Room attributes

Tool(s): New (File menu) + Add room (Edit menu) + Modify room (Edit menu)

Room attributes are entered in the Room dialog box. The attributes are the same as in Allplan's Quantity Takeoff: Rooms, Surfaces, Stories module.

Room attributes

Story code

Enter a code for the story.

Name

Enter a name for the element. With rooms, you might enter the room number here.

Function

Enter the function here. With rooms, you might enter the name of the room.

Area

Enter the area of the room in m².

Geometry of areas

Define the outline of the rooms.
You have the following options:

• You can enter a Dx value. The Dy value is calculated based on the area and Dx value.
• You can enter a Dy value. The Dx value is calculated based on the area and Dy value.
• You can enter the ratio of Dx to Dy (1 causes a square room to be created).
• You can enter the path of a specially formatted Excel file which includes the coordinates of the room's area. The path is freely definable. When rooms are read from a drawing file and saved as a xls file, the path of the current project is entered automatically.
  

  

  Cell 1A contains the number of points.
  Below this, column A includes the X coordinates and column B the Y coordinates.
  Enter end in the last cell of column A.

Enclosure type

a covered and enclosed at
full height on all sides
b covered but not enclosed at
full height on all sides
c not covered but enclosed
by components
bc both b and c

Occupancy type

Overview of occupancy type

Area type

This is where you define how a room is to be analyzed and evaluated.

The following area types are available:

N area type (usually used)	The net floor area (NFA) and net cubic content (NCC) are analyzed.
M area type	With this setting, only the net cubic content (NCC) is analyzed; the net floor area (NFA) is ignored. An example is a two-story entrance hall. In this case, the NFA and NCC of the ground floor must be calculated (N area type); for the first upper floor – empty space – only the NCC is required.
L area type (empty space)	Neither the NFA nor the NCC is calculated. However, you can assign finish specifications to the room, which can then be analyzed.

Example of area type:

(A)	Room	GF	N area type	Height=h1
(B)	Room	GF	N area type	Height=h1
(C)	Room	GF	N area type	Height=h1+floor thickness
(D)	Room	UF	M area type	Height=h3
(E)	Room	UF	N area type	Height=h3
(F)	Room	TF	N area type	Height=h4
(G)	Room	TF	L area type	Height=h5

Select the area type which defines how a room is to be analyzed and evaluated.

Number

Enter how many rooms are to be created with the current setting and entered in the Space Allocation Wizard window.