OpenBuildings™ Designer Help

Copy (Room)

Used to copy rooms and adjacent ceiling and underfloor plenums from their original location to new location on the same floor or on another floor.

Accessed from:


  • Ribbon: Energy Simulator > Home > Rooms > Copy
Copy room tool settings vary for multiple story buildings and single story buildings.


Multiple story



Single story

SettingDescription
Current floor When on, the copied room is placed on the current floor.
Destination floor When on, the copied room is placed on the floor selected from the drop-down list.
New name Used to enter a name for the new (copied) room.
Floor level lock When on, copies are restricted to the floor the copied room is on or to the destination floor (in multi story buildings).When off, copies can be placed at an elevation other than their parent floor. However, these rooms still belong to the parent floor in the OpenBuildings Energy Simulator Project Tree hierarchy.
Keep partitions When on, partitions are retained in copies regardless of the wall surface adjacencies in the new location. When off, the room is copied with all surfaces considered exposed to the outside. The adjacencies in the new location determine the partitions in the copy.
Inclusive Plenum When on, any ceiling or underfloor plenum in contact with the selected room are also copied. When off, plenums are not copied.
Key-in: BBSENERGYANALYSIS ROOM COPY