General Quantities

ArchiCAD is an ideal platform for extracting advanced quantities for scheduling and estimating. For over a decade, the 4D Library has enabled numerous offices to efficiently extract quantities from their ArchiCAD models. Currently, quantities can be exported to an XML file that can be directly imported into Databuild or Excel, with the flexibility to adapt to other systems as needed.

So, what’s possible? (Almost anything!)

• Full Brickwork Quantities: Includes additional labor costs and different bricks required for varying heights.
• Lintels and Associated Items
• Stick Framing: Utilising the 4D Library's suite of roofing tools.
• Sheet Roofing: Implementing specialised tools for sheet roofing.
• Concrete
• Plastering: Both internal and external.
• Ceilings
• Doors and Door Hardware
• Electrical Items
• Painting

Additionally, miscellaneous items can be measured using specialised tools from the 4D Library, such as:

• Plaster Beads
• Reinforcing Re-entry Bars

It is amazing how much data can be extracted from the ArchiCAD model. It is also amazing that hardly any offices use this data. Contact Ben at the 4D library to discuss your options

Roof Framing

Here are some screenshots of the 4D Library's 3D Roof Frame, cutting list, and framing overlay.

It's important to highlight that the roof framing component of the system is highly automated. Simply select all the roof planes, choose the 4D Roofing tool, and apply it. In an instant, you'll receive rafters, hips, valleys, valley boards, under purlins, and fascia with both external and internal joiners—all generated at once. These components are linked to the geometry of the roof, so any changes to the roof plane automatically update the framing.

Even better, you can have your draftees apply the roof accessories for drafting and modelling needs, while your schedulers finalise and create the cutting list.