Floors

Fundamentals

The fundamentals video explains the relationships and linkages of the storeys with the ceilings and walls.

Ceilings can optionally be tied to their top edge as the raw slab or to the top edge of the finished floor at the storey. If a storey is moved vertically, the ceiling moves automatically along with its components and, if applicable, the auxiliary geometry.

Walls can reference their top edge to their own storey, in which case you enter the wall height directly. However, they can also hang from the storey above or from the ceiling located above. If the storey above is moved, the wall height changes automatically.

The storey input

To input walls, a storey must first be created. This is done in the function 'Walls - Storey'. If storeys 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 defining the bottom edge of the next storey.

The dialog box offers the following functions for editing storeys:

New: A new, empty storey is created.

Adopt: The currently selected storey is adopted for a new storey. You can choose whether to adopt only the walls, also the windows and doors, also the components, or also the auxiliary geometry. The storey designation and bottom edge can be assigned as with 'New'.

Modify: The height of the bottom edge can be changed. Changing the bottom edge results in a displacement of the entire storey and all its windows, doors and components.

If you change the starting number of the walls, all walls of that storey are renumbered automatically.

Delete: A storey can be deleted completely, or optionally only windows, doors, components and auxiliary geometry can be deleted. If the walls are deleted, the windows, doors and components must also be deleted.

Storey New / Modify

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

Storey group: Each storey can belong to a group, but it is not mandatory to specify a group. Any text (number or text) can be entered for the group, and storeys that have the same group text belong to the same group.

Groups are relevant when automatically searching for the upper storey 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 the position should be taken from the bottom of the upper storey. The program will then find the storey FF1 above from the same group "Main Building" and ignore FF2 from the group "Annex".

Bottom edge: Absolute height of the bottom edge of the storey. The bottom edge of the associated walls can reference this bottom edge.

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