Parametric Building Model - Settings

When beginning to design a parametric building model, check that the following settings are enabled on the menu bar:

• Settings > 2D Constraint Manager
• Settings > Associative Dimensions > Associativity of Dimensions
• Settings > Constraints and Automatic Sketching > Associative Walls

These settings are enabled as a default in the basic software delivery. You can also enable the following settings in the menu:

• Settings > Constraints And Automatic Sketching > Automatic Floors - The program will automatically add a floor based on a closed wall chain in the floor plan. You can select the floor structure from a list. The program will add the floor to its own drawing-model pair.
• Settings > Constraints And Automatic Sketching > Automatic Rooms - The program will automatically create rooms based on the walls in the floor plan and calculate the floor area.

The settings Associativity of Dimensions and 2D Constraint Manager will remain enabled until you disable them. Other settings are project-specific. The enabled settings are saved when you save the project.

Note

• Settings > Constraints and Automatic Sketching > Associative Walls is on by default, if the project's PARAMETERS file contains the keyword BDASSO "YES".
• Automatic fixing of building components in the model is enabled, when the project's PARAMETERS file contains the keyword CONSTROBJ "YES". Beginning from version 15, the template projects included in the standard software delivery of the Finnish version will include the CONSTROBJ keyword. In projects created with older software versions, building components cannot be fixed due to changes made in the object technology of the building components. If you wish to disable the feature, change the value of the parameter CONSTROBJ to NO.

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