Space Program Options

The Space Program helps you to track the implementation of your space requirements.

To access Space Program, from the Building section of the action bar, click Space Program .

Space Program has tabs and action buttons. Each tab displays a separate table. To sort the data in a tab by one of the columns, click the column header. The arrow displays the sort order. Click again to reverse the sort order.

This page discusses:

Space Program

When you import a space requirements spreadsheet, the Space Program tab displays the columns from your imported spreadsheet. It does so by considering the first row of your spreadsheet as the column names.

The section also includes additional columns for the actual values in the building. While the names in the tab can vary depending on the column names in the imported spreadsheet, the following column names have special meaning in the Space Program:

Department
Department owning the named space. The department is part of the type, department, sub-department concatenation that the Space Program uses to associate the space type row in the space requirements with individual spaces in the building.
Sub-Department
The sub-department owning the space. The sub-department is part of the type, department, sub-department concatenation that the Space Program uses to associate the space type row in the space requirements with individual spaces.
Space Type
Describes the function of the space. The type is part of the type, department, sub-department concatenation that the Space Program uses to associate the space type row in the building requirements with individual spaces in the building.
Name
Name identifying the space. Spaces of the same type can have different names.
ID
The space ID that is unique to the space.
Area
The programmed area of the space determined by the imported space requirements.
Note: When dragging from the space program (or space browser), the space created will have this area.
Actual Area
The actual total area of the type of the space. The listing is specific to the type of space that is identified by concatenating its type, department, and sub-department. Space Program automatically includes this column whenever the imported space requirements include a Space Area column or X and Y columns.
Count
The number of spaces of this type (that is, with the same department, sub-department, and type) specified in the original space requirements. This count limits the number of spaces of this type that you can create from the Space Program or Space Browser. For example, the original requirements could have a count of 15 Sales > Northern Europe > Small Conference rooms. When you create spaces of this type from the Space Program (or Space Browser) and reach the count for the space type specified in the space requirement, you cannot add any more spaces of this type from the Space Program or Space Browser.
Note: It is possible to manually create additional spaces and edit the space properties to match the department, sub-department, and name of the required space type.
Actual Count
The actual count of the spaces with the same department, sub-department, and space type. For example, if you drag into the building 25 Sales > Northern Europe > Sales Offices out of a building program requested count of 50, Actual Count is 25. Space Program automatically includes this column if the imported building program spreadsheet includes the Count column.
Walls
Indicates if the space is surrounded by walls.
Space Height
The height of the space.
Color
The color of the space, specified by Red (R), Green (G), Blue (B), and Transparency (T) values. R,G,B,T are integer values that range from 0-255. The R,G,B values are required, while the T value is optional. If the T value is missing, the system sets it to a default value of 0.
Floor Number
The story numbers or names on which the spaces should be created. If there is a corresponding story with this name in the building when you create a space type by dragging and dropping, the story becomes the active story with this name and the system creates the space on this story.
Actual Floor
The story number or name where the spaces of this type are located in the project. Space Program automatically includes this column whenever the imported space requirements include a Floor Number column.
X
The width, that is, the dimensions along the X axis for each space of this type. The value reflects the width (X-axis dimension) of a space created from the Space Program. Space Program only displays X and its associated Y columns when they are included in the imported building program. When these two columns are missing from the imported spreadsheet, Space Program assumes that the space is a square when you drag the space into the building to create a space. For example, for a vice president's office with a 100 square foot area, the space area becomes a 10 by 10 space when dragged into the building.
Y
The length, that is, the dimensions along the Y axis, for each space of this type. The value reflects the length (Y-axis dimension) of a space created from the Space Program. Space Program only displays Y and the associated X columns when they are included in the imported space requirements. When these two columns are missing from the imported spreadsheet, Space Program assumes that the space is a square when you drag the space into the building.
Space Area
The area programmed in the original building requirements for each space of this type.
Note: All measurements in the Space Program are in the default units.

If there is a mismatch between the X-Y dimensions and Space Area, the X-Y dimensions take precedence for spaces that you drag into the building.

Total Area
The total space area for the space type.

Space Summary

This section provides summary data on space types in the building.

The columns in the section are:

Type
The space type (department, sub-department, and type) in the building.
Department
Department owning the named space in the building.
Sub-Department
Sub-department owning the named space in the building.
Qty
The number of spaces of this type (department, sub-department, and name). This is the same number as the actual count on the Building Program tab.
Floor
The story or stories where the spaces of this type (department, sub-department, and name) are located in the building.
Area
The total actual area of all the spaces of this space type (that is, same department, sub-department, and name).

Space Inventory

This section lists every space located in the building. For example, if you have 12 classrooms in the building, Space Program lists each classroom individually in the Space Inventory tab.

The columns are:

Department
The department owning the space in the building.
Sub-Department
The sub-department owning the space in the building.
Type
The type of the space in the building.
Name
The name for the space in the building.
The ID for the space in the building.
Floor
The story where the space is located in the building.
Area
The actual area of the space in the building.

The Space Program displays subtotal for Area column. To view a subtotal of specific cells within Area column, hold down the Ctrl key and select the required cells. An Info panel displays the subtotals.

Action Buttons

Click one of the following to implement the option.

Refresh Click to refresh the data in the Space Program.
Export

Click to open a Save As dialog box, where you can save the data from the Space Program to an Excel file.