SHADAYADI · 05 · QUALITATIVE CHARACTER

Aṃśa

The qualitative character of your building measure.

Aṃśa assigns the selected measure to one of nine traditional qualitative states and records the character attributed to that dimensional condition.

What quality is associated with this measure?

01 · Measure

Measure your building

Enter the exterior dimensions of the principal square or rectangular building envelope.

Measurement system

Supported span: 1–500 ft · whole feet · inches from 0 to less than 12 · up to 6 decimal places

What should I measure?
MEASUREEXTERIOR FACEWALL

Measure from exterior wall face to exterior wall face—not the room, plot or setback.

Scope: square and rectangular principal building envelopes only. Enter exact exterior East–West and North–South spans; irregular polygon geometry belongs to the architectural-layout workflow.

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