# Getting area information from materials in a family?

**URL:** <https://forum.dynamobim.com/t/getting-area-information-from-materials-in-a-family/59290>\
**Category:** Revit\
**Created:** [January 14, 2021, 1:53pm UTC](https://forum.dynamobim.com/t/getting-area-information-from-materials-in-a-family/59290 "2021-01-14T13:53:10Z")\
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**Author:** ![Pedeh](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/6a8cbe/32.png) [@Pedeh](https://forum.dynamobim.com/u/Pedeh)\
**Post date:** [January 14, 2021, 1:53pm UTC](https://forum.dynamobim.com/t/getting-area-information-from-materials-in-a-family/59290/1 "2021-01-14T13:53:10Z")

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Hey guys, this is a bit of a generic question. Hope you can help me out a bit 🙂

Is it possible to collect the area of a specific material in a family? For example, i want to extract the area of glass in a window, without having to make a parameter, that calculates it. Point me in a direction 🙂

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**Author:** ![Joelmick](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex022/user_avatar/forum.dynamobim.com/joelmick/32/93148_2.png) [@Joelmick](https://forum.dynamobim.com/u/Joelmick)\
**Post date:** [January 14, 2021, 4:23pm UTC](https://forum.dynamobim.com/t/getting-area-information-from-materials-in-a-family/59290/2 "2021-01-14T16:23:47Z")

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Yes it is possible, you can use the Element.Materials Custom node of the Clockwork package

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**Author:** ![Pedeh](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/6a8cbe/32.png) [@Pedeh](https://forum.dynamobim.com/u/Pedeh)\
**Post date:** [January 14, 2021, 4:49pm UTC](https://forum.dynamobim.com/t/getting-area-information-from-materials-in-a-family/59290/3 "2021-01-14T16:49:42Z")

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I did just find that 🙂 Thx tough… Problem is that it takes of material total surface, sides aswell. Guess i have to find another way around this. Do you no if its possible to get the solid, a material is assigned to?

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**Author:** ![Joelmick](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex022/user_avatar/forum.dynamobim.com/joelmick/32/93148_2.png) [@Joelmick](https://forum.dynamobim.com/u/Joelmick)\
**Post date:** [January 15, 2021, 7:36am UTC](https://forum.dynamobim.com/t/getting-area-information-from-materials-in-a-family/59290/4 "2021-01-15T07:36:37Z")

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I quick way to do this is also with the **Element.Materials Node** and the **Element.Geometry** node.

If i am correct the Element.Geometry node will give you all the solids in the Family. Measure their Volume and compare it to the Materials Volume from the Element.Materials. Their should be a solid with the same volume as the Glass Volume. Filter that one and you have your solid.