Morph Top Surface Area ?

[Steve Jepson]

Is it possible to schedule the top surface area of a morph ? I don't think so.

I am trying to schedule some driveway slabs for surface area and volume. Roofs work fine for most of it, however, if the surface has compound slopes it has to be modeled as a morph or mesh.

How do I get the correct volume and top surface area for something like this into a schedule ?

I need it to be a single element so I can see the ID, Volume, and Surface Area in the Label that is supposed to match the schedule.

I am so tired of work-arounds using a mesh surface for surface area and something else for correct volume.

We need to be able to schedule the top surface area of a morph. Labels for a morph can be configured to show which surface areas of a morph you want to have added together, so the idea is there, it just doesn't work.

As far as I know, you can not show the volume and top surface area of a morph in a Label, and you can't show in a schedule the top surface area of a morph.

[Eduardo Rolon]

Think so, yes.

[Steve Jepson]

How ? It will schedule total surface area, and the label will theoretically allow you to select which surface areas you want added together, but I am not able make it actually work.

I was not able to find the parameter for scheduling top surface of the morph in schedule criteria for a morph either. I must be looking in the wrong place.

Also, I a need to use something that the Level Dimension Tool can be used with because I am placing an elevation markers on the slabs (roofs) is looks something like this

[Eduardo Rolon]

"Area by Story" or area should do it?

[Eduardo Rolon]

Area from this model.

[Steve Jepson]

I don't see any areas for the morphs shown in a schedule.

I don't think it works.

[Eduardo Rolon]

mine does. so it must be something else

[Steve Jepson]

.

[Eduardo Rolon]

can;t you use a THICK slab for the ramp and subtract the slope? and schedule that?
Also I always use the mesh tool to model roadways.

[Eduardo Rolon]

area tabulating roofs and morphs.
In roof level the only item is a roof