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    Material scheduling question...

    OK, so I am tagging a bunch of materials on my exterior elevations.
    S-# for stucco, PT-# for paint, etc.
    Half of my fascias tag AND show up in my material finish schedule...the other half do NOT show up...even when I check show EVERY instance!
    How does a material not show up if "show every instance" is checked?!
    I've been chasing this down for a couple of hours and I'm burnt!
    Anybody have any ideas where to start?
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    Some items wont show up in Material Take offs. I dont remember what they all are, but i think Wall Sweeps and Roof Fascias might be some of them.
    Aaron "selfish AND petulant" Maller |P A R A L L A X T E A M | Practice Technology Implementation
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      Sweeps do not show up. So you have to create a material "sample" family for all materials that you use on sweeps. Or figure out some way to put those materials on items that schedule. I use a generic model family, called material sample. Put it in a storage closet or somewhere(I use a previous phase) and set a filter so the family doesn't show up. I actually put all finishes in the previous phase and tag them and then use that as a graphical legend for all the materials(duplicate as dependent) for as many times as you need it to show up on sheets. There are numerous advantages to this method.
      Scott D. Brown, AIA | Senior Project Manager | Beck Group

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        Originally posted by sdbrownaia View Post
        There are numerous advantages to this method.
        100% - I'm all about (digital) "swatches" for this kind of thing - and yet, depsite being surrounded by the real deal in real life (swatches that is) I find many post-CAD people struggle with the concept. Strange when you consider they will have been the ones drawing their legend blocks for so many years!?

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