"Project Settings" dialog box

Project and Resource Administration dialog box

The Project Settings (How) dialog box displays information about the selected project. You can change settings of this project.

Project info

Project name

Shows the name of the project.

Prepared online

Automatic preparation of the project for online access on a FTP server. When you select this option, Allplan changes all resources to project-specific and copies the user rights to the project.

Data compression

Automatic compression of the project prepared for online access

Data compression reduces the file size of these drawing files by up to 90%, considerably speeding up data transfer from and to the FTP server.

Created on

Shows the date the project was created.

Free memory

Shows the amount of free hard-drive space on the computer with the selected project.

Current project size

Shows how much of the space is used by the selected project.

Assign attributes

Assign values to the project attributes.

Computer name

With Workgroup Manager: Shows the computers where the projects are saved.

Owner

With Workgroup Manager: Shows the owner of the project who can be changed by the Allplan administrator.

Authorized users

With Workgroup Manager: The Allplan administrator (sysadm) can define the users who are authorized to work on this project.

Path settings

You can specify whether the project is to access the project resources of the office standard or use project-specific project resources. When you select Project, a copy of the office standard is created in the project, or click and then select the project whose project resources you want to use.

Note: Switching the path setting of an existing project from Project to Office will delete the project-specific data in the corresponding setting. (A confirmation prompt to this effect is displayed first.) All changes made since the project was created (e.g., new line type definitions or new patterns) will be lost.

Note: If you want to subsequently change the project from which the project resources are to be matched to an existing project with the path set to Project, you must first change from Projects to Office and then confirm the note and the dialog box. Then switch back to project and use to select the desired project.

Attributes

Here you set whether the attributes and attribute groups are to be defined and saved on a project-specific basis or whether the office-wide attribute standard is to be used.

If, for example, the office standard of a project has changed, you can use to update the attributes of the current project or another project and adapt these attributes to the changed office standard without overwriting project-specific attributes that you changed or added beforehand. A dialog box tells you how many attributes will be added, changed, deleted, or renamed during the update. Click Details to list the attribute names. Click OK to confirm. The attributes will be updated when you click OK to confirm the Project Settings dialog box.

Property set template

Here you can specify whether additional attribute sets are to be assigned for the attribution of the components of the Allplan project in addition to the standard attributes of Allplan. This is necessary, for example, if a uniform description of the component properties must be ensured across all disciplines within the scope of BIM-compliant planning.

The following options are available:

• IFC Common
  This attribute set supports you in preparing an IFC export. New projects are preset with this attribute set.
  
  As a result, the main object types such as wall, window, etc. are automatically assigned the appropriate attribute set (also called "property set" or "Pset") for the IFC export. In the Properties palette or in the Modify attributes dialog box, you can assign the appropriate values to the individual attributes. The IFC Entity attribute can be used to make the object type IFC-compliant, e.g. to categorize a smart symbol as "furniture".
  
  With Manage attribute set templates, you open the shortcut menu via which you want to use Copy to be able to create an individually customizable copy. You can edit this copy via the Edit attribute set template dialog box.
• Bimplus
  If the Allplan project is already linked to a Bimplus project, the attribute sets predefined for the Bimplus project can also be assigned (see also "Project handling with standardized Bimplus attribute sets"). If the Allplan project still does not have any Bimplus link, you will be automatically prompted to establish a link the next time you open the project.
  
  With Show link with Bimplus, you can check if there is a link to a Allplan project for the Bimplus project.
• None
  No additional attribute sets are assigned.
• Project
  The attributes assigned to the project so far are retained for the project. When selecting the Project option, a project-specific attribute set template is automatically generated for these attributes, which you can then adjust using the same method as copying an existing attribute set template.
  
  You can use Manage attribute set templates to open the shortcut menu by clicking on Edit. This opens the Edit attribute set template dialog box in which you can make the corresponding adjustments.
  
  Note: An existing Bimplus link will therefore be temporarily broken.

When you select IFC Common and Bimplus, Allplan automatically switches the path settings of the Attributes to Project. If the attribute set template is changed for a current project, you will receive a note about the corresponding effects.

Note: The attributes contained in the Properties palette or the Modify Attributes dialog box are directly related to the setting selected here.

Urban planning symbols

You can set the drawing symbol catalog used in the project.

CAD-TAI project assignment

SmartCatalog
This sets the path to the folder of existing XML catalogs and selects the one you want. After selecting the XML file, click Open, then the corresponding catalog name replaces the "SmartCatalog" placeholder name. In addition, the name can also be found in the catalog assignment.

For correct analyses, you must use the element catalogs when you define the materials of architectural elements.

Settings

Offset coordinates

Offsets are required above all to convert supra-regional country coordinates with high numbers into a local system centered on the WCS origin of the workspace. The offset you set is valid for the current project.

Note: During import, the offset value is subtracted; during export, it is added.

Note: If you have data with large coordinates, you can move the data and enter an offset to keep the original coordinates.

Enter the values in the current unit of length.

Project angle for rotated plan view

Default value for rotation of the plan view in the graphics windows.

The setting here initially applies to all newly opened graphics windows in the current project. In contrast, go to Rotated plan view and select the only for the active graphics window setting on an individual basis.

Click Match angle from most recent viewport to take the angle from the most recent viewport.

Default reference scale settings

Default settings for the Reference scale suggested for the project in the planning stage in particular, as well as for the (IFC) export.

Input, Output Currency

Specify the currency for the project. Reports that include prices use the currency selected. If you work with Workgroup Manager, the currency can only be selected or changed by the system administrator, the project owner, or authorized users.

• If you work with a single currency (for example, with CHF in Switzerland), select the exchange rate once when you create a new project. Avoid constantly changing the exchange rate. Allplan always saves prices internally in euros. If the exchange rate changes, recomputed amounts will be different from the original amounts entered.
• If, for example, you want to use the currency entry to check the costs in a different currency, enter the currency exchange rate between the required currency and the euro.

Currency for current project: Select the required currency. You can change the currency's label: We recommend that you use the ISO code that is used in the banking sector.

Euro rate: Specify the exchange rate between the euro and any other currency (up to ten places before the decimal point and four places after the decimal point).

Euro converter: You can use this calculator to convert any amount from any currency to euros and vice versa. Just select a currency, enter the amount in the box, and select the Enter key to confirm.

Country

Use Country to create the project with country-specific settings (further information). You can only define this setting when you create a project; you cannot change this setting later.

DIN 277 Version

Version of DIN 277, according to which the surface areas and cubic contents of the project are determined. The versions from 2005, 2016 and 2021 can be selected, and the current 2021-08 version is automatically suggested for new projects.

Office resource path

It can only be selected for Allplan Share projects as well as for owners or administrators of Bimplus teams.

The choice of source from which the settings for the resources used in the project should be taken (see "Use of Project Resources"):

• Office standard folder
  Use of settings for the office standard. The default settings defined for an office are generally stored locally or in a LAN/WLAN in the \Std subfolder of the central file storage folder.
• Name of the Cloud Office resource file
  Use of the settings from a COR file saved in the Allplan cloud (see "Saving and Administering Resources in the Cloud").