Spatial Locations Manager dialog box

The Spatial Locations Manager dialog box allows you to create and edit sites, buildings and stories.

  1. New Building
  2. New Story
  3. Delete selected Building or Story
  4. Import spatial locations

New Building

Adds a new building to the model.

Fill out the properties grid:

New Story

Adds a new story in the selected building.

The properties grid is completed.

Delete selected Building or Story

Deletes the selected building and story.

Import spatial location

Imports spatial locations from a text file (.txt).

Displays a Standard Open Files dialog box from which will open the *.txt spatial location file.

Example of a *.txt spatial location file:

Space:Name= 'Bricsys Tower' ,Area=15000  
         Space:Name= Level 0 - Reception ,Area=6%, ' Floor-to-Floor Height '=5000, Count=1
         Space:Name= Level 1-10 ,Area=4%, ' Floor-to-Floor Height '=4000, Count=10
         Space:Name= Level 11-17 ,Area=7%, ' Floor-to-Floor Height '=3000, Count=7
         Space:Name= Level 18-19 ,Area=5%, ' Floor-to-Floor Height '=4000, Count=2
         Space:Name= Level 20-21 ,Area=1.5%, ' Floor-to-Floor Height '=4000, Count=2

The area and area ratios that are specified in the file are requirements.

The spatial location file will be loaded as below: