I'm experiencing an issue when running irrigation schedules work areas. The schedule is titled by the name of the work area, indicating that it is actually recognizing the work area, but the schedule lists the total quantity of equipment in the entire project rather than just the equipment within the selected work area.
The irrigation design itself is in its own model file which is xrefed into a sheet file. The work areas are also in a separate dwg file and xrefed into the irrigation model file as well as the individual sheet files. This is the same way I have set up the corresponding sheets for the planting in this project and I am having no problem with the plant schedules--they are recognizing the individual plants and quantities in each work area.
Any suggestions as to what I can check?
The irrigation design itself is in its own model file which is xrefed into a sheet file. The work areas are also in a separate dwg file and xrefed into the irrigation model file as well as the individual sheet files. This is the same way I have set up the corresponding sheets for the planting in this project and I am having no problem with the plant schedules--they are recognizing the individual plants and quantities in each work area.
Any suggestions as to what I can check?
First confirm the behavior is the same for creating a new schedule versus regenerating an existing one.
Beyond that, the only thing I can think of would be if the units of the work area file are in Inches but the design file is in Feet, thus it might be making the work area 12x larger.
You could try creating a very tiny work area just big enough for a single head to see what that does.
And beyond that, creating a very simple test case with fresh files.
Overall, however, I would absolutely not recommend such a sheet setup. The sheet file would typically remain in Inch units, and the design file could commonly be Feet units, and so you’re just creating a lot of complexity. It’s always going to be best to run an irrigation schedule in the design file, especially when work areas are involved.
The work areas should be entirely safe to remain in an xref, as long as the file is the same units as the design file.
But feel free to send your files in and we can take a look on Monday.
—J
Beyond that, the only thing I can think of would be if the units of the work area file are in Inches but the design file is in Feet, thus it might be making the work area 12x larger.
You could try creating a very tiny work area just big enough for a single head to see what that does.
And beyond that, creating a very simple test case with fresh files.
Overall, however, I would absolutely not recommend such a sheet setup. The sheet file would typically remain in Inch units, and the design file could commonly be Feet units, and so you’re just creating a lot of complexity. It’s always going to be best to run an irrigation schedule in the design file, especially when work areas are involved.
The work areas should be entirely safe to remain in an xref, as long as the file is the same units as the design file.
But feel free to send your files in and we can take a look on Monday.
—J
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