OpenBuildings™ Designer Help

Using the Component Part Mapping utility

The following steps are described for PAZ files, though the utility is equally applicable to BCX, BXF, CEL files, and Compound parts.

  1. Select ( Component Part Mapping ) from the ribbon.

    The Component Part Mapping dialog opens.

  2. To change units for the component part assignments, click Settings and select a unit system from the Change Units option menu.
    Note: The reassignment actually occurs when Process is selected.
  3. Click Add Files for selecting a file through Open dialog, or click Add Folder to select through Browse for Folder dialog the folder containing PAZ files.

    Navigate to the folder containing PAZ files, select the PAZ files to be remapped, and click Open for a file, or Open in case of folder.

    The files get listed in the Files being Modified list box.

  4. Select a file or more in the list to map their parts. The part details are displayed in a tabular form in the Part and Family Replacement list.
    Note: Any invalid part will be shown in red in the Family and Part columns.

    Use the filter to sort or locate the required part to map.

  5. Double-click in the blank New Family field to reassign a new from the list populated. The corresponding New Part field fills the default part. You can map other families and parts to replace in the similar manner. The Process buttons enable only after any of the new parts is assigned.
  6. Click Process to map the new pats assigned. The selected file(s) in the Files being Modified list box is processed and closed.
  7. (Optional) Click Process and Close to process the mapping of new part and close the dialog.

Scan Dataset

The dataset scanning can be performed for:
  • PAZ
  • BXC
  • BXF
  • CEL
  • Compound Part
for the active dataset.
To begin dataset scan, you need not load any file manually.
  1. Select Scan Dataset > Scan [Option], e.g. Scan PAZ files to get Invalid PAZ parts. Proceeding Process, scans the dataset and the scanning progress is flashed on the progress bar. The scanned result displays for the scanned PAZ files and only the invalid files in the Files being Modified list and parts in the Part and Family Replacement list.
  2. For each invalid part, map a new assignment that fits your requirement.

    Follow the steps as described above for PAZ part mapping.