Building Section: Primary Area

The primary area of the Building section provides commands for creating and designing your building project. It also provides commands for specifying the active story and for showing and hiding the building and spaces.

This page discusses:

Flyout for Positioned Sketch
Flyout for Building Massing
Flyout for Space
Flyout for Space Browser
Flyout for Wall
Flyout for Stairwell
Flyout for Building Component
Flyout for Flat Roof
Flyout for Curtain Wall
Flyout for Building Grid
Flyout for Show/Hide Building


	Positioned Sketch See Flyout for Positioned Sketch.
	Building Massing Creates a building mass that determines the building volume, exterior walls, levels, and floor slabs. See Flyout for Building Massing.
	Space See Flyout for Space.
	Space Browser See Flyout for Space Browser.
	Wall See Flyout for Wall.
	Stairwell See Flyout for Stairwell.
	Opening See Flyout for Building Component.
	Flat Roof See Flyout for Flat Roof.
	Curtain Wall See Flyout for Curtain Wall.
	Building Grid See Flyout for Building Grid.
	Show/Hide Building See Flyout for Show/Hide Building.

Flyout for Positioned Sketch


	Positioned Sketch Creates a positioned sketch from any reference and parameters. See Using Sketcher.
	Sketch from DWG Creates a sketch by importing a DWG/DXF file. See Sketch from DWG.
	Sketch from Space Creates a sketch from the footprint of the space. See Creating a Sketch from a Space.
	Sketch from Story Creates a sketch from the walls, spaces, and slabs in a story. See Creating a Sketch from a Story.

Flyout for Building Massing


	Building Massing Creates a building mass from a sketch. The building mass includes a building volume, exterior walls, levels, and floor slabs.
	Create Building Creates a building based on a set of parameters, selected reference planes, or a spreadsheet.

Flyout for Space


	Space Creates a space from a sketch. See Creating Space.
	Shaft Creates a vertical space that passes through one or more stories. See Creating a Shaft.
	Elevator Creates an elevator that passes through one or more stories. See Creating an Elevator Shaft.

Flyout for Space Browser


	Space Browser Displays the Space Browser, which shows the project space requirements by Departments, Sub-Departments, Space types, and Spaces. See Displaying the Space Browser.
	Space Program Displays a work area spreadsheet version of your building requirements. See Displaying the Space Program.
	Color Spaces by Category Applies colors to space volumes based on the space's assigned type, sub-department, or department. See Assigning Color to Spaces by Category.
	Building Estimator Displays the specifications for various building components. Displaying the Building Estimator.
	Door Window Schedule Displays a schedule that summarizes door and window data for all doors and windows in the model.
	Import Space Requirements Opens an Import Excel file dialog box, where you can select and open your building program spreadsheet to import into Buildings Space Planning. See Importing Space Requirements and Space Color by Category.

Flyout for Wall


	Wall Adds one or more walls. See Adding a Wall.
	Slab Creates a slab. See Adding a Slab.
	Slab Opening Creates a slab opening that passes through one or more stories. See Creating Slab Openings.
	Pit Creates a pit. See Creating a Pit.
	Column Reservation Creates an area extending up one story. Use for options such as a column cover and a walled enclosure. See Creating Column Reservations.
	Ceiling Creates a ceiling from a sketch profile or a space. See Creating a Ceiling.
	Flooring Creates floor covering for a sketch profile or a space. See Create a Flooring.

Flyout for Stairwell


	Stairwell Creates a stairwell, which is a u-shaped stair that can extend multiple stories and is surrounded by walls. See Adding a Stairwell.
	Straight Stairs Creates a single straight run of stairs that extends up one story. See Adding a Straight Stair.
	Circular Stairs Creates a single, circular run of stairs that extends up one story. Adding Circular Stairs.
	Spiral Stairs Creates a single, spiral run of stairs that extends up one story. See Adding Spiral Stairs.
	Ramps Creates a ramp. See Creating a Ramp.
	Railing Creates railings on and around a stair, a ramp, or a stairwell. See Creating Railings.

Flyout for Building Component


	Position Component Opens the Insert Component dialog box, where you can select to insert an Opening, Doors, Windows, Fixtures, Furniture, or Equipment. See Inserting a Building Component
	Component by Points Opens the Insert Component dialog box, where you can select to insert an Opening, Doors, Windows, Fixtures, Furniture, or Equipment. You can place components at selected points.
	Import Building Components Installs the latest content in your library. Downloads and updates the library from Content Central.

Flyout for Flat Roof


	Flat Roof Creates a flat roof on top of a building mass. See Creating a Flat Roof.
	Freeform Roof Creates a user-designed roof on top of a building mass. See Creating a Freeform Roof.
	Pitched Roof Creates a pitched roof on top of a building mass. See Creating a Pitched Roof.

Flyout for Curtain Wall


	Curtain Wall Converts a wall to a curtain wall. See Creating Curtain Walls
	Variable Curtain Wall Converts a wall to a variable curtain wall. See Creating Variable Curtain Walls
	Panel Wall Creates a panel wall on a planar on nonplanar face of a building or on a space, elevator, shaft, or stairwell wall. See Creating a Panel Wall.

Flyout for Building Grid


	Building Grid Creates a structural grid that displays on the top of slabs and is based on a horizontal sketch. See Creating a Building Structural Grid.
	Reference Planes Grid Creates a structural grid that displays on selected reference planes and is based on a sketch. See Creating a Reference Plane Grid.

Flyout for Show/Hide Building


	Show/Hide Building Turns on the building mass display. See Showing or Hiding the Building.
	Show/Hide Spaces Turns on or off the building space display. See Showing or Hiding Spaces.
	Dynamic Visu Assistant Manages the visualization of structural objects without modifying products or representations. Use Dynamic Visa Assistant on BIM Export products.