Example - Creating an L-Shaped Building in Simergy

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

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

Other Examples -

If the user is creating new geometry from scratch or tracing over an imported floor plan, they will engage the Geometry tab. To activate the workspace the user will need to select New, which causes:

The Geometry work area to become active and default values for a Rectangle Shape to appear in the different input cells
The 3d view shows the default rectangle shape
The 2d view shows the plan view (building canvas) of the default rectangle shape and the shape icons on the upper left of the canvas have become active.

The first decision to make is the type of shape to draw, and the options can be accessed from either:

the Shape drop-down list within the geometry workspace area
the Shape icons on the upper left of the 2d view (building canvas)

By selecting different shape options (rectangle, L-Shape, H-shape, Cross Shape, U-Shape, or T-Shape) the 3d view and 2d view will update to show the current selection. If the user wants to draw a custom shape they can do so by selecting either the icon of the pencil with a squiggly line shown on the 2d view or by selecting 'Free Form' from the drop down list.

To describe the Geometry Capabilities a set of examples will be utilized. The user is encouraged to build these examples in parallel and the end result is included at the end of the example.

Example 1: L-Shape Building

The following workflow goes through the steps to create a building form using the L-Shape Shape selection:

The user has decided on an L-Shaped building, which is selected from the Shape drop-down list.
The Building Name is entered on the upper right of the work area
Base Story remains at the default of 1
The building is to be six (6) stories tall, so Num of Floors = 6 (Note: when the user selects elsewhere, completing the entry, the 3d view updates to show a six story mass
The building is to be inset on the site by 20' on both sides, so the x-value is changed to 20' and the y-value is changed to 20' as well.
The L-Shape will extend farther to the North, so Y1 = 150 ft.
The L-Shape on the East is a bit deeper, so Y2 = 60 ft.
Everybody loves the 5 degree skew, so the user has entered 5 degrees for the rotation.
The Zone Configuration is to be 'core and perimeter zones'
The Plenum Configuration is to be 'above ceiling' (Note: when selected the section diagram below updates to show a ceiling plenum)
The floor to floor height is 14' (Note: the ceiling plenum height increased, but it is in a gray cell, which means it cannot be edited)
The ceiling elevation is 11' (Note: the ceiling plenum height adjusted again, indicating that this is the other parameter influencing the plenum height value)
The top floor elevation will be kept at the default value (0.00 ft), which means that the overall building height will be determined by the values input in the 'Floor to Floor' and 'Num of Floors'. The building will be 84' tall (6 stories x 14 ft floor to floor)
The perimeter zone depth will remain at 15'
All of the other cells cannot be edited (shown in gray)

The L-shaped building and it's associated inputs are not saved until the user selects create.
When create is selected the following updates occur:
- The 2d-view shows the names of the different spaces, which are different colors
- The project tree is updated to include the L-shaped extravaganza
- The geometry work area goes back to its default starting point

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