Spatial locations allow you to specify building and its stories in a project. In
BricsCAD, a BIM model file can contain one site and multiple buildings and a
building can contain multiple stories. When the entities are classified as a
building element in the project, these classified entities have a
Building and a Story property.
Every building element in the BIM model resides in a particular story within a
particular building.
For more information about this command, visit the Command Reference article
BIMSPATIALLOCATIONS.
Procedure: assigning a building and story to a building element
Launch the BIMSPATIALLOCATIONS command.
Click the New Building icon () to add a
new building to the model.
Fill out the properties grid to specify a new name or value of the existing
property.
Click the New Story icon () to add a
new story in the selected building.
Fill out the properties grid to specify a new name or value of the existing
property.
(Optional) Click the Delete icon () to remove
the selected building or story.
(Optional) Click Import Spatial Locations
button () to import
a spatial location from a .txt file.
Select building element(s) in the drawing area to associate them with the
appropriate spatial locations.
The properties of the selected building
elements display in the Properties
panel.
Do the following to assign the building and story to these building
elements:
Expand the BIM section in the
Properties Panel.
Click the Building field, then use the arrow
to select a building.
Click the Story field, then use the arrow to
select a story.
Viewing the spatial locations in the structure browser
The Structure browser allows to view all of the entities in a
drawing. By default, the structure of the building elements is organized in a
particular form. Building elements are grouped by Building, Story, BIM type, and by
composition respectively. This organization can be fully configured. Right click in
the structure browser and click
Configure, a new window will open. See the STRUCTUREPANEL
command for more info.
If there is no BIM Building or BIM
Story in the structure browser, you can add
them manually. See Structure Panel for more info.
About BIMATTACHSPATIALLOCATION
Assigning new Spaces can be done using the BIMSPACE command. Spaces are not always
assigned to the according buildings because they don't have a spatial location yet.
Use the BIMATTACHSPATIALLOCATION command to assign a spatial location to spaces.
For more information about this command, visit the Command Reference article
BIMATTACHSPATIALLOCATION.
Procedure: attaching spatial locations
Launch the BIMATTACHSPATIALLOCATIONS command.
You are prompted:Enter location number or [Auto attach
locations/Unattach current location]: Press A to auto attach
the spaces to their according building and floor level.
Select the spaces to update and press Enter.
(Optional) Press U to unattach the spatial location.
) to add a
new building to the model.
) to add a
new story in the selected building.
) to remove
the selected building or story.
) to import
a spatial location from a .txt file.
