Shading SmartPart

Task area Opening Elements + Interior Finish

You can use this tool to create SmartParts for shading elements (roller shutters, sliding shutters, folding shutters and blinds).

SmartParts are parametric Allplan CAD objects that act according to their own inherent logic, which is independent of the CAD system. Parametric information is controlled by a script, which is attached directly to the object.

You can insert these shading SmartParts in openings in linear walls. SmartParts adapt to any outline.

Allplan displays the SmartPart you are modeling in real time. You can save the finished SmartPart as an smv file by using the Save as a favorite tool. You can also save the SmartPart in a folder of the Library palette.

Notes: You can edit SmartParts using handles (graphic modification) or a dialog box (alphanumeric modification). To modify SmartParts graphically, you can use the Modify SmartPart using Handles tool, which you can find on the shortcut menu of the SmartPart.
You can also use handles and dialog box in combination. Double-click the SmartPart to open the properties palette of the SmartPart and to display the handles.
You can use Reports (Shading.rdlc, Roller shutters.rdlc) to analyze SmartParts for shading elements.

To model a shading SmartPart

1. Click Shading SmartPart (How).
   

   Activate Shading SmartPart in one of the following ways

   • Actionbar:Role Architecture Task Elements Task area Opening Elements

   • Menu bar: Create Architecture Basic: Walls, Openings, Components

   • Palette: Tools Create area in the following module(s):

   Basic: Walls, Openings, Components

   The Elements tab of a Shading SmartPart opens.

2. Select the shading element you want to create in the list box at the top of the palette. The contents of the Elements tab change with the shading element you select.

   You can now start modeling the Shading SmartPart.

3. Detailed information on the settings that are available for the shading elements can be found here:
   • Roller shutters
   • Sliding shutters
   • Folding shutters
   • Blinds

     Note: When you slowly move the cursor horizontally across the parameters, it changes to a double-headed arrow as soon as you reach the area between the parameter names and the boxes. You can now change the width of this area.

     The SmartPart is attached at its drop-in point to the crosshairs. As soon as you point to a wall opening, the preview adapts to the outline of this opening.

4. To place the SmartPart, click an existing wall opening.
   A SmartPart for roller shutters orients itself to the reveal. If you created the opening with a reveal, Allplan always places the SmartPart for roller shutters in the middle of the reveal. It is irrelevant where you click the opening.
   If there is no reveal, Allplan places the SmartPart for roller shutters in such a way that it is centered in the wall layer clicked.
   When you place a SmartPart for sliding shutters or folding shutters, the SmartPart orients itself to the outer edges of the wall. The SmartPart then rests on the wall (outside or inside).
   When placing a SmartPart for blinds, you can choose between the Opening and Window reference elements and specify the side (Inside or Outside). For detailed information, see Blinds.
   
   To place the element, use the tools in the input options.
   You can specify an angle of rotation in the dialog line. Allplan then places the SmartPart at this angle.

   Note: When you place or select a SmartPart, an arrow appears in the middle of the SmartPart, indicating the outside of the SmartPart. Depending on the position of the SmartPart within the opening, you can see another symbol, indicating that the SmartPart was mirrored when it was placed. You can set the size and color of these symbols using the Size of CursorTips for snap points and Color of CursorTips options you can find in the Options (How) - Point snap page - Point snap representation area.

   

   Activate Options in one of the following ways

   • Menu bar: Tools

   • Title bar: Quick Access Toolbar Defaults
5. Select Esc to finish.

   A copy of the SmartPart you selected last is attached to the crosshairs.

6. Place more SmartParts or select Esc to close the tool.

   Note: Double-click the SmartPart to modify it. You can use the palette or handles.

What do you want to do?

Modify the properties of the SmartPart in the palette

Modify the SmartPart by using handles

Save the SmartPart to the library