BimRoom

Creates a BimRoom entity from an enclosed space. The boundary entities must be Bim classified. To divide a large space in different rooms, divide the space using linear entities, which you then classify as Walls.

The Room Bounding property of the enclosing entities must be ON.

The Center Line property controls the creation of the room boundary:

• OFF: The inner edges of the surrounding solids define the room boundary (left).
• ON: The center lines of the surrounding solids define the room boundary (middle).
• Extrapolate: If set for room bounding columns, the columns are treated as a point (right).

Prompts you:

Pick a point inside the room or <select>: (Pick a point inside the room area). Some info displays near the cursor:

Room found: Click to create the room.

Room not found:

• No enclosed area found:
  
• Bounding entities are not correctly classified:
  
• Room already exists:
  

Dynamic UCS defines the bottom plane of the room. In this plane, an area enclosed by room bounding entities is found and a room mark is placed. The room mark is a block consisting of a hatch and attributes for name, number and area.

A room stamp is created in the center of the room. You can control the layout of the room stamp by editing _RoomCallout.dwg in the Support\Bim\Sections subfolder of the Roamable Root folder. By default this is: C:\Users\<UserName>\AppData\Roaming\Bricsys\BricsCAD\Vxx\en_US\Support\Bim\Sections.

Creates a static BimRoom entity from an existing entity or a detected boundary

Prompts you:

Select 3d solid, region, polyline, or boundary:(Select an entity or click inside an enclosed area*.)

* The Enable Boundary Detection option () of the SELECTIONMODES system variable must be selected.

A Room corresponds to an IfcSpace, and has all IFC properties, apart from the BIM properties.

Room properties can be edited in the Properties Panel:

• Building: Click the field, then select a building (see BimSpatialLocations).
• Story: Click the field, then select a story (see BimSpatialLocations).
• Wall Finish: Shows the material of the surrounding walls if a composition is applied. When the room is defined by more the 4 solids, the Wall Finish properties do not display.
• Room representation: The options are
  • None: Room stamp only.
  • Hatch: Room stamp and a solid hatch.
  • Solid: 3D solid. The height of the solid is copied from the surrounding wall solids.
• Interior Elevations: Controls the display of Interior Elevation sections. If interior elevations are not created yet for the room the property is disabled. (see BimSection).

or using the EAttEdit command: