Template Projects

When you create a new project, it can be based on a template project or an old project. When you create a new project based on a template project, all folders, databases and files are copied from the selected template project into the new project.

The template projects are customer-specific. They can be created for different purposes, for example based on the number of floors: template projects for building with 1, 1½ or 2 floors. The template project includes drawing-model pairs for each floor. The PARAMETERS file of the template project defines initial values for parameters required in the design work, including floor base heights, wall heights, floor thicknesses, etc.

The basic software delivery includes the template project TEMPL-BASIC (only included in the Finnish version of the software). It is a template project with predefined height levels and elevation views with OpenGL shading. Each floor has two height levels: FLOOR and ROOF. The project parameters have been connected to the height levels with formulas. Changing the height level updates the project parameters. The automatic floors and rooms are enabled by default in the template project.

Setting the Default Template Project
3D Levels

Master Template

When you are using several template projects, you can collect their shared files such as drawing sheets into a single master template project, making it easy to maintain the files. When you create a new project, the files of the master template project will be copied into the new project before the files of the actual template project.

Things to note when creating a master template project:

• The id of the master template project must be TEMPLATE-MASTER or TEMPL-MASTER.
• The files d_PROREG_ONE and d_PROREG_ONEc must be included in the master template project folder. If necessary, you can copy them from the folder of an existing template project or some other project.
• Before you can use the master template project, its data must be updated to the project archive. You can update the project archive as follows:
  1. Select File > Open Project. The Open Project dialog box opens.
  2. Click the Update list button.
  3. Click Cancel to exit the dialog box.

Contents of a Template Project

A template project contains various files in which, for example, the following things are defined:

• Drawing-Model Pairs
  • The drawing-model pairs in use, and their properties such as descriptions, serial numbers, drawing and model files, parameter groups.
  • Reference drawings loaded by default into the drawing file of the drawing-model pair.
• Project Parameters
  • The PARAMETERS file defines the drawing-model pair parameter groups and the initial values for parameters required in the design work, including floor base heights, wall heights, floor thicknesses, etc.
• Drawing sheets
  • Drawing sheets and the views and title blocks to be added on them.
• 3D Levels
  • Height levels, to which the building components will be attached.

If you wish to edit the drawing-model pairs, parameters or drawing sheets of a template project, you can open the template project just like a normal project by selecting the File > Open Project function. The template projects are saved in the TEMPLATE folder.

Creating a New Template Project

Things to note when creating a new template project:

• Select TEMPLATE as the saving location for the project.
• Select the Template property in the project data card.

Note

• The folders of the template projects are located in the ../shared/template/projects folder.

Setting the Default Template Project
Creating a New Project
Project Data Card
Drawing-Model Pairs
Editing Project Parameters
Opening and Updating a Drawing Sheet
3D Levels