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Building Section

Building Section: Primary Area

Building Section: Secondary Area

Site Planning Section

Wireframe and Surface Section

2D to 3D Section

Manage Section

Tools Section

Tools Section: Primary Area

Tools Section: First Secondary Area

Tools Section: Second Secondary Area

Standard Area

Context Toolbars

The Tree

Customizing Preferences

Keyboard Shortcuts

Offline Mode

About Saving

Create a Building Project

Workflow for a New Building Project

Start a Building Project

About Starting a Building Project

Creating a New Building Project

About Searching

Create a Sketch

Why Create a Sketch?

Using Sketcher

Sketch from DWG

Creating a Sketch from a Space

Creating a Sketch from a Story

Create a Mass

About Creating a Mass

Creating a Mass

Mass Options

Creating Buildings from Parameters, Reference Planes, or a Spreadsheet

Navigating and Viewing the Building Project

About Navigation and Viewing Commands

Using the View Selector

Activating a Story

Deactivating a Story

Showing or Hiding the Building

Showing or Hiding Spaces

Removing Exterior Walls

Adding Stories

About Adding Stories

Adding One or More Stories

Adding a Story Above

Adding a Story Below

Adding a Mezzanine

Updating the Building Model

About Updating

Updating

Deleting

Changing Units

Managing Large Projects

About Managing Large Projects

Creating a Site

Creating a Multi-Building Project Site

Dividing a Large Project

Copy and Paste, Replace, and Power Copy

About Copy and Paste, Replace, and Power Copy

Copying or Cutting Features

Replacing Features

Stairwells and Stairs

Adding a Stairwell

Adding a Stairwell Wall Gap

Adding a Straight Stair

Adding Circular Stairs

Adding a Landing to Straight or Circular Stairs.

Removing a Landing from Straight or Circular Stairs

About Spiral Stairs

Adding Spiral Stairs

About Ramps

Creating a Ramp

Creating Railings

Structural Grid and Grid Labels

About Structural Grids

Creating a Building Structural Grid

Selecting Reference Planes for a Building Grid: Example

Creating a Reference Plane Grid

Adding Grid Labels

Turning Pop-up Grid Labels On or Off

Creating Labels on Wires

Space, Shafts, and Elevators

About Adding and Viewing Spaces

Space Requirements

Space Requirements and Space Color by Category Guidelines

Importing Space Requirements and Space Color by Category

What is the Space Browser?

Displaying the Space Browser

Space Browser Options

Adding Space with the Space Browser

Space Program

Displaying the Space Program

Space Program Options

Assigning Color to Spaces by Category

Creating Space

Space Options

Creating a Shaft

Shaft Options

Creating an Elevator Shaft

Rectangular Space, Shaft, or Elevator

Creating a Rectangular Space, Shaft, or Elevator

Changing Rectangular Space, Shaft, and Elevator Dimensions

Slabs, Pits, and Walls

Adding a Slab

Slab Options

About Slab Openings

Creating Slab Openings

Creating a Pit

Adding a Wall

Wall Options

Wall Thickness

About Wall Thickness

Changing Wall Thickness

Wall Extraction

About Extracting Walls

Extracting Walls

Replacing Missing Walls

Ceilings and Floorings

About Ceilings

Creating a Ceiling

About Floorings

Create a Flooring

Changing Mass Values for Individual Stories

About Changing Slab Thickness and Story Height for Individual Stories

Changing Story Height

Changing Slab Thickness

Column Reservation

Creating Column Reservations

Column Reservation Options

Roofs

About Roofs

Creating a Flat Roof

Flat Roof Options

Creating a Freeform Roof

Freeform Roof Options

Pitched Roof

Creating a Pitched Roof

Pitched Roof Options

Changing Pitch in a Pitched Roof

Changing Pitched Roof Overhang

Adding an Open Gable

Removing an Open Gable

Copy to Another Story

About Copying Elements to Another Story

Copying Elements to Another Story

Openings

About Openings

Creating Openings

Curtain Walls and Panel Walls

About Curtain Walls

Creating Curtain Walls

Deactivating Mullions

Curtain Wall Options

About Panel Walls

Creating a Panel Wall

Repositioning a Panel Wall Jig

Panel Definitions

Making a Panel Type as an Adaptive Building Component

About Variable Curtain Walls

Creating Variable Curtain Walls

Extracting Variable Curtain Wall Cells or Curves

Renaming and Editing

Renaming the Building and Stories

What Are Space Properties?

Editing Space Properties

Summarizing Data - Building Estimator and Door Window Schedule

About the Building Estimator

Displaying the Building Estimator

Building Estimator Options

Displaying a Door and Window Schedule

Door and Window Schedule Options

Shadow Studies

About Shadow Studies

Performing a Cast Shadow Study

Generating Shadow Profiles

Generating Shadow Duration Profiles

Generating Solar Radiation Maps

BIM Attributes, Construction Classification Standards, and Attribute Spreadsheets

Why Specify and Review BIM attributes?

About Construction Classification Standards

Adding and Editing Object Attributes

Searching for Objects

Copying BIM attribute Extensions

Analyzing BIM Attributes

Creating, Updating, and Using a Link Spreadsheet

Generating and Importing

Generate 2D Views

About Generating Two-Dimensional Plans

Generating 2D Views to use in CATIA Drafting

Opening a Drawing in Drafting

Generating 3D Elements from 2D Sketches

Creating Spaces from a Floor Plan

Creating Shafts from a Floor Plan

Creating Elevators from a Floor Plan

Creating Walls from a Floor Plan Sketch

Creating Column Reservations from a Floor Plan

Creating Openings from a Floor Plan Sketch

Generate BIM Product Structure

Generating BIM Product Structure and IFC

Generate BIM Product Structure Options

Changing Attributes and Order for Generate BIM Product Structure

Adding a Building in Existing Product Structure

OSM Map Files

About OSM Map Files

Importing an OSM File

Creating a Building from a Building Footprint

Opening a OSM Map Building Product in Natural Shape

Importing City Objects

Handling Geolocation

Geolocation Concepts

About Geolocation

About Coordinate Reference Systems

About Geolocation Positioning

Using Geolocation and B.I. Essentials

Positioning a Terrain

Assessing Geolocation Positioning within a Product Structure

Diagnosing Geolocation Issues and Fixing Them

Converting Geolocation Coordinates in Another Coordinate Reference System

Adding a Geolocated Point

Content Library and Building Components

About the Content Library

Importing Building Components

Inserting a Building Component

Adding Components by Points

Making an AEC Adaptive Building Component

Publishing Objects

Inputs and Parameters for AEC Type

Creating a Building Functional Set

Relative Positioning of Building Components

Using Multiple Edit

Reference Information

About Knowledgeware Integration

Knowledge Packages

Buildings Space Planning Types

Site Planning Types

Standard Types