The Exact Weight and Paint Area parameters are now available for structural steel elements.
- You can find these parameters for any steel elements created using a Revit shape-driven family.
- This aligns the availability and calculation method of these parameters with the existing Paint Area and Exact Weight parameters on steel fabrication elements.
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Exact Weight: This parameter outputs the exact weight of the element by taking into account any cuts, copes, shortens, etc. The formula used is Volume multiplied by Material Density.
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Paint Area: This parameter outputs the total outer surface of the element, used to calculate the paint quantity estimates. The formula used is Perimeter multiplied by Cut Length.
- For hollow profiles, the value will only consider the outer area of the section.
- Inner openings or copes/skewed cuts at the element ends are not subtracted from the displayed paint area, as the formula uses only the Cut Length for generating the painted area of the element.
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