Autodesk 24000-000000-9860 - Revit Architecture - PC, User Manual

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Changing the Room Area Boundary Location
By default, Revit Architecture computes the room area using the wall finish as the boundary. You can change
the boundary, specifying the wall center, wall core layer, or wall core center.
NOTE You cannot change boundary locations separately for each room. All rooms in the project use the new
boundary location.
To change the room area boundary location
1 Click View menu
➤
Area and Volume Computations, or on the Room and Area tab of the Design
Bar, click Settings.
2 On the Computation tab of the Area and Volume Computations dialog, for Room Area
Computation, select one of the following options:
■
At wall finish : The room boundary is located at the finish face inside the room.
■ At wall center : Locates the room boundary at the centerline of the wall.
■ At wall core layer : Locates the room boundary at the interior or exterior layer of the core
closest to the room.
■
At wall core center : Locates the room boundary at the centerline of the wall core.
3 Click OK.
For information about defining the structure and core layers of a wall, see Vertically Compound Walls on
page 567.
Room Volume
Room volumes display in the Element Properties dialog, in tags, and in schedules for rooms. By default,
Revit Architecture does not compute room volumes.
When volume computation is turned off, room tags and schedules display Not Calculated for the Volume
parameter. Because volume computation may affect Revit Architecture performance, turn it on only when
you want to prepare and print schedules or other views that report volumes. To turn on volume computation,
see
Enabling Volume Computations on page 929.
Related topics
■
Analyzing a Conceptual Design on page 522
■ Room Volumes for Design Options on page 1258
How Room Volume is Computed
Because volume computation may affect Revit Architecture performance, it is turned off by default. Turn it
on only when you want to prepare and print schedules or other views that report room volumes. To turn
on volume computation, see
Enabling Volume Computations on page 929.
When it computes room volumes, Revit Architecture does the following:
■ Determines the room area. See Room Area on page 926.
NOTE Room volumes are computed to the wall finish, regardless of the Room Area Computation setting.
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