Calculating Zone Area and Zone Volume

Zone area and volume calculation depends on several different settings:

Relation to Zones options chosen for Walls, Columns, and Curtain Walls, which can affect the Zone’s area and/or volume

Zones Preferences, at Options > Project Preferences > Zones, containing global controls for calculating Door/Window recesses in Walls, and for refining the area calculation of Walls or Columns in some cases

The Area Calculation Panel of Zone Settings, which allows you to check the measured area of the Zone and refine the calculated values.

Note: To see the effect of any changes in Zone calculation settings, you must execute the Design > Update Zones command.

See Updating Zones.

Related Topics

Relation to Zones

Zone Area Calculation Panel

Zones Preferences

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