Project Settings

Definition of various project settings

Standards & Units

Standards

Select the design code, the national annex and the industry standard (only for DIN EN) the for the static calculation - for details see here

Curve Direction

Defines the direction of a curve when inputting a positive value for a radius in relation to the direction of the positive x-axis.

Units

Definition and selection of different units for different parts of the project

Select the name (type, size) of the unit. The description, the symbol and the factor between the selected unit and the (internally used) standard unit are informatively displayed. For particular imperial units, the format and, if applicable, the fraction precision can additionally be selected.

The menu item Report Layout (Units) allows for selecting metric or imperial units for the automatically generated reports of the design code checks.

When selecting the option Apply Imperial formats on values in TCL, imperial units are also exported together with their respectively selected formats when exporting the project data base to a TCL file.

Project Information & Data Exchange

Project Information

Input a descriptive text for the project

Origin

Input offset coordinates in x- and z-direction when using large coordinate values for the internal calculation of axes

Option Keep absolute coordinates of axes: If the offset values are changed, the absolute coordinates of the start point of the axis remain unchanged.

Bridge Type

Select the bridge type (only required for the static calculation according to DIN EN, otherwise mere informative) - for details see here

IFC

Select the bridge type for the attribution according to IFC (attribute IfcBridge) (this is transferred to ALLPLAN)

Bimplus Project

If you have connected your project with a Bimplus project, it is informatively displayed as well as the used Bimplus server and, if applicable, the team.

Note: To connect a project with a Bimplus project use the drop-down menu for logging in Bimplus on the right side of the title bar.

Bimplus Login Data

The user logged in in Bimplus is informatively displayed.