Changing The Room Area Boundary Location; Room Volume; How Room Volume Is Computed - Autodesk 24000-000000-9860 - Revit Architecture - PC User Manual

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
2 On the Computation tab of the Area and Volume Computations dialog, for Room Area
3 Click OK.
For information about defining the structure and core layers of a wall, see
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
Related topics
Analyzing a Conceptual Design
Room Volumes for Design Options

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
When it computes room volumes, Revit Architecture does the following:
Determines the room area. See
NOTE Room volumes are computed to the wall finish, regardless of the Room Area Computation setting.
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Area and Volume Computations, or on the Room and Area tab of the Design
Bar, click Settings.
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.
on page 522
Enabling Volume Computations
Room Area
on page 929.
on page 1258
on page 926.
Vertically Compound Walls
on page 929.
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