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+---
+id:
+aliases: []
+tags:
+  - topic/automation
+  - topic/estimating
+  - topic/software
+  - status/fleeting
+---
+# Breakdown Objects
+
+return child breakdowns from a parent
+for use in takeoff
+
+```
+Buildings["Building A"].GetEveryNthLevel(2)
+Buildings["Building A"].GetTaggedLevel("Roof")
+```
+
+```
+Buildings["Building A"].GetHeight()
+``` 
+
+```
+Buildings["Building A"].Levels[0]
+```
+
+Define equipment locations stochastically
+
+```
+in Building A,
+every odd level has
+    20 receptacles
+    fed from
+    a panel
+        on that level
+
+and every even level has
+    20 receptacles
+    fed from
+    a panel
+        on the floor below
+```
+
+equipment of the same type is assumed to be evenly spaced.