calculation areas of vertical solid surfaces

[Hartman]

I have a very complex building (from the still flat faces) of which I need to determine the areas (via data extraction) of the vertical surfaces. I created a solid so I exploded and got some regions where I could get the area but not cut them to refine the subdivisions. So I converted the regions into flat surfaces that I could cut and determine the area but once you cut the objects turn into surfaces and I can no longer get the areas through data extraction. How do you advise me to proceed? What's wrong? Thank you.

autocad 2016

 

[Tristan]

mistakes to use autocad... such an operation on any bim software is a disarming banality

 

[prismacad]

do not the surfaces, once exploded, become regions?

 

[Hartman]

do not the surfaces, once exploded, become regions?

only the flat surfaces, exploded, become regions. the surfaces (although in fact they are 2d) instead once exploded become polylinee.

for the question of the bim, the more I use them and the more I hate them (I used a lot of archicad and a little revit). is a continuous "invent" a solution for situations not foreseen by the software. so lately I work with autocad making wide use of data fields. Keep in mind that what I'm interested in from these software is to produce specifications. without considering that not being a designer generally I start as a base from dwg or even pdf.

 

[GP.]

only the flat surfaces, exploded, become regions. the surfaces (although in fact they are 2d) instead once exploded become polylinee.

become lines, if they lie on the same floor you can retransform them into regions in a single stroke, otherwise you should select the individual contours.

or the most winding way (who knows what will say tristan :smile, to be applied to the surfaces:
meshsmooth transforms them into mesh
convinsuperf the retransforms in surfaces, but that explodes become regions.

 

[Tristan]

for the question of the bim, the more I use them and the more I hate them (I used a lot of archicad and a little revit). is a continuous "invent" a solution for situations not foreseen by the software.

with archicad I don't know, but with revit there's nothing to invent. you do as you would build in the yard. point.

Keep in mind that what I'm interested in from these software is to produce specifications. without considering that not being a designer generally I start as a base from dwg or even pdf.

then I would try with navisworks