Example - Creating an Underground Floor

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

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

Underground floors can be created in Simergy, however the user will want to be aware and check a few things as they are going through the process.

Creating Underground Floors

The correct way to add basement floor(s) to a building involves:

• Go to Building Stories tab
• Select New
• Choose the desired shape, size, configuration, etc.
• In the "Base Story" field enter a negative number (change from the default positive).
• Select Preview and make sure the visual representation shown in the 3d view aligns with what was being targeted.

Before Hitting "Save" it is wise to do/check a couple of things:

1. Glazing tab- assuming that the desired design is not to include underground windows, go to the glazing tab and set the "Win/Wall Ratio" for each orientation to 0 %.
2. Building tab - make sure the Constructions Template that was selected contains values for "Underground Wall Construction" and "Underground Floor Construction".  The Constructions template can be accessed from this tab and edited by just selecting the "Edit" button.

Once those have been checked and updated, hit save and the underground floors will be created.

Example - Creating a 6-story building with (2) additional floors underground

Step 1: Create the 6-story building form

• Select "New"
• Select a shape - L-Shape is shown
• Select "Save"

Step 2: Create the Underground Floors

• Select "New"

• Base Story = -2; Num of Floors = 2

• Select the desired basement shape - Rectangular is shown

• Visually confirm that the preview geometry is correct and click Save

Step 3: Confirm Constructions

• Go to Building Tab
• Confirm desired Building Constructions Template
• Confirm "Underground Wall Construction" and "Underground Floor Construction" values are included in the template by selecting "Edit" to review and/or edit.

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