Zones

Zones are spatial units in your project, created with the Zone tool.

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Zones usually represent rooms; wings of a building; blocks of a housing estate; or functional areas of a building. Zones in 3D can also be used for simple mass modeling; and they form the basis of the Model Review process in the Energy Evaluation function.

The bottom of every Zone (like other elements) is linked to its Home Story; you can also top-link the Zone to any story above it in the project.

As needed, define offsets from its top link or Home Story; this will affect the Zone height. Alternatively, just enter a fixed Zone height, without a top link.

Creating Zones

Zone Categories

2D Display of Zone Backgrounds

Zone Stamps

3D Display of Zone Spaces

Crop Zone to Another Element

Calculating Zone Area and Zone Volume

Updating Zones

Zone Tool Settings