Wall, upstand, parameters: Parameters, attributes tab

When you enable the check boxes of the individual parameters/attributes in the All layers same settings line, all layers assume the setting you have made for the first layer. Any changes you make apply to all the layers, regardless of the layer which you are about to enter or modify.

Right-clicking a title line opens a shortcut menu which you can use to hide properties you do not need.

Right-clicking within a column opens a shortcut menu for editing the construction layers.

You have the following options:

Reverse setup of construction layers
Insert new construction layer before the line selected
Insert new construction layer after the line selected
Remove selected line

Enter the thickness of the layer or select a value in the dialog box.

To enter a new thickness in the library, click and then enter a value.

To remove an entry, select the entry and then click .

To change an existing entry, select it and click . Entries you change in this manner are not saved and not added to the selection.

This is where the height of the component/layer is displayed. Click in the column to change it.

Click in the Height setup column to define the height setup of a component or construction layer. You can define the height as an absolute value. You can also associate the height of the element with default or custom reference planes or relative to other building elements.

The building trade assigned here is used later by the system to generate lists, schedules and analyze the building data.

To assign a building trade, click on an entry.

The priority rating governs the way components of the same group behave when they intersect. A wall with a priority rating of 200, for instance, will run straight through a wall with a priority rating of 100 as its rating is higher.

One instance of element interaction is walls which cross each other’s path. A ‘hole’ is created in the first wall. The hole extends along the entire height of the wall. This is called element interaction. You can determine which wall has a section (hole) removed from it by setting a different priority rating for each wall. Walls with a higher priority rating have precedence over walls with a lower priority rating.
This interaction always occurs with elements of the same component group. But they do not interact with components belonging to a different group.

(1) A 'hole' is 'cut' in this wall

Component groups, overview

The computation mode has a bearing on subsequent lists and schedules.

You might, for instance, list elements differently depending on the computation mode set here i.e., show the area of walls more than 4’’ thick and show the volume of walls more than 10’’ thick.

To specify a computation mode, select one of the modes (volume, area, linear) listed in the dialog box.

You can toggle this option on/off depending on whether you want components to join automatically.

*ON*

Fig. 1 : Walls join automatically.

*OFF*

Fig. 2 : Walls do not join automatically.

You can use the following tools to rearrange the layers and to copy the properties of individual layers. You can also find these tools on the shortcut menu of the columns: