I did the draft of a script that will take take elements from the ventilation with selection, take their surfaces and calculate surface area (Select model elements—Elements Faces—Surface Area—Math Sum). However, I cant think of a way to get rid of the surfaces where ducts are connected between themselves with connector elements.
I would say that it is possible to define a parameter which can incorporate those surfaces and then with it, in Dynamo subtract it from overall surface area.
Maybe someone has some other idea?Can it be solved by subtracting surfaces with some orientation filter?
Hello…i normally just drop the 2 first surface in the list…it seems for me the surfaces “end and startcap” always come first…it works for me, but not sure it always will do so
I did exactly what Robert suggested yesterday. In MEPover package there were some nodes which I used to extract data for connector elements, which I then subtracted from all surface areas.
Just had to play a little bit and do some units changes, and the result was there. Thanks for the quick reply and help
Allright…dont know what you mean without connectors do you mean the fittings caps(start and end)…I just calculate the ducts surface without connectors or caps…
Hi, from what I see in my folder, this was my last script regarding duct surface/weight. However, I did this quite a while ago, so don’t really remember whats the status of the script. I know there were some issues regarding the surface of fittings with curved surfaces. Hope it helps
