Calculate From Area

Calculate from Area produces a materials list for the portion of a plan included within a materials list polyline on a single floor.

Select Tools> Materials List> Calculate from Area

and click and drag a rectangle around an area in your plan. When you release the mouse button, a materials list for the area is created.

Select CAD> and Framing> Rectangular Polyline

and draw a polyline around an area of your plan. Select the polyline and click the Convert Polyline

edit button to open the Convert Polyline dialog. Select Material List Polyline and click OK. Double click the polyline to open the Material List Polyline Specification dialog. Material list polylines created in this way are still shown in floor plan view after the list is created.

To generate a materials list, select the polyline and click the Calculate Materials List

edit button and the materials list is produced for items within the polyine on the current floor. If you select the polyline and then instead select Calculate from All Floors, the materials list is produced for items within the polyline on all floors.

You can group-select multiple polylines before selecting Calculate from Area or Calculate from All Floors by holding down the Shift key in Select Objects mode. Materials are calculated for each polyline and added into the total. If two polylines intersect, materials in that area are counted twice.