Floors

To enter walls, a floor must first be created. This is done in the 'Walls - Floor' function. If floors already exist, they appear in the list at the top left of the dialog box with a preview in the window on the right. The list also shows the bottom and top edge (absolute value). The top edge is useful when setting the bottom edge of the next floor.

The dialog box offers the following functions for editing floors:

New: A new, empty floor is created.

Adopt: The currently selected floor is used as the basis for a new floor. You can choose whether to copy only the walls, also the windows and doors, also the building elements, or additionally the auxiliary geometry. The floor designation and bottom edge can be specified as with 'New'.

Modify: The elevation of the bottom edge can be changed. Changing the bottom edge results in a translation of the entire floor and all its windows, doors and building elements.

If you change the start number of the walls, all walls of that floor are automatically renumbered.

Delete: A floor can be deleted completely, or alternatively only windows, doors, building elements and auxiliary geometry can be removed. If the walls are deleted, the windows, doors and building elements must also be deleted.

Floor New / Edit

Floor and floor number: A floor is defined by the usual designations (GF, FF, etc.) and a number. The number may, for example for GF, also be omitted.

Floor group: Each floor can belong to a group, but it is not mandatory to enter a group. Any text (number or text) may be entered for the group; floors that have been assigned the same group text belong to the same group.

Groups are relevant for the automatic search for the upper floor for wall heights or for the position of ceilings. The program searches only within its own group.

Example: A ceiling belongs to the GF of the group "Main Building" and its position should be taken from the bottom edge of the upper floor. The program will then find the floor above, FF1, from the same group "Main Building" and will ignore FF2 from the group "Annex".

Bottom edge: Absolute elevation of the bottom edge of the floor. The bottom edge of the associated walls may refer to this bottom edge.

Start number walls: Each wall has a wall number. This field allows influencing the numbering of the walls. You can specify a start number for each floor. The first wall of that floor then receives this number and each subsequent wall is incremented. Gaps may exist between the last wall number of one floor and the first wall of the next floor.