Create Floor Plan

Used to create dynamic view floor plans and drawings. The Create Floor Plan tool reads floor definitions from the OpenBuildings Station Designer Floor Manager, the IFC i-model, as well as Revit i-model and from named ACS definitions and shapes.

Accessed from:

Ribbon: Building Design > Drawing Production > Create Views > Plan > Floor Plan(s)

Floor plans are created based on user defined settings and Floor Manager floor definitions. You can use single floor definitions or floor definition sets to create floor plans. Shapes, defining an area within the model, can also be used to create floor plans.

Floor plan properties include Building and floor definitions, story and level data, floor elevations, and distances between floors.

The Create Plan tool settings window changes to accommodate the method of floor plan creation.

Setting	Description
Plan by User Definition	Create single dynamic view floor plans, one at a time, based on user defined settings.
Plan By Floor	Create single dynamic view floor plans, one at a time, using Floor Manager definitions. Tool settings for Floor Plan By Floor.
Plan By Floor Set	Create multiple dynamic view floor plans using Floor Manager definitions. Tool settings for Floor Plan By Floor Set. Here all current floor definitions (as defined by Floor Manager in this example) are displayed in the Floor Selector list box. All floor definitions in the active file are available to define newly created floor plans.
Drawing Seed	Sets the seed file used to create the dynamic view floor plan.
Detailing Symbol Style	This is a visual indicator that shows which detailing symbol style is being defined by the drawing seed.
Plan Cut Elevation	Available for Plan By User Definition method. Sets the plan cut elevation (on the Z axis) for the section clipping plane. This setting also takes into account an active clip volume Cut setting.
Floor Selector	Available for Plan By Floor method. This option menu displays all current Floor Manager floor definitions. Here you can select a floor definition and use it to create a Floor Plan By Floor.
View Range	Available for Plan By User Definition method. Contains controls to set the View Range and clip volumes. View Range option menu — Set the View Range by: User Defined settings – Only available when Floor Plan User Defined is active. Model Range settings – Available when Floor Plan User Defined and Floor Plan By Floor are active. Drawing Template settings – Available when Floor Plan By Floor is active. Clip Volumes — Determines how the different views generated by the clip volumes are displayed. Back – The back clip volume boundary is offset by the numeric value entered. Cut – The cut area of the clip volume is dynamically displayed. Forward – The forward clip volume boundary is offset by the numeric value entered.
Align View	Contains options to set the coordination system to align the drawing view. Global Coordinate — Sets to align the view to global coordinate, by aligning the X, Y, Z axes in the global coordinate system Active ACS — Sets to align the view with the active ACS plane, by aligning all 3 axes to that of the active ACS plane. Floor ACS — Enabled for Floor Plan By Floor / By Floor Set. Sets to align the view to the floor ACS.
Create Drawing	Available when Floor Plan User Defined and Floor Plan By Floor are active. When on, a drawing is created when the dynamic floor plan is created. When clicked in the view, the Create Drawing dialog opens where settings can be completed for the new drawing.
Source	Available for Plan By Floor Set method. Sets the source type used to read current floor definitions. All floor definitions read, populate and display in the Floor Selector list box. Available source types include OpenBuilding Designer DGN files, Revit i-Model, and IFC i-Model files.
Floor Selector list box	Available for Plan By Floor Set method. Displays all current floor definitions for the selected Source. Available floor definitions display in the Reference Planes column. Floors that are selected (and which display a check mark) in the Create Plan column are used when the floor plan is created.
Select All	Available for Plan By Floor Set method. Selects all floor definitions in the Floor Selector list box. A check mark appears in the Create Plan column for all floors.
Clear All	Available for Plan By Floor Set method. Clears the selection of any floor definitions selected in the Floor Selector list box. Check marks are replaced by a null symbol in the Create Plan column.
Next	Available for Plan By Floor Set method. Opens the Create Plan dialog. All final settings are completed here prior to creating the Floor Plan By Floor Set. Floor definitions that display a check mark in the Create Floor Plan tool settings window Floor Selector list box, automatically populate and display in this dialog.
Cancel	Available for Plan By Floor Set method. Discards all Create Plan settings changes and closes the tool settings window.

Key-in: FLOORPLAN USERDEFINED

Create Floor Plan

Tool settings for Floor Plan By Floor.

Tool settings for Floor Plan By Floor Set.