Tag Area of Filled Region in Revit

[@monikasarac2249]

OMG you are brilliant!!!! I've always hated that Revit doesn't let you tag areas of filled regions, especially for energy code compliance elevations. This workaround is genius, THANK YOU!

[@BIMforInteriorDesign]

I am glad it was helpful. I didn't know about this use case.

[@JulioAlvaradoPalomo]

I´ve been struggling for this for a very long time, glad you share with us, thank you very much, greetings from Guatemala

[@BIMforInteriorDesign]

I am happy to hear the tutorial helped you.

[@siangyeechuah5982]

thank you! genius.

[@BIMforInteriorDesign]

Thank you, I am glad the video helped you.

[@siangyeechuah5982]

is there room tag that can spell out width and length too? @@BIMforInteriorDesign

[@hizacaine]

Awesome! Needed that for a long time and couldn't figure it out. Now I'm going to try to figure out how to make one that shows opaque and transparent areas of walls for energy calc.

[@reniersillands1168]

Thanks for that area tag trick. It works. You are a genius.

[@BIMforInteriorDesign]

I am glad that the tip is helpful.

[@asiab2335]

Oh dear! This is brilliant and simple:) Thank you.

[@baothunguyen5531]

Hi! So awesome! Thank you so muchhhh! But, do you know how to make a schedule of the areas total?

[@BIMforInteriorDesign]

It would be hard as you can not schedule filled regions. You would have to create a new filled region, which would cover the whole area.

[@satefutingatgoogle]

Thanks, dude this is awesome. I wish we could get this to show in a schedule.

[@BIMforInteriorDesign]

Yeah, even tagging filled regions is "not the proper BIM way", so placing it to schedule is not currently possible.

[@satefutingatgoogle]

@@BIMforInteriorDesign I found a workaround here kzbin.info/www/bejne/iquwlKevpqqVY7c&ab_channel=AhmedMostafa

[@VictoriaNavarro]

Muchas gracias!!! Es justo lo que buscaba. TY

[@Wihanhendrikz94]

This is absolutely genius! 🤓

[@MN-oy9dr]

THNX just what I was looking for! 😀

[@BIMforInteriorDesign]

I am glad you found it.

[@neilmcgivern2759]

Brilliant! Thank you very much!

[@BIMforInteriorDesign]

Glad it was helpful!

[@MN-oy9dr]

ps. is there a way to get the data (m2) into a schedule?, for there is no option to schedule detail items or filled regions. I just wonder. thnx.

[@BIMforInteriorDesign]

I do not know about a way how to get the area to the schedule. That is a problem with this workaround - Revit by default does not put annotation objects to schedules.

[@hkronis]

Saved my day! Is it possible to delete the comma in the area? So it will be a whole number instead?

[@BIMforInteriorDesign]

That is a good question. You can find the answer in this thread: forums.autodesk.com/t5/revit-architecture-forum/always-round-down-an-area-in-a-tag/td-p/6815912

[@librogrande]

very helpful thanks!

[@BIMforInteriorDesign]

Glad it helped!

[@piotrchoromanski395]

Wonerfull! Thank you very much!

[@BIMforInteriorDesign]

No problem!

[@ahmad199749]

You are brilliant 👏👏👏👏👏👏❤ 😀

[@BIMforInteriorDesign]

Thank you for the kind comment. 🙂

[@marijajelenic2912]

Thank you so much for this trick! Is it also possible to add an annottation for the perimeter of the filled region?

[@BIMforInteriorDesign]

I am not sure about that. You might try the same method that was used for creating the area parameter, just search for length.

[@dunders5077]

Wouw, thanks!

[@hagentrondheim3675]

Is it also possible to schedule area of a filled region ?

[@BIMforInteriorDesign]

Not to my knowledge. But there might be a way to achieve this.

[@Elliefuentes]

so helpful. Thank you!

[@sorentodude06]

Awesome stuff! Thank you for posting. Quick follow up question, since we're tricking the system, do you have any suggestions on how to populate a schedule based on this tag?

[@BIMforInteriorDesign]

I am not aware of a way to do that. I think you would need to schedule filled regions, which is not possible. There might be some trick to do that, I just do not know about any.

[@sonij5155]

Thanks man great ✌🏻✌🏻

[@AlanRodriguez-p3w]

Hi! i recently saw this video and was very usefull to me, so it generates a few inquiries, for more advance posibilities, do you know if there is a way that i cant calculate in a tag over a filled region the difference percentage between two filled regions?

[@BIMforInteriorDesign]

As you cannot schedule area of regions, I doubt there is a way to use these numbers in calculations. There might be a way, Revit us full of surprises, but I don't know of any.

[@AlanRodriguez-p3w]

@@BIMforInteriorDesign Thanks for your response, maybe in another kind of way is the answer, i will keep searching, thanks!

[@danibgoncalves]

Thank you so much!

[@BIMforInteriorDesign]

I am glad it's helpful.

[@NBCNothingButCrap]

How come your Revit look neat and clean ( like Archicad ).. Normally Revit look ugly coz of thick line drawing. Is it because of your screen resolution or Revit setting?

[@BIMforInteriorDesign]

It is definetely not screen resolution - I am using 1920x1080. It might be that this project is simple, so doesn't look overwhelming. There are other setting that might make your viewport more pleasant like turning on anti-aliasing and other settings. I might do a tutorial on setting up nice viewport.

[@NBCNothingButCrap]

@@BIMforInteriorDesign Thank you mate. At least ive learn something new. Highly appreciate. Subs.

[@leandrogarcia1807]

THANK YOU!!!!!

[@Marcocb123]

BRILLIANT!!

[@charlesfield9286]

Thanks. I wonder if it still works in 2023.

[@BIMforInteriorDesign]

Yes it works in Revit 2023 no problem.

[@aaradhyakalyankar7329]

How to add area parameter in the schedule

[@BIMforInteriorDesign]

I do not know. This is problematic, because you can not schedule detail components.

[@cathychoi6959]

you are legend!!

[@BIMforInteriorDesign]

Yes, I think I am. :)

[@conormac5658]

That is mad.

[@BIMforInteriorDesign]

Yes, it is!

[@laembert]

Odlehčeně řečeno tak jak to je v perexu jednoho webu: "Na všechno v Revitu je nějakej "workaround", ale musíme na něj teprve přijít". A neodlehčeně, to bych musel být vulgární.

[@BIMforInteriorDesign]

Souhlasím s tím, že těch "workaroundů" musí člověk používat až nečekaně mnoho :)

[@ilvitos]

how can this software be industry standard... poor us! 😭