Schedule the Parts material

In Revit 2012, you can create parts for walls, floors, roofs and ceilings, and then schedule the material. 

Two methods to schedule the part material: 

Method 1 

1. Click View tab > Create panel > Schedule > Material Takeoff. Under Category, select “Part”.
2. Add the fields “Original Category”, “Original Type”, “Material : Name”, “Material: Volume”.
3. On the Sorting/Grouping tab, set “Sort by” as “Material : Name”, check “Header”, “Footer”, and select “Totals only”.
4. On the Formatting tab, select “Material: Volume”, check “Calculate totals” in right panel, and click OK.

 Method 2:

1. Click View tab > Create panel > Schedule > Schedule/Quantities. Under Category, select “Part”.
2. Add the fields “Original Category”, “Original Type”, ”Material” and “Volume”.
3. On the Sorting/Grouping tab, set “Sort by” as “Material”, check “Header”, “Footer”, and select “Totals only”.
4. On the Formatting tab, select “Volume”, check “Calculate totals” in right panel, and click OK.

The big difference between the two methods: 

With method 1, most parameters in the Identity tab of Material dialog (Click Manage tab>Settings panel>Materials), for example, material URL, Manufacture, Cost, etc, are listed in the available field of the material takeoff schedule, but for method 2, you cannot add these parameters to parts schedule.