Formwork Areas

This tool allows determining Formwork Areas of various components. The command calculates two Values. One is the „Formwork Area Side“ and the Formwork Area Bottom“. For sloped components it is possible to set the limitation angle for the „Formwork Area Side“.

  1. Click BiMTOOLS tab > Determine panel > formwork_16 (Formwork Area).

The Formwork Area dialog displays.

formwork_dialog

  1. Enter the settings for the formwork areas:

Option

Description

Openings

Gives you the possibility to ignore openings in different components so that the surfaces generated from these openings aren’t taken into account

Side Formwork

Set the limitation angle for inclined surfaces. Surfaces with an larger angle are considered as side formwork

Elements

If the formwork area only has to be determined for specific elements, click Pick Elements > select multiple elements > click “Finish” on options bar > click “OK”.

  1. Click “OK”.

  2. All selected elements get two new parameters “SOFiSTiK_FormworkArea_Side” and “SOFiSTiK_FormworkArea_Bottom” where the calculated values are filled in. The parameters can be used in labels and Revit schedules.

Note

The values of the Formwork Area Parameters are not updated automatically when changes occur.