Schedule zones within zones

[CarlM]

Hi,

I have been trying to schedule zones within zones without success - does anyone have an idea as to how this can be acheived?

I have a main area zone that covers the entire apartment, and then I have zones in each room. I want to acheive something like this:

Apartment 01

  01 Hallway

  02 Bathroom

  03 Bedroom

  04 Kitchen

  05 Living room

  .....

Apartment 02

  01 Hallway

  02 Bedroom

  03 Kitchen

  04 Bathroom

  ....

Many thanks!

Operating system used: Windows 10 PRO v 19045

[Mathias Jonathan]

I don't think that you an achieve that. Why do you need a main area covering the entire zone?

[CarlM]

Mathias,

The main zone is for the apartment as a whole - the sqm area, apartment number and other data relevant for that particular apartment.

[Ricardo Lopez · Accepted solution]

Hi @CarlM 

Try using the Apartment ID within the zone classification and properties and use that for grouping in your schedule.

[Mathias Jonathan]

@CarlM The solution of Ricardo is the good one, but it means that you'll have to give all the info (apartment number and other data -  total sqm area is an other question ) to each of the room. I think that maintaining a 2 systems zone is not optimal.

[Ricardo Lopez]

Hi @CarlM 

You can have your area in your schedule too. You just need to group and summarize by your prefered area type field.

You don't need to create a new zone for each apartment, that is what @Mathias Jonathan wants to tell us.

[Mathias Jonathan]

@Ricardo Lopez From what I understand from the initial post, @CarlM has all his appartment info in the global zone (appartment Id for example). The rooms are "independent" from archicad point of view and don't possess specific info .

The fact that the rooms are included geometricaly in the global zone should suffice in this kind of workflow, but I don't think that archicad is capable of that.

[Ricardo Lopez]

Hi @Mathias Jonathan 
You are right! There is no way Archicad can have subzones within a larger zone. There should only be one level of hierarchy as zone elements themselves, but properties can be used to group them for scheduling purposes or even creating some sort of graphical override if needed.
Let's wait to see what @CarlM  meant and my solution fits. 😊

[CarlM]

Hi @Ricardo Lopez ,

Thank you for pointing out the properties idea. That works great!

Regarding the area the summary of the rooms is not equal to the apartment area since the latter includes all walls within, which the room areas do not. That is the reason - in my way of thinking - that I need the Main zone (apartment) and Sub zones (rooms).

The apartments are listed with other complete "units" such as boiler room, technical room, elevator shaft etc - the Macro perspective.

The breakdown of sub units for the micro perspective.

[Ricardo Lopez]

Hi @CarlM 

OK, then you need to create new zones for that "gross" area. Maybe another layer for them could be good.

Anyway there will be no relation between your rooms' areas and those macro ones, so you will need to schedule them separately.

Best regards.