Importing Bentley Architectural Room Shapes
Function detects Architectural Room space data and automatically creates Room shapes in Electrical application's Building Manager.
- Open a drawing and select to ( Register Current Design File). The current file gets registered.
- Setup the design file using the ( Design File Setup). Opens the Drawing Setup dialog.
- Activate the "Building Structure" tab/section, and click icon. Opens the Building Manager / Classification System dialog. Create a Building Structure for "Building" and "Level", do not create rooms. To find out how to create a Building Structure, click here.
- Close the Drawing Setup and select all elements in your drawing. Then select ( Import Spaces). The shapes are highlighted in drawing.
- Next, select all elements in drawing. Then select ( Save Imported Space/Zone Data). Select Yes/No for Room Shapes to become visible/invisible after being saved to database. This opens the Save Room Polygon dialog.
- Select Level and click on OK. Review the result in Building Manager. The Room Shapes are seen successfully imported.