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Quick Start to BimUp 5D Area Calculation

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BIM for everyone

BIM for everyone using BiMUp and SketchUp as a platform
BiMUp Limited | 424 Lee High Road | London | SE12 8RW T/F: +44 (0) 20 8852 9797 W: www.BiMUp.co.uk | E: info@BiMUp.co.uk Bill of Quantities: Cladding, Roof and Floor - Area Job Number: A0000 File in Use: BiMUp5D-Volume Document generated on: Saturday, 11 Aug 2012, 16:16:03 time zone: GMT Daylight Time

Count Description
4 Cladding Front and Rear 2 Cladding Side 1 Floor 4 Roof ----------11 Total

A (m2)
157.69 424.80 2155.86 539.43

Area Total (m2)

630.75 849.60 2155.86 2157.72 ----------5793.94

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Step by Step to Calculate and Report Area in BiMUp 5D

Step 1 - Open SketchUp software Step 2 - Open BiMUp 5D Settings... window Step 3 - Go to Attribute Settings Tab Step 4 - Click Load BiMUp 5D Full Wizard to Define Attributes and Create Calculation Formulas button Step 5 - Click Add New Attribute button Step 6 - Set the values as listed below and compare the settings with the settings in the window below
1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 1.5 Type new Attribute Name - for example 01 description Type Header Text - for example Description Set Format to Text Set Decimals to 0 (zero) Click Set more values

Step 7 - Set the values as listed and compare the settings with the settings in the window below
1.6 1.7 1.8 Set Minimum Width to 0 (zero) Set the Calculating String - Type DEF:%n% and Click OK

Step 8 - Repeat Step 5 to Step 7 using the following values and compare your settings with the settings in the window below
1.9 1.10 1.11 1.12 1.13 1.14 1.15 Type new Attribute Name - for example 02 area Type the Header Text - for example A (m2) Set Minimum Width to 0 (zero) Set Format to Numeric Set Decimals to 2 (two) Set the Calculating String - Type %a-m% and Click OK

Step 9 - Repeat Step 5 to Step 7 using the following values and compare your settings with the settings in the window below
1.16 1.17 1.18 1.19 1.20 1.21 1.22 1.23 Type new Attribute Name - for example 03 area total Type the Header Text - for example Area Total (m2) Set Minimum Width to 0 (zero) Set Format to Numeric Set Decimals to 2 (two) Set Extend From: to 02 Volume Check box Show Total Click OK

Step 10 - Save your Attributes

1.24 Click Save Created Attributes and Formulas and save them to the hard drive

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Step 11 - Press Enter to generate Quick Report as *.PDF or *.CSV file Step 12 - Final Settings for Attributes and Formulas Step 13 - Select objects to be calculated based on their area
1.25 1.26 1.27 Select the required object and use Right Click to open the Context Menu Go to BiMUp 5D... > Define Area Click on the face of the selected object

Step 14 - Use Filters to select objects which are going to be included in the Report

Quick Guideline to BiMUp 5D Attributes, Formulas and Various Calculation Techniques It would open a window with a quick guide to the most used calculating elements. Special $ Attributes These $ with name area etc can be used as desired, but cannot be modified $area - return the area of the component in sq-inches ($area_sqft, $area_sqm, $area_sqcm) $count - a count of identical components - grouped into a single line $comp_desc - the description stored on the component definition $dname - returns the definition name $iname - returns the instance name, or blank if not set $layer - the layer of the component $level - return the sub-component level when drilling into sub-components (0 is the top level) $material - returns the Material Name on the Component Instance or Group $name - returns the Instance name if set, if not the definition name (Up to any # sign) $path - return the drill path of Component names or group names Metric Calculations %w%, %d% and %h% return values in inches even if you are using a different unit for your model %w-m% will return a value in meters (m), %w-cm% in centimetres (cm), and %w-f% in feet (ft) Use %d-m%, %d-cm% and %d-f% for depth Use %h-m%, %h-cm% and %h-f% for height Use %v-m%, %v-cm%, %v-f% will calculate the volume Use %a-m%, %a-cm%, %a-f% will calculate the area Use will calculate the area in square feet. We use the area of a face in the component Use SketchUp layer name _BU_AREA for a quick areas calculation If you place a face in the layer _BU_AREA within a component or group, it will use that face (including scaling) to determine the area of the Component or Group For more information visit our web page at: http://www.BiMUp.co.uk
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Step by Step to Calculate and Report Area in BiMUp 5D with Graphics

Step 1 - Open SketchUp software

Step 2 - Open BiMUp 5D Settings... window

Step 3 - Go to Attribute Settings Tab

Step 4 - Click Load BiMUp 5D Full Wizard to Define Attributes and Create Calculation Formulas button

Step 5 - Click Add New Attribute button

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Step 6 - Set the values as listed below and compare the settings with the settings in the window below
1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 1.5 Type new Attribute Name - for example 01 description Type Header Text - for example Description Set Format to Text Set Decimals to 0 (zero) Click Set more values

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Step 7 - Set the values as listed and compare the settings with the settings in the window below
1.6 1.7 1.8 Set Minimum Width to 0 (zero) Set the Calculating String - Type DEF:%n% and Click OK

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Step 8 - Repeat Step 5 to Step 7 using the following values and compare your settings with the settings in the window below
1.9 1.10 1.11 1.12 1.13 1.14 1.15 Type new Attribute Name - for example 02 area Type the Header Text - for example A (m2) Set Minimum Width to 0 (zero) Set Format to Numeric Set Decimals to 2 (two) Set the Calculating String - Type %a-m% and Click OK

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Step 9 - Repeat Step 5 to Step 7 using the following values and compare your settings with the settings in the window below
1.16 1.17 1.18 1.19 1.20 1.21 1.22 1.23 Type new Attribute Name - for example 03 area total Type the Header Text - for example Area Total (m2) Set Minimum Width to 0 (zero) Set Format to Numeric Set Decimals to 2 (two) Set Extend From: to 02 Volume Check box Show Total Click OK

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Step 10 - Save your Attributes

1.24 Click Save Created Attributes and Formulas and save them to the hard drive

Step 11 - Press Enter to generate Quick Report as *.PDF or *.CSV file Step 12 - Final Settings for Attributes and Formulas All Attributes and Formulas are listed below. You should have the same settings to be sure that your Report is extracting all values related to Areas

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Step 13 - Select objects to be calculated based on their area

1.25 1.26 1.27 Select the required object and use Right Click to open the Context Menu Go to BiMUp 5D... > Define Area Click on the face of the selected object

Please Note: You can select just one face within a Group or Component. If you decide to change the face repeat Step 13 Step 14 -
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Step 15 - Use Filters to select objects which are going to be included in the Report

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Please Note: 1. The model and all files can be downloaded as a zipped file from:
http://www.bimup.co.uk/download/

The BiMUp5D-Area.zip file contains the following elements: Final Report saved as BiMUp5D-Area.pdf file Attributes and Formulas are saved as BiMUp5D-Area.bua file Styles are saved as BiMUp5D-Area.bus file SketchUp 3D Model BiMUp5D-Area.skp file Final Report saved as BiMUp5D-Area.csv file Final Report saved as BiMUp5D-Area.png file Report Header saved as BiMUp5D-Area-ReportHeader.rtf file

2. You can also download the SketchUp 3D Model from Google Warehouse using the link below:
http://sketchup.google.com/3dwarehouse/search?uq=0193692934786878138207856&scoring=m

Thank you for reading and the download of our products | BiMUp Limited Team |
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