Example - Creating a Custom Space Layout for a DWG/DXF Import Draw-over

Workspace: Buildings-Building/Floor/Zone Definition-Create/Edit Bldg Stories

Workspace Areas: Active Project Model Tree - 3d view - 2d view - Create/Edit Geometry

Related Examples: Create/Edit Custom Spaces;

In this example you will see how a DWG file can be imported, and using freeform you will create the building form for the story. Next you will create the space and thermal zone layout using New Wall, Seed Space and New Space in the Interiors Workspace.

The following steps will walk you through the process:

Open a new file in Simergy
Go to the Buildings workspace, select the Building Stories tab, and click New and select FreeForm-shape in the Shape dropdown menu.
Click Draw Profile to temporarily disable drawing mode if you choose and then click DWG Settings to open a dialog called "Layers".
Click Choose File to open a file browser and navigate to the DWG or DXF file you wish to trace.
After loading the drawing file, a pop up may appear with a message identifying the number of unsupported objects that haven't been imported. Unsupported objects are typically due to being a part of blocks or groups within the DWG file. If those objects are "exploded" within the DWG tool, then they will likely be classified as supported objects on Simergy Import.
Click on the site in the 2D plan view to place the drawing file. You can now choose which drawing layers to view and trace by enabling or disabling individual layers in the Layers dialog.
Close the Layers dialog if you choose and prepare to trace the drawing by re-enabling drawing mode by clicking Draw Profile and selecting your preferred snap settings.
You can now trace the drawing. Every line you draw will become a single, exterior wall. When you close the polygon, the building story will appear in the 3D viewport. Select Custom Zones in the Occupied Configuration dropdown menu and click Save.
With the profile of the building story complete, it is time now to go to the Interiors workspace.
Click New Wall and select your preferred snap settings and begin tracing walls.
When all the interior walls are traced, you can disable the DWG view if you so choose and begin seeding spaces in the areas enclosed by walls by selecting Seed Space.
When all that is left is a large area or an area with complex geometry, it may be easier to break it up into smaller spaces.
To divide an area into spaces without walls, you can draw spaces directly without seeding them by clicking New Space and drawing them as you did the profile of the building story.
Once you have a more singular space left, you can use Seed Space again - this will fill in an area up to walls and adjacent spaces.
If drawing the complex geometry of a space got a little messy, you can select it and click Reseed Space to clean it up once it touches walls or other spaces on all sides.
Now the process is complete and it would be wise to select File:Save to save the work that has been done. It is also beneficial to save regularly throughout the process as well.

The next examples that are coming soon, will build off this example to show how the thermal zones can be assigned to different types of groups (zone, daylight or natural ventilation) and templates associated with them.

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