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Assign Models to Spatial Containment dialog

Used to assign a site/building and floor to each model in the active project before the active DGN is exported to IFC.



SettingDescription
Project Information group box Displays the active Project and Site.
  • Open Floor Manager — Opens the Floor Manager where spatial structure can be defined.
Inherit Floor Assignment From Reference Parent Turn this setting on to assign all nested references to the same Building/Site and Floor, as the parent model.
Restore Defaults Restores all default spatial containment assignments.
Assign Models to Spatial Containment list box
  • Model, Design File – All models and references from the active DGN are listed here.
  • Site/Building – The default Site/Building assignment (in the active model, including all references) is to the first (and only) building, defined in the Floor Manager.

    To override the current Site/Building assignment of a model or reference, click the corresponding Site/Building cell and select another building from the drop down list. If the Site option is selected from the drop down menu, the Floor assignment is removed and disabled.

  • Floor – The floor assignment is the floor range where the building model components exist. The range is defined by the floor elevation value and the elevation value of the floor above, in the Floor Manager. To override the current Floor assignment, click the corresponding Floor cell and select:
    • By element elevation - Creates an IFC floor entity based on the elevation of exported elements rather than floor definitions.
    • Best Fit: [floor name] - The default Floor assignment is auto assigned.
    • Existing floor - Select another floor definition to assign.
    • None - The model or reference is assigned to the Building that is set in the Site/Building column.

    a floor, , or (None) from the drop down list. If the (None) option is selected,

Save Saves assignments and closes the dialog.
Close Closes the dialog without saving changes.
Key-in: ifcmappingui floorsdlg