The Tree

The tree provides visibility to the building features and content.

Located on the left by default, the tree displays the building and components as a tree structure. It includes listings of building features, such as curtain walls, stairs, stairwells, shafts, roofs, structural members, and footings. It also includes a story-by-story listing of all spaces currently in the building.



Use the tree to:

  • Locate story-by-story spaces that you already placed in the building.
  • View and hide stories, spaces, structural members, and other features in the building by clicking:



    		To make a viewable item hidden.


    		To make a hidden item viewable.

  • Locate sketches. In the tree, sketches you create with Positioned Sketch are in Reference Elements. Sketches you create with Sketcher are in GeometrySets.
  • Access commands to add, change, and copy building elements.

    For example, in the tree, you can click the primary slab of Story 1, and from the context toolbar, you can:

    • Change the slab thickness for the story.
    • Change the story height for the individual story.

    Or, in the tree, you can click the listing for an individual space and from the context toolbar, you can:

    • Change the space wall thickness.
    • Edit space properties (name, department, and sub-department) for a space.
    • Copy the space to a different story.

  • Locate structural members.
  • Initiate the editing of multiple structural members or individual members. For example, you can edit all the catalog columns or you could edit a single catalog column.
  • Initiate the editing of a sketch that serves as profile for an building element or the mass.
  • Drag and drop features from one functional set to another.

    For example, in the tree, you can drag spaces from one slab to another.