Interior Elevation (IE) Tool Settings
For a description of generic settings common to all tools in the Toolbox, see Working in Tool Settings Dialog Boxes.
For details, see Interior Elevations (IE).
Interior Elevation General Panel
Settings in this panel depend on whether the selected Interior Elevation (IE) is the whole IE Group, or one of its viewpoints. If nothing is selected, the default settings are those of an IE Group.
For an IE Group:
Reference ID: Enter any customized ID, if desired, or click the Autotext button to choose an Autotext reference as part of the ID.
Name: Enter any customized Name, if desired, or click the Autotext button to choose an Autotext reference as part of the Name.
For an individual IE viewpoint:
Reference ID/Name: To inherit the ID or Name defined in the parent IE Group’s settings, leave the pop-up on “By IE Group.”
Any Autotext defined in the parent IE Group’s ID/Name settings will be interpreted individually for each viewpoint in the group.
To enter any other ID/Name for this viewpoint, switch the pop-up to Custom and enter the desired text.
Marker Reference to: Choose an item whose information you want to display in the IE marker:
•the Interior Elevation viewpoint, identifying it by its location in the Navigator Project Map;
or
•the first placed drawing of the Interior Elevation viewpoint, identifying it by its location in the Layout Book hierarchy
Reference to: shows the path (location in the Navigator hierarchy) of the chosen reference item.
To redefine the Marker Reference: Choose from among the pop-up choices (either viewpoint or first placed drawing of the viewpoint).
Interior Elevation Status
Choose an option to define the status of the link between the Elevation and the Floor Plan.
•Auto-rebuild Model: An Interior Elevation with Auto-rebuild status will be automatically rebuilt every time it is opened or brought to the front of the screen if the Floor Plan has changed.
•Manual-rebuild Model: An Interior Elevation with Manual-rebuild status is not rebuilt automatically. It can be rebuilt from the model only by using the Rebuild Elevations/Rebuild from Model command of the View menu.
•Drawing: In an Interior Elevation of Drawing status, elements will be exploded into 2D drawing elements which are not linked to the Floor Plan and will not be automatically rebuilt from the model. You can, however, update the drawing to reflect recent changes made to the model.
This pop-up list allows you to choose the stories on which to display the Interior Elevation markers and lines.
•If you have selected the Infinite radio button under Vertical Range, choose All stories or a particular custom story (choose the story shown in the pop-up list, or choose Browse Story to select another story of the project.)
•If you have selected the Limited radio button under Vertical Range and entered height values, two additional options are active.
Entirely in Range: The Elevation marker and line will appear on all stories that are entirely in the vertical range defined in the height value fields.
At Least Partly in Range: The Elevation marker and line will appear on all stories that are at least partly included in the vertical range defined in the height value fields.
Horizontal Range
The Horizontal Range can be either Infinite or Limited.
The default choice is Limited. In this case, the IE view will extend horizontally until the Room Boundary line.
If the Room Boundary is a Wall, then the view automatically extends to the depth of the Wall.
To adjust the horizontal range, select the Room Boundary line and stretch or shrink it using the commands of the pet palette. (Stretch/shrink modifications to this segment will affect the neighboring line segments accordingly, as when editing any polyline.)
An Infinite Horizontal Range means that the Interior Elevation viewpoint will extend horizontally to include all visible parts of the model.
Note: The visibility of elements in an Interior Elevation is defined differently as of ARCHICAD 18. In earlier versions, the bounding box of elements determined whether they would be shown in the viewpoint. To use the older-version logic, turn on the Interior Elevation Legacy checkbox in Project Preferences. (See Legacy Preferences.)
Add Bounded Areas (Interior Elevation Default Settings)
To include connected enclosed areas in the Interior Elevation viewpoint, choose Add bounded areas. This checkbox is available
•in Interior Elevation Default Settings (you must set it before you place the IE; you cannot set this control for an already placed IE)
•if the Limited option is checked for Horizontal Range
Vertical Range
The vertical range defines the height of the Floor Plan Elevation that will be included in the Interior Elevation window.
•Infinite: The Elevation will include the entire height of the project.
•Limited: The Elevation is confined to a limited vertical range. If you click this button, enter elevation values for the upper and lower limits of the Interior Elevation. Elements above and below these limits will not appear in the Interior Elevation.
Use the pop-up to define whether this vertical range should be measured from Project Zero, or a particular custom story: choose the story shown in the pop-up list, or choose Browse Story to select another story of the project.
•Detect and Fit to Zones: The Interior Elevation will use the Zone height (if it detects any zones in the Interior Elevation limit) as the IE viewpoint’s vertical range.
If you want this zone calculation to take any Solid Operations into account, you should also check the Consider Solid Operations box.
Interior Elevation Marker Panel
Marker Placement: Use this control if you are creating a Group of IE viewpoints. Choose one of these options:
•Individually for Each Viewpoint: You will place as many markers as viewpoints you are creating in the Group.
•One common Marker for the IE Group: You will place a single marker for the entire group of viewpoints.
Select Marker Type pop-up: Select a parametric marker from this list.
The chosen marker’s 2D Symbol appears in the preview window.
Define Marker size and pencolor.
Uniform Marker Pen: Check this box to use this pencolor for all parts of the marker symbol, regardless of any custom colors set elsewhere for this marker.