Here are some common questions that come up when working on Zones and Schedules.
What is the difference between Measured, Measured Net, Calculated, and Reduced areas for Zones?
Measured Area is your net area, its just displayed 2x in the settings window. Calculated area takes into consideration any reductions in floor space (if you wanted to subtract columns from the usable square footage for instance – this is established under your project preferences : calculation units and rules : zones) Or you can set up a standard percentage reduction (See Image).
Follow up: How does this relate to scheduling? You can schedule both areas and rename usable vs gross if need be.
What does that little flag do on the schedule scheme settings window and what do those other symbols do/mean? Continue reading →
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