Ceiling

Ceiling selection

In the ceiling design, exactly one ceiling section is processed at a time. Three functions are available for selecting the ceiling section. If no ceiling is selected yet, the "Floor" option will automatically appear when you access this model area.

Ceiling selection - floor

If no ceiling field is active when you open the model area, or if you want to change the current floor, you can call the 'Floor' function. All floors are displayed in the list, along with a preview of their floor plan. After selecting the floor, the 'List' function is automatically called.

Ceiling selection - list

In the 'List' dialog, the ceiling panels are listed and selected. For clarity, when multiple ceiling panels are present on a single floor, the selected ceiling panel is highlighted in color in the dialog's preview window.

Ceiling selection - Choice

The 'Select' function displays the floor plan of the current floor and the current ceiling field can be selected graphically with the mouse.

Layer contours

The layer contours are the boundaries of the layers in the view. These contours are used for entering and automatically defining the boundaries of the ceiling layer panels and slabs, and for creating measurements.

The automatic determination of the layer contours takes into account the extension up to the contour edge, the openings and the penetrations of wall edges with core layers and shells on the top and bottom of the slab field.

If contours have been reworked by the user, they will not be automatically adjusted when changes are made in these areas, as the manual changes would be lost each time. It is often easier to manually rework the affected ceiling sections. If you want automatic recalculation even after a change, use the 'Original Form' function.

Ceiling processing - New contour

Additional, new contours can be entered for each layer. It must be specified whether the contour is an outer or inner (opening) contour. Multiple layers can be defined simultaneously with a new contour. Contour lines must not overlap. Outer contours must not be located within another contour; inner contours must be located within an outer contour.

Ceiling processing - contour - line sliding

In this dialog box, the contours of each individual layer of the slab field can be enlarged or reduced by any value. Negative values ​​reduce the layer contour. The contour lines are shifted parallel to the original line. Contour areas adjacent to a modified line are automatically adjusted to the new contour situation.

By entering a value greater than 0.00 under 'Displacement' and the 'Whole Contour' function, all lines of the selected layers are shifted by the desired value.

In the 'Contour Cut' function, each individual layer edge can be shifted by any value. Multiple layers can also be selected for processing simultaneously; they are then processed one after the other in the order of their position in the viewing direction (from top to bottom). For clarity, the contour line currently being processed is displayed with an arrow that also indicates the positive/negative direction. If multiple layers are selected, the 'End' command first ends processing of the current layer contour and jumps to the next selected layer.

Using the 'Select' function, the contour line to be moved can be selected with the crosshairs. If the shift value is set to 0.00, any contour line can be selected with the crosshairs and moved graphically or using the temporary functions.

This function allows you to specifically modify the individual layer contours. The reference polygon of the slab field remains unchanged.

Ceiling processing - contour - replace line

After selecting the layer contour, a single contour line can be selected. It will be resolved, and a rubber band connecting the start and end points will appear at the mouse cursor. Any additional lines can now be entered in place of this line using all input options. If you end the process with the right mouse button, the contour will close automatically.

Ceiling processing - Contour - Delete point

After selecting the layer contour, a point of the contour can be deleted. The two affected lines will be replaced by a single line from the start point of the first line to the end point of the second.

Ceiling processing - contour - original form

The automatic determination of layer contours takes into account the extension up to the contour edge of the reference polygon, the openings, and the penetrations of wall edges with core layers and shells on the top and bottom sides of the slab field. If the reference polygon has been edited by the user, previously modified layer contours are not automatically adjusted, as the manual changes would be lost each time.

The 'Original Form' function automatically recalculates individual or all layer contours of the current slab field. The recalculation adjusts the layers and their contours to the reference polygon.