To Calculate Room Quantities

Note: This topic is for Roombook users only.

The room quantity calculation requires to specify the range of calculation, based on the current
calculation standard. You can store different calculation styles with different settings in the
drawing. Make sure that the right calculation standard is set current in calculation settings.

1. Click Vision Tools tab Roombook panel Calculate Room Quantities.

2. Select a style name from the list.
3. Specify the Selection of Spaces and Zones.
4. Specify the Calculation Range (quantities per space):
o Surfaces of walls, floors, and ceilings
o Room perimeter and furniture objects.
5. Specify the Selection of Furniture Styles.
6. Specify the Generation Drawing Data.
7. Click Calculate.
Style Name
Under Roombook Calculation Styles, you can save different Roombook calculations.
This allows to define and store different calculations in the drawing. Default is style
"Standard". By saving under a different name, you can define different calculations
(different spaces, zones, calculation ranges etc.) which are stored in the drawing. Enter a
description of needed.
Save
Save, copies, or renames the current style.
Delete
Deletes the current style from the drawing. One style however must always remain in the
drawing.
Style Properties
All settings which are made in this dialog box (selection, range, export), are stored in the
current room quantity calculation style name. The Calculation Settings however, are not
stored in the style, but globally in the drawing. If needed, you have to change them prior
to a new calculation.
Calculation Standard
Displays the current calculation standard information. This information can be changed in
the Calculation Settings dialog box only.
Selection of Spaces and Zones
Displays the number of spaces and zones which are selected for calculation in the current
style name. Click Selection "..." button for the Selection of Spaces and Zones.
Calculation Range
Roombook calculates the quantities on a per space basis. Minimum requirement is at least
one space enclosed by walls. Theoretically it is also possible that the room is defined only
by space bounding lines; in this case the space bounding lines are considered as wall
surfaces (without area, height).
The following objects are recognized for the quantity calculation:

Wall Surfaces: Walls, space-bounding lines, curtain walls, columns. Everything

which is bounding the space from the sides.
Floor Surfaces: Floors, ceilings. Everything which is bounding the space from
the bottom. Additionally can be defined closed contours from lines.
Ceiling Surfaces: Floors, ceilings, roofs. Everything which is bounding the space
from the top. Additionally can be defined closed contours from lines.
Room Perimeters: The room perimeter is detected from the space contour.
Additional lines can be added manually. This category can be used for example
for calculating the length of skirting boards. By manually adding/showing further
lines, you can for example also calculate the length of cables or similar for
calculating as room quantities.
Furniture Objects: As furniture objects in the space are considered: block
references, MV block references and MInsert blocks. Additionally to the
automatically detected objects, you can manually add further objects by graphical
selection.
Furniture Selection Filter: Click Selection "..." button for the Selection of
Furniture Styles.
Top Ceiling Factor (%): The Top Ceiling Factor only applies to special
constructive situations; the default setting, therefore, can be kept unchanged for
most cases. It determines how ceiling surfaces with openings are calculated.
Expressed as a percentage, it determines based on the relation between "floor
surface" to "opening in ceiling surface", whether the ceiling is bounding the space
or opens it.
Consider Materials (when by object is used): This option is only applicable if
rooms are not attached to Surface Material Styles.
Renovation Filter
Calculated surfaces can be filtered considering the AutoCAD Architecture Renovation
flags with the options:

Ignore demolished objects

Ignore newly-to-build objects
Ignore none

Generate Drawing Data

Detailed information can be found in Generate Drawing data.
Export
Room quantity calculations can be exported in different formats.
Skip Re-calculation and Use Last Calculated Results

This option is only enabled after the first Roombook calculation has been made, and is
also deactivated by default on each new call of the command.

Basically, Roombook requires a new calculation (update, re-calculation) every time

Calculate Room Quantities is activated in order to ensure that any changes on the model
are reflected in the Roombook calculation at any time. This can be time-consuming,
especially with bigger drawings, so you can optionally skip the re-calculation process
(update) and simply view the last Roombook calculation results.

Note: This option also implies that you are aware that the saved state of the Roombook
calculation may not correspond to the current state of the drawing.

If you have made any changes on the drawing since the last Roombook calculation, then
those changes are not reflected in the stored Roombook data. You will see corresponding
alert messages on different occasions with this option activated. However, you can at any
time update the Roombook calculation by clicking Calculate (which is enabled when this
option is deactivated). Especially when exporting the results to Excel, CSV or DWF, the
calculation should be updated in any case.

Calculate
Calculates of the room quantities. The calculation is performed with the current settings
in this dialog box and the current settings of the Calculation Settings.
View/Edit
Views and edits the calculated quantities in detail.
Export
Starts the export process of the calculated quantities to the selected format.

About Roombook for AutoCAD Architecture

Note: This topic is for Roombook users only.
Roombook is based on AutoCAD Architecture functionality and extends it.

Related to AutoCAD Architecture spaces and zones, Roombook program calculates the surfaces
and materials of walls, floors and ceilings as well as room perimeter and furniture objects, on a
per space bases.

Different country-specific standards for calculating room quantities are included:

The International Standard calculates the real quantities.

The German VOB Standard includes an opening measurement system for calculating or
ignoring openings in walls, floors and ceilings depending on their size.