,if we want to measure the perimeter of a room or a whole plan, except the zone tool???
Thanx

[Anonymous]

1. draw perimetral polyline
OR
2. Fill
Or
3. something else (slab etc.)
AND
look perimeter in ElementInfo Dialog!

[Aaron Bourgoin]

why not the Zone Tool?

[Anonymous]

Aaron wrote:
why not the Zone Tool?

I don't mean that i don't like the zone tool,I only want to know if there are other methods ,you know just in case.
The polyline seems very nice, although i still have to delete it when i finish with it.
Thanx

[Aaron Bourgoin]

and again I ask, why not the zone tool.

Yes you can draw some other object - and if youi do it would make sense that it represent someting in the model, a flllor finish for example. Its crazy to draw a polyline to measure something only to have to delete it.

A zone has the advantage of doing many things all at the same time: its a room label, a space planning or allocation object and its smart enough to distinguish between what is the perimeter of your room defined by walls and the perimeter of your room that is not defined by walls.

The Zone tool introduced room-based quantification to ArchiCAD. If its quantifying you need, why would you go looking for a workaround?