Solving Priority Conflicts between Architectural Components

Tool(s): Restore 3D View

The intersection between elements and the computation is controlled by the priority assigned to individual architectural components. Interior walls, for example, should be assigned a lower priority rating than exterior walls. This way, you can ensure that exterior walls cut through interior walls and that interior walls are analyzed and evaluated correctly.

Priority conflicts between different architectural elements may arise in the following cases:

• When you modify the priority ratings of individual components at a later stage.
• When you copy components from other documents to the active documents via the Clipboard or using Copy/Move Elements between Documents... and the priority ratings of the individual components do not match.
• When you copy documents from other projects (e.g. from partner offices) into the current project and the architectural elements in these documents have been assigned different priority ratings.

Dynamic element interaction lets you update priorities. To do this, use the Restore 3D View tool.

To solve priority conflicts

1. Select the documents with the relevant architectural elements.
2. Click Restore 3D View (How).
   

   Activate Restore 3D View in one of the following ways

   • Menu bar: Modify Architecture General: Roofs, Planes, Sections

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

   General notes: Roofs, Planes, Sections

   Basic: Walls, Openings, Components

   Special: Walls, Openings, Components

   Rooms, Surfaces, Stories

   Stairs

   Frame Construction: Rafters, Roof Beams, Posts

   • Configuration: Architecture Architecture Edit flyout
   • Configuration: Landscaping/Urban Planning Modifications flyout
3. In the Input options, click Priority.
4. To solve priority conflicts, do the following:
   • Select the elements you want to recalculate.
     

     • To select a single element, click it.
     • To select elements in a region, use the left mouse button to open a selection rectangle around the elements you want to select
     • To include all the elements in the current document, click All in the Input options or press CTRL+A. Please note that this option is not available for all tools.

     For more information on the options available for selecting elements in Allplan, see Selecting elements, overview.

     When selecting elements, you can use the Filter Assistant to apply a filter based on element types and/or properties. For more information, see Filter Assistant.

   • When you want to update the priority ratings of all the architectural elements in the loaded documents, click All in the Input options or double-click with the right mouse button in the workspace.
   • Otherwise, select the components whose priority ratings you want to update by enclosing them in a selection rectangle.
     To simplify this process (particularly important in the case of complex models), you can place the preview attached to the crosshairs at the point where the elements intersect.
     
     
     
     A Crosshairs
     B Selection rectangle

Solving priority conflicts, example