Components Schedule

[Titiriga]

Hello.

I have a major problem. I am pretty far along a process of making a schedule template for quantities but I hit  a big roadblock. Im going to try to simplify the problem to its core here. I use a classification system to sort elements out into cathegories like walls, slabs, roofs etc. I am trying to create schedules that sorts quantities into these cathegories. For Elements schedules that worked perfectly. I simply had a column thar shows the classification. Same for Surfaces schedules. When it comes to Components schedules the problem is that a classification column outputs the classification of the Building materials and not the source element of wich they are a component of. 

To me it seems ridiculous that I don’t have a option to read information either from the Building material OR/AND the Element type. BM’s are generic, same ones can be found in multiple element types. How am I suppose to differentiate between them?

Further, Building materials are attributes, so are Surfaces. How come Surface schedules can read info from the Element type level and Components schedules cant?

My question is this. How can I acces Element Type information (be it propertyes or classification) in a Component schedule?

Thank you.

Operating system used: Windows

[runxel · Accepted solution]

You can. What you need to do is to select your wanted Classification system. Then you get this extra button on the right.

Click on it and you can select "Element" instead of "BMAT". Easy as that! 🙂

[Titiriga]

Runxel, you are awsome. Im not at the computer right now to try it out, but you just gave me the best news!!

Thank you!!! 

[Ahmed_K]

I'm curious to know why you need to show the classification of the element in a compo.ent schedule, 

I use component schedules beacause i need data from a component level not the element level.

In wich case you need this ?

[Titiriga]

Hello Ahmed_K.

I use a classification System to sort my Project and my schedule lists into categories such as Walls, Slabs, Roofs etc. and such, I need to wnow if a certain quantity of thermal insulation for example comes from a Wall, Slab or Roofs cathegory. Mind you that this isnt allways a separation that coincides with the Element type. You ca have elements constructed with the Slab tool that act as Walls and need to be classified as Walls. This is just to simplify into an example.