General

The General options let you customize building feature options for Buildings Space Planning.

This page discusses:

Building Defaults

Stories Above Ground
Sets the default number of stories above the ground in a building.
Stories Below Ground
Sets the default number of stories below the ground in a building.
Story Height
Sets the default value for story height.
Slab Thickness
Sets the default value for slab thickness.
Slab Width
Sets the default value for slab width.

Wall Defaults

Exterior Wall Thickness
Sets the default value for external wall thickness.
Interior Wall Thickness
Sets the default value for internal wall thickness.
Shaft Wall Thickness
Sets the default value for shaft wall thickness.
Column Reservation Wall Thickness
Sets the default value for column reservation wall thickness.

Mass Defaults

Select the desired option:

Walls Outward
Creates the walls for the mass on the outside of the sketch.
Walls Inward
Creates the walls for the mass on the inside of the sketch.
Walls Both Ways
Creates the walls for the mass on both sides of the sketch. The sketch traces the middle of the created walls.

Stair Defaults

Minimum Riser Height
Sets the minimum riser height for both stairs and stairwells.
Maximum Riser Height
Sets the maximum riser height for stairs and stairwells.
Headroom
Sets the stair and stairwell overhead clearance, that is, the clear vertical height from the stair tread nosing to any overhead obstruction.
Circular Stair Headroom
Sets the circular stair overhead clearance, that is, the clear vertical height from any stair tread nosing in the circular stair to any overhead obstruction.
Path of Travel Offset
Sets the distance between the path of travel and the inner radius of the stair. The system measures the unit run along the path of travel for circular stairs.

Ceiling Defaults

Height
Sets the distance between the story level slab and the ceiling.
Thickness
Sets the ceiling thickness.
Wall Offset
Sets the distance of the ceiling edges from the walls.
Reservation Offset
Sets the space reserved above a ceiling.

Floor Covering Defaults

Subfloor Thickness
Sets the thickness of the subfloor, which goes directly on the structural slab to insulate and smooth the surface.
Floor Thickness
Sets the thickness floor covering.

Building Component Defaults

Share Attribute Extensions
When you select the Share Attribute Extensions check box, all building components of the same type of the same configuration share the IFC property sets attached to them. When you clear the check box, the building components continue to share the 3D representation, but each object of the same type carries its own property set values. For example, when you select the Share Attribute Extensions check box, all doors of the same configuration share the IFC values assigned to that door configuration. When you clear the check box, each door of the same configuration can have its own property set of values.

Site Defaults

Floor Area Ratio
Sets the project Floor Area Ratio (FAR).