zmVault/breakdown-objects.md

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id	aliases	title	tags	dg-publish
		Breakdown Objects	topic/automation topic/estimating topic/software type/idea	true

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"].GetLevels()[0]
Buildings["Building A"].Levels[0]

For jobs with only one building:

Building = Buildings["Main Building"]
Building.Levels[0]

Pathfinding

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.