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Dimensions : outer or inner layers of walls

asked 2018-08-21 00:37:19 -0600

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updated 2018-08-25 18:15:27 -0600

When I draw a building or a room, I would like to know if I take the inner or the outer (included the wall) dimensions of the room ?
I am wondering because in my case, I have a room with 40 cm of rammed earth. I think my consumption could be impacted by this.

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answered 2018-08-21 03:06:48 -0600

Typically, you take the interior surface of exterior walls as the boundary when drawing your geometry. You may choose to deviate from this slightly to simplify geometry when encountering columns, or architectural features and pop outs.

For zoning, you would take the centerline of the interior wall. This does have impacts on room size, but is the best approximation when working with 3D geometry.

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Ok thank you for your answer. I was not really sure

Alexis's avatar Alexis  ( 2018-08-22 02:22:54 -0600 )edit

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