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Zone Stamp - show room dimensions?

AC24 Does not seem possible. Saw a post from 2005 about a script, but that is beyond my knowledge. Found an object online as well, but that is twice as much work. Zone stamp to show area, then object over that to show dimensions. Can change font etc....

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Continuing lengthy Expression

Hello - Is there a recommended way to continue a lengthy Expression in a new Sequence? I've put together an Expression to schedule Zones using the IFS statement but seem to have reached a character limit. I tried continuing it as a new IFS statement ...

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Matching schedule ID and Name with Zone ID and Name

Good morning everyone, My team and I are working on a rather large scale project and we've begun preparing Room Data Sheets for each room. Here's how we've been doing so:. One zone per room;. One schedule per zone;. One A4 Layout generated for each s...

Resolved! Rotate Zonestamp in Hotlink-Module

We have a master file - orientation 0° and a hotlink file that is rotated 90°. Unfortunately, the zonestamp-label is also rotated 90° in the master file. I have tried to adjust the angle of the room stamp itself, but unfortunately it is always rotate...

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Zone Stamp Vertical Text Interspace

Hi all,I would like to change the space beetween text lines in the Zone stamp. I need to do that because I want to save some space on my plan (overcrowded plan).However, Archi Cad only offers values bigger or equal to zero and that is not enough. I n...

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Energy Model Review

I need help as my zones do not show the openings in the openings page in the Energy review.The attachments show the zone (I am trying to understand the Energy model review)The zone is surrounded by a fully glazed wall but it shows none of the opening...

Resolved! AC26 Zone Favourites issue

Hi there, Since AC26 Zone favourites do not transfer Zone categories, i.e. if I draw a zone with category X, and then select a zone from the favourites palette that has assigned another zone category, it will again show category X.Anyone had this iss...

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Zone Stamp 02 26 2nd Line of Zone text

Does anyone know how to call the 2nd line in the Zone Stamp 02 26 for autolabeling? We are trying to use Labels to show additional info for our Building code plans, and just came across my first instance of a 2nd line of zone name being used, but cou...

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Resolved! Zone stamp creates unwanted label

Goodday everybody   My zone tool is acting in a way i can't control. When drawing a zone it an associated label, which is unintended (in the screenshot below it shows as Skin List Label 26). How can I make the zone tool not create this label? Documen...

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Resolved! AC26 Forever Bug: Zones do not recognize walls using different Renovation Settings

If you place Zones using "Construction Method: Inner Edge" and the walls are in different filters the boundaries will be ignored. By definition demo walls are part of the existing phase so it is expected that if they are shown then they need to funct...

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Resolved! Zone Tool AC25

Hello everyone! I have a question about the use of the zone tool. I haven't really used it before and wanted to use the zone tool for interior wizard elements. I draw the area with the zone tool but the zone fill (or colour) also appears on my sectio...

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Link zone

Hi, is there a way to show the area of one zone in another zone tag? Eg to show the balcony area into the apartment zone tag, linking them via the apartment name. I think I am close but I don't know how to formulate it correctly: I created a new para...

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Resolved! Multi-Line Zone Name

Hi All, This should be super simple IMO. All I want to do is have my zone name say: Toilet Room In two lines like that so that it fits in a narrow space. I can't find any way to have the zone name be two lines, however. Does anybody know if there's a...

Volume calculation in abacus

Hi all. I made a abacus with the following fields: zone name, height, calculated area, net volume. It's similar to the one I found in the tutorial on youtube Graphisoft page (link). The results seems to be wrong. For example, zone area 41.38mq, heigh...

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Zone Names By Index

Hi all, Is there some way to get around Zones in hotlinks being defined by Name rather than Index? One of the many inconsistencies within ArchiCAD... I have a several different hotlinks in a master file and if I want to change the name of one of the ...

Moving data

So, I've a problem : I've modelled a huge building with zones. I managed to name them by Name, when i should have named them by Number. Any fast way of moving that data? we are talking 1600+ zones.Kamelite

Stacked zone name

Any way to stack zone names so two words would be one over the top of the other & centered? They would not be adjacent to each other. Seems like adjacent is the only way to do it. Version 24. Thanks, Tom

ZONES_control

Simple and hope very simple answer as to why my control of zones is not working ? see screenshots. the correct classification is used : see the GRAPHIC OVERIDE SETTINGS - both the overide settings and the respective settings for the classification - ...

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Zone settings

Hi Newbie here - I can't seem to find a way to change the content (tags?) inside of a zone stamp. From the archicad help site there should be a 'Settings' option offering the ability to add data types which doesn't appear when I select the zone.

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Zones and walls in interactive schedules

Hi, have an interactive schedule that is using zones as the headlines and everything in that zone is being scheduled; objects, slabs etc. using their element ID and the layer they are on. For example, Bed 1 which is a zone lists layer 'Floor' and the...

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ZONE STAMP_inconsistent

Any one know how to fix a ZONE STAMP that seems very hit and miss. I MEAN ONCE WALLS AND ALL ARE DEFINED - STAMP WORKS FINE. Once changes are then made and walls moved,things added and the model devloped more. Then turn back on the zone stamp layer a...

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Resolved! Zone level greyed out

Hi, i don't know why i can't set the zone level, it is greyed out at my zone stamp. Is there another place where is this setting to change? First photo is a new template, second photo is what i used to work until now. I need the zone level in stamp l...

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Zone overlap?

Why is this overlap occuring? the two zones just touch on the side. Their boundaries do not overlap. but this darker grey area appears Any ideas?

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Resolved! Assing a zone to multiple rooms

Hi everyone, In certain situations I would need a zone to be assigned to multiple rooms so that it calculates their combined area. The problem is, whenever I do that i basically have to do it manually because the zone updating tool would only work fo...

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Zone outline issue

Hello! Maybe someone could help me with an issue. It's about zones. I draw them manually, not using any automatical references (boundaries? - sorry for innacurate terminology, I'm using Polish version of AC). So when I draw a rectangular zone, it the...

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Zones. Wall Recesse problem

"Add wall Recesses to Zones" is not working properly then using "Custom corner" for windows. We can see two rectangles in the corner, plus the column in the window area is not subtracted from zone. The same in AC22 and AC23 Any suggestions?

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Zone tool error message

Error message when drawing zones. see attached. I am trying to simply generate floor areas from zone tool. For some reason it wont let me. I have tried zone creation as lines and as boxes. Neither works. ? thanks in advance. Pulling my hair out the l...

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Zone Tool

I used to know how the Zone tool worked but it seems more complicated than it used to be so I need a little help.. The only thing I need is how to access the . Using AC 22 and Zone Stamp 01 22 I just want to put in tile or wood. I can't figure it out...

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Zones - Wall recesses to zones not working

Hello everyone, I'm having another issue with the zones tool. If I have a window were the base height is > than 0.00 the wall recesses do not count on the zone surfaces. I have made a project where all the windows are at +0.13 m which is the same hei...

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Mirroring Zones and their stamps!

Hi, I am having massive problems mirroring zones stamps and getting them to be perfectly mirrored.The project I am working on is an apartment complex where many of the apartments are perfect copies but mirrored (So I have each apartment saved as a ho...

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Resolved! Linking Walls with Zones

Is it possible to link an area created by the zone tool to walls? That way, the area would update whenever you change the size of your building. Thanks for your help.

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Duplicating zones

I need to show the zones both in the existing status and in the new building status. Can I duplicate the zones without copy it.

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ZONE SCHEDULE WITH COLORS

Hi:Any way to get the zone list/ schedule with the colors assigned to each zone? Thanks

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Archicad 22 Zone Stamp question

I was checking if there was anything new in Zone Stamps in AC22, and found this "Surface Code" field that creates 4 different cells in the stamp. But I couldn't find what does it do, or how to configure this field. It does not represent the surface a...

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Zone Tool / different Stamp Styles

Hello, I would like to produce a few plans where the "zone stamps" will have different information in each case. I am looking for a function like "graphic overrides" where I can hide, for instance, the zone ID in one of the cases and show it in the o...

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Problems with zones

Hi, I encountered an issue with zones. For some reason it won't measure the area with roof substraction in the right way. For test I made a small building with two identical floors. One has only slab above it, and the upper floor has roof. Area of bo...

Area of Zones

When I create a zone, I see it's area, but the apartment consists of multiple zones, like kitchen, bedroom, bathroom, etc. Is there a way to have all relevant zones be subzones of a greater zone? ..or how do you do it?

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Zone Tool and calculation of gross/under roof sf of building

I am trying to find out how the majority of users are calculating their gsf for a building. In the past I have always used a drawn a shape exterior finish to exterior finish to encompass the entire hvac area of the building to get to my gross square ...

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Door belongs to the Zone into which it opens - bug?

Some doors appear to be not accepting the zone into which they open, while some do. Bug? Have the same type of door being used D1 Commercial Door 19, and one will accept the Zone, while the other one doesn't. For scheduling purposes I've had to creat...

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object as zone boundary

Hey guys I have been looking for a similar post but couldn't find it so here goes: I tried to make an object using polylines ( activating the zone boundary ) but when i make it into an object, it doesn't act as a zone boundary anymore. is there a way...

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Zone stamp in 3d

HI guys I search for an answer to this but I could-t find it. is there a way to display the zone stamp in the 3d window along with the zone ? thanks in advance best Luis

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Can a Zone show both m2 and ft2?

We need to provide floor plans showing areas in both square meters and square feet, does anyone know if it is possible to customise a zone stamp to do this? If there is a way to take the measured area in m2 and multiply it by 10.764 then display that...

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calculate several zones in one

Hi, I am wondering how I can make a zone stamp with separated areas in one. For example, there are two office rooms, one is office 1: 6m2 and another is office 2: 4m2. I want to show only "Office 10m2". It must be very easy but I cannot find the func...

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Zones Length X width

Any way to get the length and width to show up in a V18 zone....automatically based on the actual length and width of the zone. Seems like it should be pretty easy.....but I don't see it in the parameters and don't know how to program it. Very valuab...

Zone problem

Hello, i'm having problem with zones on my model. I don't understand why Archicad can't sum area in defined zone (it displays 0m2). This only happens on top floor (roof is above this floor). In stories below there is everything O.K., area is calculat...

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Automatic Zone Recognition Issues

working on an iMac 27 I can't get my single button Wired mouse to create an Automatic Zone even though the pallete directs me to click on an area enclosed by surrounding walls. The mouse works perfectly fine otherwise.

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Holes in Zones

Hello Everyone, I need help! how do i create holes in zones? Can one draw into an existing zone using the polyline tool zone creation to create a hole into the zone, much like creating a hole in a slab?

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Zone doesn't calculate areas properly under the roof

Hello everybody! I am trying to calculate some room surfaces using zones. As these rooms are situated under the roof, and partially their height is under 1m, in order to calculate the using area I have to substract that "unused" area from the total. ...

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Calculating Zone Volume

I have attempted to use the zone tool to calculate the volume of a room. I have the calculated area of 19.30m2 and the ceiling height of +2.74m. The zone tool lists the volume as 49.80m3. This is not correct. I have updated the zone, and it does not ...

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Measured Area Zone Tool

Hi, I am making adjustments to zones and the area isn't changing? Is there a trick to get it to automatically change on the zone stamp? when I look in the tool settings I can see the correct area but it doesn't show on the drawing. Assistance gratefu...

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ZONE tool

Is it possible to add a new category to the zone tool? I want to see: Name of the zone (terrace) floor material (polished concrete) story level (for example npt +3.00) i know I can use the Level dimension tool.. however I want to know how flexible is...

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Zone Calculating - Help Please!

HELP!I am having some problems with the zone calculate menu and associated listformats.When I load my project library, my office library, my add-on library I have the following zone calculate options: default, rooms/stories, room/zone categoriesWhen ...

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