Remaining Columns Filled Out and Formatted
The final formatting
changes are to remove the blank row before the data and turn on the Outline setting and change it to wide lines.
Click on the Edit… button next to the Appearance button in the Properties palette and make the following changes.
Appearance Tab Changes This is the end of Part 1. Save your file as RL3-1.
RL3-2 – Creating the Window Schedule Next you will add the Window Schedule.
Open the RL3-1 file. Save the file as RL3-2.
Delete the original Window Schedule from the Project Browser.
Completed Window Schedule
Use the same techniques to create the new Window Schedule that were used to create the Door Schedule.
Select the Windows Category in the New Schedule dialog box.
The values for the Glazed Area and Ventilation Area are not calculated.
Create the two values as Text entries and type in the numbers.
Schedule Properties Format the text the same as for the Door Schedule.
This is the end of Part 2. Save your file as RL3-2.
RL3-3 – Adding the Room Tags
In this part you will create, name, and number the rooms. You will also calculate the area of the room and use the information to create a Room Finish Schedule.
Open the RL3-2 file. Save the file as RL3-3.
Go to the First Floor view.
Click on the Room tool in the Architecture tab, Room & Area panel.
Room Tool Click inside the Garage.
Make sure the Tag on Placement option is highlighted.
Tag on Placement Option As you click in the room
an “X” will appear along with a blue boundary for each room.
Garage Room Area After tagging the Garage click on the tag once then click
on the word Room and rename it.
Repeat the process for the room number.
Rename all the rooms to match the example.
Renaming the Room Tag
Select the tag. In the properties box, select the Room Tag With Area tag type.
Note: This may have already been set to the correct tag type.
Room Tag With Area Type Now the room tag will show the area in square feet.
Note: When the tag needs to be outside the room, you will need to check the Leader box in the Options bar to attach a leader line to the tag.
Tag with Room Area
Leader Checkbox Before tagging the Kitchen, Family
Room and Living Room you will need to place a room separator to create the separate rooms.
Room Separator Tool Click on the tool and draw
the lines as indicated.
Kitchen, Family Room, and Living Room Separator Lines
Add two additional room separator lines at the main entry.
Main Entry Separator Lines
Add the remaining rooms/spaces to the first floor as shown. Your square footages may differ slightly.
Tagged Rooms - First Floor
Repeat the process for the second floor.
You may notice that the ridge of the garage roof is showing as a single line.
If your roof is showing as a double line, set the View Range of the second floor view to 5’-6”.
View Cut Plane Set to 5’-6”
Tagged Rooms - Second Floor This is the end of Part 3. Save your file as RL3-3.
RL3-4 – Creating the Room Finish Schedule
In this part you will create a Room Finish Schedule based off the room tags that were added in the last part of the tutorial.
Open the RL3-3 file. Save the file as RL3-4.
Find the Room Finish Schedule in the Project Browser. This time you will modify the one that came with the template file instead of creating a new schedule.
Make the following changes:
a. Sort the rows based off the Room Number.
b. Rename the Room Number column to NUMBER.
c. Rename the Room Name column to NAME.
d. Rename the Comments column to REMARKS.
e. Change the remaining header names to all caps.
f. Delete the Ceiling Height field from the Scheduled fields.
g. Add a new parameter called CEILING HEIGHT. Set the Type of Parameter to Length.
h. Move the Ceiling Height field up in the list so that it is above Comments.
i. Add a new field called Area from the available fields. Move the field so that it is after the Ceiling Height field. The Area field will automatically populate based on the size of each room.
j. Format the headers to Bold and 9/64” high.
k. Format the title of the schedule to Bold and 1/4” high.
l. Remove the blank row before data and set the outline to wide lines.
Completed Room Finish Schedule You will need to fill out the Floor, Base, Wall,
Ceiling, Ceiling Height, and Remarks cells for each room. .
This can be done within the schedule or in the properties of each room. Regardless of which method used, the information will appear in both locations.
Note: When filling out the ceiling height field, do not enter a value for room #106. If you do by accident, you will not be able to delete it and will have to recreate the field.
Living Room Identity Data
Adding a Grand Total Value
Next you will add a field that shows the total square feet for the rooms within the house.
Click on the Sorting/Grouping tab in the Schedule Properties Dialog box.
Check the Grand totals:
check box and select the Title and totals option in the pulldown.
Rename the Grand total name to
GRAND TOTAL
Grand Totals Checkbox
Click on the Formatting tab, select the Area field, and select “Calculate totals” in the drop-down menu.
Calculate Totals Checkbox
You will now see the words Grand total and the total square footage at the bottom of the schedule. (Your total square footage may vary.)
Grand Total of Square Footage
At the end of the tutorials you will place the schedules onto your Floor Plan sheet. At that time, you will adjust the width of the columns so that that schedules appear as they do in this example.
Schedule Examples This is the end of Part 4. Save your file as RL3-4.
RL3-5 – Creating the Room Legend
In this part you will create a color legend of the first and second floors of the house.
These colors are based off of the room names that you created in the last part of the tutorial.
Open the RL3-4 file. Save the file as RL3-5.
Open the First Floor view.
Right-Click on the view in the Project Browser, select Duplicate View.
Do not pick the Duplicate with Detailing option.
Duplicate the First Floor View A new view called First Floor Copy 1
will appear. Rename the view First Floor – Color Legend.
Rename View Dialog Re-tag the room labels for each room.
You can do this at one time by using the Tag All tool in the Annotate ribbon.
Tag All Tool Click the down arrow in the Loaded
Tags box next to the Room Tags category.
Pick the Room Tag family.
Tag All Not Tagged Dialog Box
At this point your drawing should look like this…
First Floor – Color Legend View
Hide the Exterior Elevations marks and the Interior Elevation marks in the Garage, Kitchen, and Bath #1.
This may be done by right-clicking on one of the marks and hiding the category.
Hide the floor outside of the garage.
Go to the Annotate tab, Color Fill panel and select the Color Fill Legend tool.
Color Fill Legend Tool Attached to the cursor will be a
box with the words: “No color scheme assigned to view”.
Legend Attached to Cursor This is the legend.
Place it at the upper right corner of the view where the hidden floor used to be.
The Choose Space Type and Color Scheme dialog box opens.
Change the Space Type: setting to Rooms and the Color
Scheme: setting to Name.
Choose Space Type and Color Scheme Dialog Press the OK button.
The rooms will now have colors assigned to them.
Completed First Floor Color Legend
Repeat the process for the second floor.
Second Floor Color Legend
If you wish to change the colors of the rooms/spaces, click on the Room Legend and click the Edit Scheme tool in the contextual tab.
Edit Scheme Tool The Edit Color Scheme dialog box will open. Pick in the appropriate color box to
change the color of the room.
Edit Color Scheme Dialog Box
This is the end of Part 5 and Tutorial 3. Save your file as RL3-5.