I need to display some areas in a scheme using "merge items". When I set the area unit in calculation units to have 4 decimals I get these values: which add to 6,0000 when I check the "merge items" option. But I have 4 decimals in my display, which i...
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....
Hi, I would like to be able to calculate zone surface areas with different criteria within the same project. I see that height criteria for zones is set at a project level and not for individual zones, is there no way around this? I would like sole z...
I recently recorded two videos on using Interactive Schedules to calculate the surface area of siding, gyp. bd., and flooring. Check out the videos and accompanying blog posts: Archicad Tutorial #93: Area Calculations for Siding and Flooring http://w...
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 ...
Hi All I'm creating schedule that shows sqft & sqm areas, but i want to see only total values for every category. For sqm schedule only it is quite easy as you can use 'merge items' functionality:Zone area based schedule For sqft & sqm areas I use pr...
Hi Beta Testers, Measured Net Area in custom zone label not updates when you split zone. Haven't checked other measurement labels or how it works in schedules, but it could be bugs related to this in other places as well BUG behaviour shown in video ...
In the project that i am working on i created a few zone's. These zone's are surrounded by walls that have window and doors in them. Is there any possibility to link the different windows and wall to the specific zone or zone category ? for example: ...
How can I get the area from the schedule in this case?1. You need to exclude the zone area using Fill.(Excluding extended balcony area)2. The calculated area must not exclude walls.3. Related zone names for doors and windows are required.
Even if you select the label, wall, etc. first, select all of them with ctrl_a, and try to change the layer, all of them do not change at once.Do I have to select and change it with Ctrl+F? Looking at it from the beginning, I'm not good at bookmarkin...
Hi, In AC24 I was able to make zones displayed with their zone category color and transparency by simply making a graphic override that changed the fill type to 50% and fill background pen to 0. After migrating to AC26 this doesn't seem to work any l...
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...
Hello togehter Is there a way to change the priority for the intersection of zones & other elements in the section? What we want to do: - Drawing one big Morph over the hole project. - Drawing the zones with a white background. - In the floor plan we...
Up until Archicad 23 or 24 there was a box you could tick in schedules that said "merge Uniform items". It has now been replaced with the "merge items" box. This is really annoying because it merges all items that have the same data in the first row ...
This is so frustrating... Not sure why 2 out of 24 stories just not showing the zone fill colors. The zone categories are showing but not the fill color on the floor plan. They are copy from the rest of the stories and in same layers. Help please ...
Hi, everyone!I been using on and off ArchiCAD for 10+ years, last few years used Revit, but now when coming back to ArchiCAD (now 25 version), I found that my old way of sorting zone shedule doesnt work fully anymore (last time on AC17 it worked fine...
Hi, I would like to change the scale of my zone stamps to 1:20 for more detailed drawings. As I have read in other relevant posts, the zone tool is a GDL object residing in the ArchiCAD library and the scale sensitivity of the zone stamp is coded at ...
Hello!I am trying to create a property for zones where it will automatically show the file name (or project) it belongs. Any help about this?It will be needed in a project where different floor plan types (.mod files) are combined in different buildi...
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...
Zones data does not display on my plan even though I have set up the parametres. Please help.
Hi everyone, I would like a help with creating schedules regarding net and gross area. In my country net area is a floor area inside walls, and gross area is all building area outside wall or slab reference line. I draw a zone (red zone on the right ...
Good time of the day, gentlemen The window setbacks should only be taken in account in the zone area calulations when they reach the floor. Otherwise, that space isn't available for use and, therefore, it isn't calculated in the zone areas:In case if...
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...
What's the best way to show coloured zones (that corresponds with plan) in section?Is it a combination of section settings and graphic overrides? or is there something else we can do now?
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...
HI, I have a multi-story, multi-unit residential building. I created several zones within each unit on one of the floors and then I copied those zones to each of the floors above since the layouts are identical. However, the zone numbers need to be r...
Hello, is it possible to make a label (tag) wich displays total area of specific zones in a plan view? For example total area of zones of the same apartment? I need a single label for whole apartment. Thank you.
Hi Fellow Archicad users. I´ve stumbled upon an unfortunate calculation challenge... If a the bootom of a window is offset "0" from Wallbase, then a Zone wil autmatically detect and calculate the area of the window niche. But I f I need to construct ...
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...
Hello,I used to create my own zone stamp object with the default settings I needed. Fast forward to version 26, I can't change the Category without resetting the stamp (expected behavior) but I also can't apply my favorite Stamp settings without appl...
Hello everybody! Topic: design of a condo.- I create a property for zones that indicates the cut typology of each apartments (i.e. 2,5 means the ap. has a room and a living room, 3,5 means two rooms and a living room, and so on).- Then I created anot...
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...
It has an area of 10X10. It is based on the REFERENCE LINE (center of the core), and I am trying to subtract the area with FILL.But how do I set it up in SCHEDULE?Measured Area can be used as the area of the wall centerline.The area of the Fill minus...
How do I know where the problem is in the zone?Everything else is fine...The problem I think is that even if an error occurs, zone from and zone to in the window list should not have any problems, but an error occurs. Zone is entered with ctrl+c,v.Th...
Hello everyone, I’m interested in knowing is it possible to override the hotlink module properties in the host file.For example if I have a module that represents typical floor plan with zone that has a property name room 101, is it possible in host ...
Hi,I have created an expression for the zone stamp to show the elevation, but it misses two things:1. I try to add a + sign in front of the number to show it is upper than zero (and it is not showing on the stamp)2. I try to add to show CM at the end...
It is possible to connect Related Zone Number and Area (of this Zone Number)?
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...
1. Only 침실3 (room 3) appears in the from zone, right? 2. Is there any way to change the To and From positions of the zone?
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...
We are working on a larger development where we have various designs of apartments placed as hotlinks into apartment blocks. The project file for the various apartment blocks are then placed onto a large scale SDP. Is there any way we can use the Zon...
Walls Perimeter in a Zone Schedule bring wrong values. They are bigger than the Zone Perimeter itself.Not real. Is it a bug?PS. The value doesn`t match both sides of the wall either. See image attached.
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...
The object "Rectangular wall niche" is calculated inside the zone "windows glazing area". Is there a way to avoid it?
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...
Hello, Zone stamp text not displaying on Archicad 25 4013 POR FULL. I have tried different zones on different files but still not showing. Help please! Thank you.
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...
Hello, I am excited to see that you can now view zones in section and elevations in Archicad 25. This feature prompted me to download this version and transfer from 24. But when I open a file, I cannot figure out how to display a zone in Section. Is ...
Hello. Long-time architect here, but short-time Archicad user. I'm on 25 now. Having fun. I am back to the residential world now, on my own, from billion dollar hospitals....so I'm learning as I go. I have set up my floor plans in the View Map as one...
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...
Hello, I have made my zones manually (the reason for this is that I need to add all door area to the room) in Archicad 23 and they automatically add windows to the area. However when I transferred my file to Archicad 24 and updated the zones, the win...
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 ...
Is there a way with the zone 01 24 to have the stamp in different locations at different scales besides manipulating the anchor point location?
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
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
Hello, is there a way to use the the "Add wall recesses"-feature described here but so that only recesses with height above certain limit are taken into account? This is something that comes from the local building code, and I haven't yet figured out...
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 - ...
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.
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...
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...
I've tried all the "Options...etc" settings.. and can't get my Zones to read in rounded up numbers...AC22? Why?
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...
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?
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...
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...
Working with AC23 somehow I have lost the ability to display yhe Zones Categories with their distinct colors. The Zone Stamp displays correctly over the window background instead of the expected Zone background color. Cant' find anything on MVO, attr...
"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?
I am looking to turn on and off content visibility of room zones per sheet. ie: occupancy for our code sheet; room finish for our room sheets, and just room name and number on all other sheets. Thanks
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...
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...
Hello, does anybody know if/how could we show in the stamp of a zone (see attachment) the area of the a curtain wall which is in contact with the zone, exactly what we do with the windows (apart from the solution that we can design at the same place ...
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...
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...
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.
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.
AC22 I am trying to use an expression to do property mapping out of a zone? I can do this with other objects, but i can not get anything out of a zone. Is this possible?
Hi:Any way to get the zone list/ schedule with the colors assigned to each zone? Thanks
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...
When I create a Zone stamp, there's a little cross in the middle. How can I remove that? I've looked in settings, but I find nothing;)
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...
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...
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?
Coming back to an older project for some revisions. Looking to update my zones and none of the zone reference points are visible. Could somebody nudge me to remember how these get turned on or off? regards,
On previous versions one could have colors on cut Zone
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 ...
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...
I am trying to place a zone using one of the automatic recognition methods, but when I click inside a room where the walls are part of a hotlink module, ArchiCAD does nothing. (No zone is drawn, no error message, no error sound, nothing of interest i...
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...
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
How to find overlapped zones ?
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...
Where do I find this particular zone tool and load it into my project
Can you change the units from inches to feet and inches for the Ceiling Height in Zone Stamp_2 19? I cannot seem to do it.
What setting could be causing the volume not to calculate for the zone stamp ? I hope this is not another Bug.
I am trying to get my zones to calculate areas & info to the core elements of my walls (instead of the finish) and cannot find any settings to do so. Any ideas?
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...
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...
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...
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.
Hi there, can anyone help me with this issue:I am trying to get accurate Volume information from my ArchiCAD model to use with PHPP (Passivhaus) spreadsheet. With the right Zone Preferences settings, I see I can get the measured area to include the a...
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?
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. ...
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 ...
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...
Can you use the zone tool to calculate the weight of the various components which it encompasses (i.e. wall weight and slab/roof weight? Has anyone tried to use zones to calculate the weight it encompasses? Thanks for the thoughts/inputs.
Am having a problem placing zones. Can do it with manual boundary but when I try with boundary settings, nothing happens. Walls are set to boundaries. Odd.
Every time I try to enlarge my zone the area doesn t change.How do I make the area to change every time I change the shape of a zone?
I have added new to the Zone Categories. When I use the Zone Tone, the preset did not change automatic but remain as default. Is there a way to preset it and automatic change when I select the preset?
I have produced the area measurement using Zone Tool and now I have areas to omit. I have try the Ctrl key but not working. How to solve this one?
Try to turn off the height information but not available. The most is turn off the frame. Example: Sub-Basement Carpark 001 A:5,000m2 Floor Hardener H: 2.70m
How do I change the material code for Wall, Floor and Ceiling, Base, etc ?
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...
I must be missing something subtle with the Update Zones (all) command.In a test file, it is only updating the zones on the active story. I cannot seem to find a way to update all zones on all stories. I thought I'd just go into 3D, turn on zone visi...
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 ...
