Select a Face and any Islands
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Hi guys,
I am frequently required to measure the wall area from models of buildings.
This can obviously be done by selecting all the surfaces and looking in the entity window for the total area.
The problem I have is that I need to include the area of the windows in the measurement. This can mean having to select many other faces making the job harder than it needs to be.
I was wandering if anyone knew of a short cut that would allow you to select a face including any islands within it?
Obviously any edges would need to be ignored as they prevent the entity window from outputting the area.
Hopefully the image illustrates the problem clearly.
Any help would be appreciated.
Ross
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Dupplicate your file
Kill windows and any doors
you have anything you want
for your example that takes one second!or
Open the Info Box
click on the walls' faces
copy past them somewhere
Fill holes with this plug addfaces by Tig (type addfaces in the ruby console)
Select only faces by Selection toys by ThomthomYou have your surfaces in the info box
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Assign material 1 to all wall surfaces. Assign mat 2 to all window surfaces. Right click in material browser and get total surface area mat 1 is assigned to. Same with mat 2. Add, subtract as required to get the info you are after.
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