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If anybody knows how to get Volume for Family object? May be I can use Autocad to get it?
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I have this question too - I'd like to find a way to schedule volume of an object within a family (as a reporting parameter). I'm trying to make a family to represent tanks in an aquarium.. Not all the tanks will be rectangular so I am hoping to not use a formula.
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I think you will have to use share parameters and set up a formula inside the family in order to get the "volume" (which should be a parameter) to show up in a schedule. A simple formula (like Length x Width x Height for rectangle shape should do it)
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Something else you could do is to create a material takeoff schedule. It wouldn't be a parameter inside your family, but it should work for any shape or size of family.
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If I only had rectangular elements that would be fine, but i will also need to be scheduling volumes for elements that are cylindrical, trapezoidal, etc.. not all symmetrical and some made as in place families. It seems like I can do it with a mass family, but that of course creates funky issues with visibility.
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thanks TKennedy - that's a perfect solution!
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I am not sure if using mass family is a good idea though since they can't be scheduled in material takeoff
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thanks TKennedy - that's a perfect solution!
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