OpenBuildings™ Designer Help

To Create Penetrations on Elements

You need to create a configuration and clash file for creating penetrations on elements.

  1. Click Penetration Manager on Collaborate ribbon.

    It presents you with a blank grid in the Penetration Manager dialog. A message appears in the Message Center as follows "AutoPenetrations placement and all previous operations can not be undone after processing update model."

  2. Do one of the following to populate grid data in the Penetration Manager dialog.

    Select both Clash check and Configuration files from the drop-down list to populate the grid data.

    or

    Click File > Open and select previously saved penetration configuration file to populate grid data.

    Note: If you open Penetration Manager directly from Penetration Clash check dialog, the Configuration field preselects the last saved configuration file and the Clash check field remains disabled.

    A Information dialog appears that displays an alert message as shown in the figure and a message appears in the Message Center "AutoPenetrations placement and all previous operations can not be undone after processing update model."

  3. Do the following to open, save, export or share a file from the Penetration Manager dialog.
    1. Click File > Open in the Penetration Manager dialog to open a file.
    2. Enter filename in the File name textbox.
    3. Click Open.

      It opens the Penetration Manager *.xml file only. If any other file is selected it gives a Warning message Select valid Penetration File.

    1. Click File > Save in the Penetration Manager dialog to save a file.

      It gives an Information message The changes have been saved.

    1. Click Export to Excel in the Penetration Manager dialog to export data to excel.
    2. Select the destination and enter filename in the File name textbox in the Save CSV File dialog.
    3. Click Save.

      It gives an Information message Report generated.

    4. Click OK.
    1. Click File > Share in the Penetration Manager dialog to share a file.
    2. Select the file and click OK in the Browse For Folder dialog.
  4. Click Update model.

    A Information dialog appears that displays an alert message as shown in the figure.

    Note: The Cut offset (A), Added Top offset (B) and Added Bottom offset (C) are editable fields.
  5. Click OK.
  6. Sort by either the Severity or Error type to solve the error in the Validation Tab.
  7. Click Review under Action column in the Penetration Manager dialog.

    It opens the respective configuration file.

  8. Add the required From to To ranges, Save the changes made and click Apply in the Penetration Configuration dialog.
  9. Click Refresh to re-validate the data in the Validation Tab.

    The errors vanish from the Validation Tab once the ranges are available and data is populated in the Penetration Manager dialog.

  10. Click Update model.

    The Update model option disables in the Penetration Manager dialog and penetrations are created in the model.

    Note: The properties of auto-penetrations can be viewed in data reporting Schedules.
    Note: All undo buffers will be cleared after processing with Update Model in the Penetration Manager dialog.
  11. Click Close to close the Penetration Manager dialog.
  12. (Optional) Click Delete All .

    An Alert dialog opens that displays a message Do you want to delete all AutoPenetrations?

  13. Click Yes to delete all auto penetrations else click No to discard the changes.

    All the auto penetrations are deleted from the model.

Parent topic: Penetration Manager