OpenBuildings™ Designer Help

To Apply Rule Set to Required Area Property

  1. Select one of the following from the Relationship To Actual drop-down list.

    Equal To

    or

    Within Range

    or

    Less Than Or Equal To

    or

    Greater Than Or Equal To

  1. Do the following for Equal To Rule Set.
    1. Select Equal To from the Relationship To Actual drop-down list.
    2. Click OK.

    If the Actual Area is not equal to the Required Area, it will show the following error .

  2. Do the following for Within Range Rule Set.
    1. Select Within Range from the Relationship To Actual drop-down list.
    2. Select Variance Type as Number.
    3. Enter values in the Severity field as follows, for example : Low = 5, Medium = 10 and High = 15 .
    4. Click OK.
    5. Click Toggle Validate On/Off in the Program Manager dialog.

    If the Actual Area is out of range then the validation will fail and errors will be seen.

    The following is an example of Low Severity.
  3. Do the following for Less Than Or Equal To Rule Set.
    1. Select Less Than Or Equal To from the Relationship To Actual drop-down list.
    2. Select Variance Type as Percentage.
    3. Enter values in the Severity field as follows, for example : Low = 20%, Medium = 30% and High = 40% .
    4. Click OK.
    5. Click Toggle Validate On/Off in the Program Manager dialog.

    If the Actual Area is out of range, the validation will fail, and errors will be seen.

    The following is an example of High Severity.
  4. Do the following for Greater Than Or Equal To Rule Set.
    1. Select Greater Than Or Equal To from the Relationship To Actual drop-down list.
    2. Select Variance Type as Number.
    3. Enter values in the Severity field as follows, for example : Low = 10, Medium = 20 and High = 30 .
    4. Click OK.
    5. Click Toggle Validate On/Off in the Program Manager dialog.

    If the Actual Area is out of range, the validation will fail, and errors will be seen.

    The following is an example of Medium Severity.