Create a Component Group
You can create a component group of components and other
building objects. A component group is a finished entity that can
be added to a drawing or a model as such. You can select a
component group from a browser in the same way as individual
building components. A component group may contain any kind of
object with 3D geometry, for example walls, windows, furniture,
etc.
Create a component group as follows:
- Add the components to the drawing-model pair of the building,
which makes it easier to position furniture at the floor level, for
example. Add components to the drawing or the model.
- When all the objects you require exist, press the Esc key to
exit the selected function.
- Activate the model window.
- Select the objects you want to include in the component group
by clicking. You can select several objects with the Ctrl key
pressed down, or by using the area selection.
- Right-click to open the context-sensitive menu.
- Select Advanced > Create Building Group.
- Select a reference point from the component group that will be
the location point of the group. The program will open a new model
window and copy the selected components into it.
- Fill in the component group information in a dialog box.
Create Building
Group Dialog Box
Note
- You can create a component group as described above from a
combination of openings, for example. If you select only openings
and the trims or grilles connected to them for copying, no
reference point is selected. Instead, the program forms the group
automatically with the location point of the group at the floor
level.
- When you create a component group, information about the
original drawing-model pair where the components belong to, is
saved to each component of the group. When you select and add the
component group, you can select whether to add the components to
their original drawing-model pairs or to the active drawing-model
pair. You can add the component group with the function Add a Piece of Furniture or Another
Building Component.
Add a
Piece of Furniture or Another Building Component
Select an
Object
Delete a Component Group From the
Library
Managing a Macro Component
Library