Referenced Component Quantities

Written by László Nagy

This document applies to ArchiCAD 7.0.

Components proportional with...

Referenced element	Length	Surface A	Surface B	Surface C	Volume
Wall	(ref+other)/2	ref	other	ref+other	total vol.
Column	height	around veneer	around veneer	around veneer	core+veneer
Beam	(left+right)/2	left	right	total	total vol.
Slab	perimeter	top	bottom	top+bottom	total vol.
Roof	perimeter	top	bottom	top+bottom	total vol.
Mesh	perimeter	top	bottom	total	total vol.
Zone	perimeter	area	area	area	total vol.
Object	length along x axis (=A)	0	0	total	total vol.
Opening	width of the opening	width*height	width*height	surface of the elements in the library part	total volume of the elements in the lib. part

Abbreviations:

- ref: this means the reference line side of a wall

- other: this means the opposite side of a wall

- left: this means the left side of a beam taking into account his orientation

- right: this means the right side of a beam taking into account his orientation

Notes:

- the left and the right side length of a beam may be different when it is connected to a wall in a non-perpendicular angle.

- some values are intentionally different from the appropriate element list values, as the associated components are usually calulated based on different surfaces. For example you may want to calculate the painted surface of a wall, in this case you are not interested of the egde surface but the sum of the reference and the opposite side surface of the wall.

From ArchiCAD 6.5 R3/v3 on:

- components proportional with column length: Height of the column is taken instead of 0

- components proportional with beam length: (left+right)/2 is taken instead of 0

- components proportional with object length: the parameter A is taken instead of 0

- components proportional with column surfaces: the surface around the core is omitted, only the surface around the veneer is taken. If there is no veneer, the core surface is taken.

Page last updated: Thursday, June 10, 2004