We value your input!
Please participate in Archicad 28 Home Screen and Tooltips/Quick Tutorials survey

Project data & BIM
About BIM-based management of attributes, schedules, templates, favorites, hotlinks, projects in general, quality assurance, etc.

Area Calculation problem by Fill and Zone

Kikoria
Enthusiast

I am calculating one and the same area by Zone and Fill tool. First, I am using the fill tool and it shows me a particular area [35.79m2]. See photo:

Kikoria_0-1708682722184.png

Then I use the zone tool, I take the magic wand and fill the shape with zone but the output is different. [35.78m2]

 

The areas are identical because I used the magic want for zone to perfectly match the fill area. I need both of them in my project and this creates a huge danger in calculation. Could someone help?

Kind regards,
Tamaz Kikoria
Architect
Technical Examination and Design Department
GEORGIAN WATER & POWER
12 REPLIES 12

@Kikoria wrote:

Maybe. Strange. Because I use the magic wand tool to insert a Zone in the Fill area.


Yes, but was the magic wand accurate?

If you used the 'flood' method, you would only need a small line across a corner to reduce the area of the zone.

As you magic wanded the zone onto the fill, and the zone area is smaller, I would suspect that there is something reducing the area of the zone by a very small amount.

 

BarryKelly_0-1709632493729.png

 

 

If you magic wand on the perimeter of the fill, it should follow that perimeter exactly.

 

If you are still getting a discrepancy, then you will have to send a file to your local support for help.

 

Barry.

One of the forum moderators.
Versions 6.5 to 27
i7-10700 @ 2.9Ghz, 32GB ram, GeForce RTX 2060 (6GB), Windows 10
Lenovo Thinkpad - i7-1270P 2.20 GHz, 32GB RAM, Nvidia T550, Windows 11

I use the fill contour while magicwanding the area. Should it be accurate?

Kind regards,
Tamaz Kikoria
Architect
Technical Examination and Design Department
GEORGIAN WATER & POWER

If you use the fill contour (perimeter) to magic wand the zone, they should both be identical.

It seems to be working fine for me.

 

Do a test and create a 3125 x 1000 mm fill as I did in an empty space on your plan.

Then magic wand the fill on and see the resulting areas.

 

Barry.

One of the forum moderators.
Versions 6.5 to 27
i7-10700 @ 2.9Ghz, 32GB ram, GeForce RTX 2060 (6GB), Windows 10
Lenovo Thinkpad - i7-1270P 2.20 GHz, 32GB RAM, Nvidia T550, Windows 11