ENH: Quantities of element layers
- Dominant language
- C#
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Description
### Enhancement Description
Would it be possible to also get other quantities of layers than just the thickness. It would be very useful to have area and volume (at least volume). This could play a major role in LCA calculations through IFC where you need the volumes to calculate environmental impact. I've checked in several viewers I found always only thickness.
I don't think these quantities are by default calculated by Revit, however the Roombook extension does calculate them.
I talked to Angel Valez about this on bSi summit Valencia. Maybe this can be used: https://standards.buildingsmart.org/IFC/RELEASE/IFC2x3/TC1/HTML/ifcquantityresource/lexical/ifcphysicalcomplexquantity.htm
e.g.

### Revit Version
2024.0.x
### IFC for Revit Addon Version
24.x.x
### Windows Version
11 22H2
Contributor guide
Research direction
Start by reviewing the existing IFC export path for layer thickness quantities and the linked IFC2x3 IfcPhysicalComplexQuantity specification. Determine how area and volume should be represented for element layers, then verify that exported IFC data exposes the requested quantities for LCA workflows.
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Assessment
- Tech stack
- csharp
- Domain
- backend
- Issue type
- Feature
- Difficulty
- 5/5
- Estimated time
- Over a week
- Activity status
- Stale
- Clarity
- Needs clarification
- Newbie friendliness
- 25/100