View and Edit Calculated Sub Area Quantity Details

View and edit sub area information in your room calculation.

Sub areas are subordinate areas which are subtracted from or added to the main calculated area. In the Sub Areas dialog described below, you can see how the components of the main surface and the sub area surfaces are calculated. You can edit how sub areas affect the room surface area calculations with these tools.

Sub area openings (such as windows or doors) are recognized and calculated (subtracted or ignored) according to the rules defined in the Calculation Settings dialog. You can add or subtract subareas for surfaces for additional data. This is particularly useful for adding tile panel or baseboard information.

1. Click Quantification tab Roombook Extension panel (Calculate Room Quantities) to open the Calculate Room Quantities dialog.
2. Click View/Edit Results to open the Room Quantities dialog and view the calculated data.
3. Click Show Details at the bottom of the dialog.
4. Select the Details tab.
5. Select Wall, Floor, or Ceiling surfaces in rooms with sub areas in the Tree structure.
6. On the Details tab page, expand the surfaces to find the calculated quantities with sub areas to edit.
7. Click the Ellipses button in the Sub Areas column to open the Sub Areas dialog.
8. Each element of the selected surface displays.
9. Make changes to the calculated room quantities using the tools available in the Sub Areas dialog described below.
10. Click OK to accept the changes and close the Sub Areas dialog.
11. Click OK to accept the changes and close the Room Quantities dialog.
12. Recalculate the quantities if needed.

Name	Description
Description	Displays the Element name of the room element currently open in the Sub Area dialog.
Use View	Selects the project view to display when adding elements to the sub area.
(Add Element)	Adds an element to a room element selected to be used as a sub area. In the drawing area, select the element and click Finish in the Options Bar. When you add an element, all single faces of the element are taken into account.
(Expand All)	Opens all of the element nodes in the table.
(Collapse All)	Closes all of the element nodes in the table.
(Add Row)	Add a numerical row to the table to define an sub area value numerically, without having a constructive reference in the project. The new row is created with the material of the main surface. Change the element name, Material, +/- value, and area information as needed.
(Delete Rows)	Deletes a manually defined subarea element. Automatically detected room quantities cannot be deleted. Use the Ignore function for temporary exclusion from calculated quantities.
(Delete Material Overrides)	Resets the material override of the selected quantities and restores its standard definition. You must select one or more rows to restore a quantity.
(Highlight)	Opens an appropriate view in the drawing area and highlights the quantity selected in the table nodes. Press Esc to return to the Sub Areas dialog.
Element Name	The element name of the calculated subarea. The primary surface which is open in the Sub Areas dialog is named Main. Its full name is listed in the Description field at the top of the dialog. The naming convention of calculated sub areas is composed as follows: The element type with a number suffix: the family: the element type. For example, Window1: Single Window: Standard. You can type in this field and rename either the element or the face. The Main element cannot be renamed.
Materials	Specifies the material assigned to the sub area element. If a surface material type has been applied to the room, the custom materials defined in the Apply Surface Material to Rooms dialog display. If a surface material type has not been applied to the room, the materials specified for the element type in Revit display. See Specify Materials for Room Surfaces. The material of the main area transfers to all automatically recognized faces and subareas. If there are two windows in this a plaster wall segment, each are recognized as subareas and are subtracted from the main area. In order to reduce the material Plaster of the surface correctly, the subarea is assigned the same material as the main area with the calculation sign minus. See View and Edit Calculated Subarea Quantity Details.
+/-	Determines whether the subarea material is added or subtracted from the calculated quantity.
Length/Width	(Wall surfaces only) Displays the width of the wall surface.
Height	(Wall surfaces only) Displays the height of the wall surface.
Width	(Floor and Ceiling surfaces only) Displays the width of the surface.
Depth	(Floor and Ceiling surfaces only) Displays the depth of the surface.
Diameter	(Floor and Ceiling surfaces only) Displays the diameter of the surface.
Area	Displays the area of the sub area. You can only edit the area for the sub area elements that you create.
Inner Reveals	(Wall surfaces only) This value is only calculated for wall surfaces and shows for openings the surface of their inner reveals.
Room ID	(Wall surfaces only) Displays the room in which the sub area exists.
ID	Displays the unique identifier for the calculated elements. The Quantity ID is generated on the first room quantity calculation. It cannot be changed manually and is retained in further calculations. In the project, the ID displays as a tag with a leader line to the center of its element. You can hide the tags to save system resources and improve performance. See About Quantity IDs in Roombook.
Ignore	Excludes elements from the quantity calculation and export files. See Review Calculated Room Quantity Data.
Type	Displays how the elements of a room quantity calculation were determined. Either Automatic or Manual. Automatic was determined by the Roombook Extension and cannot be deleted. Manual elements were selected when preparing the rooms for calculation and can be deleted.