Editing the layer thickness

You can edit the thickness of the structural layers of a horizontal plane. You can select a single structural layer for editing, after you have selected a detailed representation as the method of 3D representation of the structure with the Expanding layers function.

1. Select Floors and Ceilings > Advanced > Edit Thickness of Layer.
2. Select the structural layer selection mode from the contextual toolbar.

   Selecting structural layer

3. Select editing method from the contextual toolbar. Select either the bottom or top surface of the structural layers to be locked into its location. Set the thickness as fixed or variable.
   • Constant thickness, measure from bottom
   • Constant thickness, measure from top
   • Variable thickness, measure from bottom
   • Variable thickness, measure from top
4. Select the structural layer to be edited.
5. Edit the thickness according to the selected editing method.

Note

• If the structural layers have not been expanded visible and the structure is selected to be edited with this function, the change of thickness is targeted at the main layer of the structure, whose running number is 0. Changes in structural layer thickness can be detected if the structure has been expanded into layers.

Expanding layers
Advanced Floor and Ceiling functions