Building Definition:

Interiors Tab

 

Related Workspaces - Geometry  - Glazing - Custom Glazing - Wall Tools - 3D View - 2D view

 

Related Topics - How to Import a DWG/DXF

 

Allows you to create custom spaces and thermal zones within a BEM by splitting spaces, drawing new and/or editing the properties of different spaces.

 

Note: Custom Openings, Interiors and Tools have their own buttons in the ribbon menu under "Buildings Definition" to reach those workspaces.  You will not be able to use these workspaces until after Building Geometry has been created and Saved to the Simergy Model.

 

Above is the default view of the Interiors workspace.  

Note: This workspace area does not allow refinements to Thermal Zones, it is only for Spaces and Walls.  

 

Interiors Toolbar:

 

New Wall

Clicking New Wall will initiate the drawing mode in the 2D plan view.  This is similar in use to drawing a free-form building profile, although a closed loop of walls is not required here.

 

New Space

Clicking New Space will also initiate drawing mode in the 2D view.  In this case, a "closed loop" is necessary and will produce a defined space upon closing the boundary loop and clicking "Save".

 

Seed Space

Clicking Seed Space will allow you to click in the 2D view to fill an area enclosed by walls with a new space.

 

Reseed Space

Clicking Reseed Space will "update" a selected space to reflect any changes made to its enclosing walls.

 

Wall Intersection

The Wall Intersection tool will create a cleaner intersection by trimming one of two selected, intersecting walls.

 

Merge Spaces

Clicking Merge Spaces will merge two adjacent spaces into a single space.  This will work if they are touching or if there is a wall inbetween them (the wall will be deleted).

 

Split Wall

The Split Wall tool will split a selected wall at a selected point.

 

Merge Walls

Clicking Merge Walls after selecting two adjacent, parallel walls will merge them into a single wall.

 

 

Save

The Save button will appear when the New Space tool is active and will become enabled once the drawn boundary for the new space has been closed.  The Space will not be incorporated into the model until Save is clicked.

 

Wall Type

This dropdown will let you select the construction (Material Layer Set) for any new walls being drawn.

 

Wall Thickness

A read-only display showing the thickness of the currently selected Wall Type.

 

Plenum Configuration

This drop down lets you choose the plenum configuration of of any New Spaces (above ceiling, below floor,  both, or none).

 

Ceiling Configuration

This dropdown lets you choose the layout of spaces in any void or plenum above the ceiling of a New Space.

 

Floor Configuration

This dropdown lets you choose the layout of spaces in any void or plenum below the floor of a New Space.

 

Space Name

This text box lets you change the name of any New Spaces.  If no changes are made, it will continue naming spaces with the default scheme.

 

Floor to Floor

This read-only display shows the floor-to-floor height set in the Building Stories tab.

 

Ceiling Plenum Height

This read-only text box displays a calculated value that is derived from taking the Floor to Floor value and subtracting the depth of the ceiling Meterial Layer Set and the Ceiling Elevation.

 

Ceiling Elevation

This text box allows you to set the ceiling height of any New Space.

 

Space Height

This read-only text box displays the height between the Top of Floor Elevation and the Ceiling Elevation.

 

Top of Floor Elevation

This text box allows you the raise the top of finish floor above the rough floor height for any New Spaces.  This must be greater than 0 if you wish to include a floor plena or void.

 

Floor Plenum Height

This read-only text box displays a calculated value that is derived from taking the Top of Floor Elevation value and subtracting the depth of the floor Material Layer Set.

 

Auto Generate Zone with Space

When this option is enabled, a thermal zone will be created with any New Space.

 

 

Example:  Creating a New Wall

 

To follow along with this example, start with a building that has Custom Zones, and go to the Interiors workspace.

 

  1. Select New Wall in the Interiors toolbar and draw a wall in the 2D view by clicking where you want to start the wall and again where you want to end the wall.

  2. It will assume you want to continue drawing walls and the end point of the first wall will become the starting point for a second wall.

  3. Click New Wall again to disable drawing mode.

  4. Select New Wall again to draw more walls, this time draw three walls -- when you close the loop, it won't start another wall.

  5. Select New Wall again to disable drawing mode.

 

Example:  Creating a New Space

 

  1. Select Seed Space to fill the walls you just drew with a new Space.

  2. Once the Seed Space tool is enabled, simply click inside the walls to fill the area in with a new space.

 

Alternatively, you can draw a new space without walls by drawing the boundary much like how you drew the walls

  1. Select New Space and draw the boundary of the space.

  2. Once you are done, be sure to click Save and then disable the New Space tool in the toolbar.

 

Example:  Editing Spaces

 

  1. The merge tool will allow you to merge adjacent spaces into a single space --  simply select two adjacent spaces and click the Merge Spaces button in the toolbar.

 

Example:  Editing Walls

 

You can change the construction (Material Layer Set) of a wall through the right-click menu.

  1. Select a wall and right click it and then select "Change Construction"

  2. A dialog will appear showing the current construction and the thickness - select any other library entry from the drop down and click OK to apply it.

Now that you have made those changes, the intersections of the walls don't match.

  1. To fix this, select the walls in sets of two and click "Wall Intersections" to match the edges.

The last thing that doesn't quite line up is the space left by the wall when it was switched to a thinner construction.

  1. To fix this, select the Space and click Reseed Space.

The last two tools in the toolbar are for splitting and merging walls.

  1. To split a wall, select a wall and then select Split Wall.

  2. Then, click on the selected wall somewhere along an edge.

  3. Click Split Wall again to disable the tool when finished.

Walls that are parallel and adjacent (such as the walls produced by splitting one wall) can be merged into one.

  1. To do this, select the two walls and click Merge Walls.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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