Save a Modeled Component in a Library
After you have modeled a component (for a part or an assembly
model), you can add it to the component library. You can also use a
finished model modeled with the Vertex G4 software.
- Select
Building Components > Advanced > Save Building Component to
Library.
- Select the component and define its data in the dialog box. You
can select any component stored in your system to be saved by
clicking the Browse button. You can also retrieve the model
from the archive by clicking the Archive button.
Save a
Building Component to Library
- Confirm by clicking OK.
You can also select this function in the model window of a part
or assembly model as follows:
- Open the model in one of the following ways:
- Select File > Open > Open File.
- Open the model from the Windows Explorer using the drag and
drop method.
- You can also open an archived model by selecting the File
> Open > Model function.
- Click the right mouse button in the model window.
- Select Save to Library > As Macro. The Save Building
Component to Library dialog box opens.
- Fill in the component data in the dialog box.
Save a
Building Component to Library
- Confirm by clicking OK.
When you select the
Add Furniture, Symbol, Building Group... function the next
time, the program will update the browser and you can select the
component from the folder that was defined for it.
Note
- The program will copy the model file to a folder in the
component library. This enables the component library to be
transferable. If you wish to edit the model after saving it in the
component library, you must open the model for editing from the
folder in the component library. Changes made to the original model
will no longer be updated in the model file in the component
library.
- The program will automatically generate a 2D drawing of the
component from a top view projection when you save the component in
the component library. If the automatically generated 2D drawing is
unsuitable as is, you can use the 2D drafting functions to create
the drawing yourself. You can also create the drawing directly from
the part model and edit the drawing, for example by deleting
lines.
2D Drawing of a
Modeled Component
Set Component 2D Drawing in a
Library
Modeling Your Own Component
Edit Building Component
Library
Add a Piece of Furniture or
Another Building Component