Defining Optimization Regions
Once the tendons and profile polylines are defined and
optimizable properties are set, you can define optimization regions by using
the Optimization Layer using the
Optimization Region tool (
also found at
).
- Clicking the optimize tendons tool will bring up a dialog that displays the number of optimizable properties in each region (see next section for more details).
- Alternatively, if optimization regions are defined the number of optimizable properties can be displayed as a property of that region using visible objects.
A good rule of thumb that will normally result in an acceptable number of optimizable objects in each region is to define the optimization regions in a similar way to how the floor is expected to be broken into pours. This has the added benefit that tendon quantities can change at region boundaries (due to object splitting), which is also normally possible at pour breaks.
It is good practice to draw optimization regions using snaps in such a way that their corners along a common edge are connected to prevent small gaps or overlaps causing problems with the optimization.