[How to] Create a custom Qto calculation

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  • I have managed to add a section on wiki about how to create custom ruleset in bonsai
    https://wiki.osarch.org/index.php?title=BlenderBIM_Add-on/Bonsai_QuantityTakeoff
    Feel free to improve it, cheers

    DimitrissteverugiemiliotassoPrince_01
  • Hi Massimo great article on wikki.
    May I suggest the following as a more standardised way of using the qto based on existing IFC Pset properties
    For elements as slabs beams columns etc that are structural elements we can Use the Pset_ConcreteElementGeneral to populate the ReinforcementAreaRatio ** and as such keep it as much as posssible within the existing standardised properties of the schema. If I am not mistaken, the variable **Beam Rebar Weight that you are using in your example should be substituted by **ReinforcementAreaRatio ** in the /ifc5d/qto.py file, right?

    Let me know what you think
    Cheers,

    steverugi
  • edited January 4

    Well @Dimitris i think that using the standard pset value (if available) is of course better.
    Also, the ReinforcementAreaRatio seems to me that has a different meaning with Beam Rebar Weight (reinforcement area ratio is a ratio between steel area and concrete area, beam rebar weight is the steel weight).

  • @Massimo said:
    Well @Dimitris i think that using the standard pset value (if available) is of course better.
    Also, the ReinforcementAreaRatio seems to me that has a different meaning with Beam Rebar Weight (reinforcement area ratio is a ratio between steel area and concrete area, beam rebar weight is the steel weight).

    You are right, apologies for the miss, kindly use ReinforcementVolumeRatio

    Thank you for pointing,

    Massimo
  • Of course it is possible also to use an object pset property to perform the calculation so ReinforcementVolumeRatio could be used instead of the coefficient described in the article

    steverugi
  • @Dimitris

    You are right, apologies for the miss, kindly use ReinforcementVolumeRatio

    Thank you for pointing,

    In my experience sometimes slabs have a kg/m2 since area is the unit of that work, but not always.
    As you and @Massimo indicated beams and columns have kg/m3 ratio
    I'm very happy about this feature
    Thanks

  • @steverugi said:
    @Dimitris

    You are right, apologies for the miss, kindly use ReinforcementVolumeRatio

    Thank you for pointing,

    In my experience sometimes slabs have a kg/m2 since area is the unit of that work, but not always.
    As you and @Massimo indicated beams and columns have kg/m3 ratio
    I'm very happy about this feature
    Thanks

    Hi @steverugi ,
    I've come across this concept of Kgr/m2 mostly for load bearing screeds and non structural concrete platforms (subbase etc), haven't come across a BoQ in which the Structural Elements where quoted as Kgr/m2 .

  • sure @Dimitris, methods also change based on their locale , concrete slab on grade here in Ghana sometimes has just a single or double mesh, which typically has a kg/m2 weight, and the steel/concrete ratio follows accordingly.
    However, what is important to me is @Massimo 's method that, while waiting for future new implementations in the UI, it allows users to create custom calculations, which are much needed in the quantity take-off daily routine, at least in my experience.
    cheers

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