Parameter

Short Description

Long Description

Area Reduce­ment

The Calculated Area as a percent­age of the Reduced Area.

In Zone Settings - Area Calculation Panel: If you check "Reduce by" a certain per­centage, the result is the Calculated Area.

(For example: If "Reduce by" is 20 per­cent, the "Area Reducement" is 80 per­cent.)

Calculated Area

The Zone's area after the Reduced Area is further reduced by the per­centage value set in the Area Calculation panel of Zone Set­tings.

In Zone Settings - Area Calculation Panel: check "Reduce by", and enter a percent­age to subtract that from the Reduced Zone area. The result is the Calculated Area.

Doors Sur­face Area

Total surface area of all Doors in the Zone.

A Door is in the zone if any part of its 2D polygon is inside of, or coincides with the edge of, the Zone's 2D polygon.

Doors Width

Total width of all Doors in the Zone.

A Door is in the zone if any part of its 2D polygon is inside of, or coincides with the edge of, the Zone's 2D polygon.

Extracted Column Area

Column area sub­tracted from Mea­sured Zone area.

Relevant if the zone polygon contains Column(s). If Relation to Zones = "Reduce Zone Area Only" AND the Col­umn's area exceeds the minimum defined in Zones Preferences, then the Zone is reduced by the percentage set in Zones Preferences.

Extracted Fill Area

Fill area subtracted from the Measured Zone area.

Relevant if the zone polygon contains Fill(s). If Subtract from Zones is enabled for the Fill (see Fill Settings - General Set­tings), then the Zone area is reduced by the defined percentage.

Extracted Low Area

Low ceiling area subtracted from Measured Zone area.

 If the Zone is trimmed by a Roof or Shell: The zone area is reduced by the "Area reduction under Low Ceiling" as defined in Zones Preferences.

Extracted Wall Area

Wall area sub­tracted from Mea­sured Zone area.

Relevant if the zone polygon contains Wall(s). If Relation to Zones = "Reduce Zone Area Only" AND the Wall's area exceeds the minimum defined in Zones Preferences, then the Zone is reduced by the percentage set in Zones Preferences.

Floor Thick­ness

Subfloor Thickness value.

Defined in the Name and Positioning Panel of Zone Settings.

Measured Area

Total area of the Zone polygon. Can include the area of bounding walls up to their reference line.

Bounding Walls are included in Measured Area if the Zone extends to their refer­ence line.

Measured Net Area

Total area of the Zone polygon. Does not include the area of any bounding walls.

Zone Area may be further reduced by area of certain ele­ments within Zone polygon.

The Net Area excludes the footprint of construction elements within the zone

whose "Relation to Zones" option is set to "Zone Boundary".

Relation to Zones is available for

- Walls and Columns: Settings dialog, Model Panel

- Curtain Wall: Settings dialog, Member Placement Panel

Number of Beams

Number of Beams in the Zone.

A Beam is in the zone if any part of its 2D polygon is inside of, or coincides with the edge of, the Zone's 2D polygon.

Number of Columns

Number of Col­umns in the Zone.

A Column is in the zone if any part of its 2D polygon is inside of, or coincides with the edge of, the Zone's 2D polygon.

Number of Concave Corners

Concave corners of the Zone polygon.

Number of Corners

Total number of cor­ners of Zone poly­gon.

Number of Doors

Number of Doors in the Zone.

A Door is in the zone if any part of its 2D polygon is inside of, or coincides with the edge of, the Zone's 2D polygon.

Number of Lamps

Number of Lamps in the Zone.

A Lamp is in the zone if any part of its 2D polygon is inside of, or coincides with the edge of, the Zone's 2D polygon.

Number of Objects

Number of Objects in the Zone.

An Object is in the zone if any part of its 2D polygon is inside of, or coincides with the edge of, the Zone's 2D polygon.

Number of Wall Parts

Wall part: a Wall which runs along a Zone border.

Number of Windows

Number of Windows in the Zone.

A Window is in the zone if any part of its 2D polygon is inside of, or coincides with the edge of, the Zone's 2D polygon.

Reduced Area

The Zone's area after the Measured Net Area is reduced by certain element-level reductions, subject to Zone Preferences.

Construction elements: if Relation to Zones = "Reduce Zone Area Only" AND the Wall/Column's area exceeds the mini­mum defined in Zones Preferences, then the Zone is reduced by the percentage set in Zones Preferences.

Fills: If Subtract from Zones is enabled for the Fill (see Fill Settings - General Set­tings), then the Zone area is reduced by the defined percentage.

If the Zone is trimmed by a Roof or Shell: The zone area is reduced by the "Area reduction under Low Ceiling" as defined in Zones Preferences.

Related Ele­ment(s) 3D

The ID of the ele­ment(s) with which the Zone collides in 3D

The counterpart (General) listing parame­ter is "Colliding Zones," which lists the names of a Zone's colliding elements.

Surface

Surface assigned to the Zone.

Total Extracted Area

Total of Wall/Col­umn/Curtain Walls/Fills/Low ceiling area subtracted in calculating the Zone area.

Relevant if the zone polygon contains cer­tain elements.

Zone area calculation varies depending on Relation to Zone settings of elements within Zone polygon, and Zones Prefer­ences.

Uniform Surface

Checkbox On or off indicates whether the Zone uses a uni­form surface.

If checkbox is off, then the Zone faces inherit the surfaces of the surrounding Zone boundaries.

This value is set in the Model Panel of Zone Settings. Select a surface for the Zone, then choose either: "Use this Sur­face on All Zone Faces", or "Inherit Boundary Wall and Cropping Element Surfaces."

Wall Inset Back Side Surface Area

Surface Area of Zone's Wall inset on the back

Wall Insets are created via Opening geometry: Reveals, Wall Inset, and/or Wall Niche. If these geometries affect the Zone (e.g. if the inset size exceeds the minimum as set in Zone Preferences, and/or the opening's reference line coin­cides with that of the Zone), then these parameters give you the areas of the 3D inset's top, sides and back.

Wall Inset Side Sur­face Area

Surface Area of Zone's Wall inset on the side

Wall Inset Top Sur­face Area

Surface Area of Zone's Wall inset on the top

Walls Perimeter

Perimeter of the Walls bounding the Zone.

Walls Sur­face Area

Surface area of Walls in the Zone.

A Wall is in the zone if any part of its 2D polygon is inside of, or coincides with the edge of, the Zone's 2D polygon.

Windows Surface Area

Surface area of Windows in the Zone.

A Window is in the zone if any part of its 2D polygon is inside of, or coincides with the edge of, the Zone's 2D polygon.

Windows Width

Total width of all Windows in the Zone.

A Window is in the zone if any part of its 2D polygon is inside of, or coincides with the edge of, the Zone's 2D polygon.

Zone Cate­gory

Name of the Zone Category assigned to this Zone.

Defined in the Name and Positioning Panel of Zone Settings.

Zone Cate­gory Code

Number of the Zone Category assigned to this Zone.

Depends on Zone Category. Zone Cate­gory Codes are assigned to Zone Catego­ries at Options > Element Attributes > Zone Categories (click Rename to access the Code field).

Zone Gross Perimeter

Perimeter of the Zone, correspond­ing to the Zone poly­gon at the bottom of the Zone body.

For a Zone created with the Reference Line method, the perimeter is measured along the Reference Lines of the bound­ary Walls.

Zone Name

Name of the Zone as defined in the Name and Position­ing Panel of Zone Settings.

Zone Net Perimeter

Perimeter of the Zone, measured along the inner edges of the sur­rounding Walls (regardless of the position of the Walls' Reference line).

Zone Num­ber

Number of the Zone as defined in the Name and Position­ing Panel of Zone Settings.