Setting a Classification

Classifications can be used in the grouping of building components, for example by use or color. Building components which have the same material code may have a different classification. One building component may have several different classifications. You can utilize classifications in component change, finding the component to be changed based on a certain classification.

You can select the classification in the following ways:

• From the classification database (d_USE).
• From a classification list tree defined in the DesignStream system (the DesignStream Interface add-on feature).
• The classification can also be a freeform character string.

Set the classification as follows:

1. Select one or more building components.
2. Right-click to open the context-sensitive menu.
3. Select Advanced > Set Classification. The Edit Classifications dialog box opens.
4. You can edit the classifications of building components in the dialog box.

   The Edit Classifications Dialog Box

5. Click OK to close the dialog box.

Note

• When defining a component change rule, use the classification type in the search criterion, for example COMP_USE.
• The classification is also collected in the material report.
• In Vertex BD 16.0 and older versions, it was possible to define only a single classification, use code, for a building component. Use codes added to old projects are automatically converted into new classifications of the type COMP_USE. Old projects and component change rules utilizing them will work as before. If you wish to use classifications just like the old use code, define only one classification of the COMP_USE type for the building component.

Defining Component Change Rules