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  - topic/automation
  - topic/estimating
  - topic/software
  - status/fleeting
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# 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.

## Location vs. Scope

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![[location-vs-scope]]

MDPB is physically _located_ in "Bldg A",
but serves only loads in "Bldg B".

```
location = "Bldg A"
scope = "Bldg B"
```