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BimAttachComposition

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Attaches a BIM composition to solids.

Accessing the Command

Commandline: BIMATTACHCOMPOSITION

Quad: Bim | Attach Composition

Ribbon:

  • Home | Classify | Attach Composition
  • Data | Attach | Attach Composition

: BimAttachComposition

Prompts you in the command bar:

Enter composition name or [Dialog/Entity/deTach] <Dialog>: (Press Enter or select an option.)

The Compositions dialog box displays.
See BLCompositions for more information about the dialog.

Select a composition in the In Project or the In-Library list: Double-click the composition or click the Select button on the Compositions dialog box.

Select entities to attach composition: (Select solids.)
Entities in set: 3
Select entities to attach composition: (Select more solids or press Enter.)

Choose the reference face and press Enter.

Command Options

Option

Description

Entity

Applies the composition of an existing solid.

Prompts you:
Select other entities to get composition - (select to copy the composition from.).

Select entities to attach composition - (Select a solid.)
Entities in set: 1
Select entities to attach composition:
Select entities to attach composition - (Select more solids or press Enter.)

Choose reference face [Accept] - (Press Enter to accept the current reference face or choose a reference option.)

Allows to control the reference face* when attaching a multiply composition or a single-ply composition with a fixed thickness.

  • Click the widget to flip the reference face to the opposite face of the solid.
  • Move the cursor over the widget then choose an option in the menu.

    • Flip composition: reverses the order of the plies of a multiply composition.

    • Redefine reference face: allows you to choose a face as the reference face

      Prompts you:

      Select reference face - select a face of the solid.

      Select opposing face - select the opposite face.

      Choose reference face [Accept] - press Enter to accept the reference face.

    • Align by reference face: use the selected face as the reference face (default)

    • Align by center: use the center face of the wall as the reference face

      Click the Flip composition option to reverse the ply order of asymmetric multiply compositions.

* Reference face: defines the position of the exterior ply of multiply compositions.

Note: Hit the TAB key to select an obscured face.
Detach

Allows to detach a composition, while keeping the BIM classification, as different from the Unclassify option of the BIMCLASSIFY command, which removes all BIM data.

Compositions panel

Drag a composition from the Compositions panel onto a single solid or a selection of solids.

Procedures

Creating a new Composition

Editing a Composition

Modifying the Thickness of a ply

Copying Compositions

Deleting Compositions

Related Commands

Bimflip - Flips the starting face from which the layers of a composition are set out.

BimProjectInfo - Opens the BIM Project Info dialog box.

BimUpdateThickness - Re-applies the overall thickness of a composition to the solid.

BimSetReferenceFace - Defines a reference and an opposing face to control the ply layout of a composition.

BLCompositions - Opens the compositions library in the current project and the referenced library.

BLMaterials - Opens the physical materials library in the current project and the referenced library.

BimClassify - Classifies an entity as a Building Element and get a name and an internal GUID (= globally unique identifier).

LevelOfDetail - Changes the visibility of a solid's composition in your model.

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