Piece Properties
Architectural, Framer
You can select the properties of a profile being added or edited in the dialog box. When you have selected more than one profile to be edited, select the check box of the property you want to edit in the Piece Properties dialog box, and select a new value for the property. The edited properties will take effect on all the selected profiles. Other properties of each profile will remain unchanged.
The parameters on the left side of the dialog box are loaded from the profile library.
Library Parameters
- Cross Section
- Select the profile library from the Library list. Then select the cross section size from the Code list.
- Classifying Data
- Depending on the parameter set, you can select the property Type for the profile, for example finishing trim or accessory.
- Materials
- If the profile has alternative materials, you can select the material from the Material list.
- Pick
- Select the properties of an existing profile by clicking Pick. Click the profile in the model or in the floor plan.
- Position
- The property is available, when you are adding a primary beam or another profile to a framing. Select one of the following:
- Direction
- The property is available, when you are adding a primary beam to a roof framing. The property is significant when the beam is in the same direction as the ridge. Select either of the following:
- True Preview
- By default, the preview image of the profile is a static bitmap image. The same preview image is used for all the cross sections in the library. When you select the check box True Preview, the preview image is created for each cross section in the profile library using the true dimensions of the cross section. Using the true preview may slow down the opening of the dialog box and refreshing of the preview image when you change the cross section of the profile.
View
The parameters on the right side of the dialog box are loaded from the PIECE.SETUP keyword group in the system settings. The customer-specific parameters that differ from these are defined in the PIECE.CUSTOM keyword group.
- Detail
- The properties available in the dialog box and their values depend on the detail selected. You can select the detail. when you are adding a profile, beam or column.
- 2D Instance: View
- Select one of the following as the profile's presentation method in the drawing:
- 2D Instance: Visibility
- Display the profile in the building's 2D drawing by selecting the check box.
- 2D Instance: Line
- Select the line type of line, box or top view from the Line list.
- 2D Instance: Hatch
- Select the hatch fill of box or top view from the Hatch list.
- 3D instance: View
- If any features such as holes or notches have been added to the profile, you can select their presentation method in the 3D model from the following options:
- 3D instance: Visibility
- You can display the profile in the building's 3D model by selecting the check box.
- 3D instance: Line
- Select the line type from the Line list.
- Color System
- Select one of the following as the color system:
- Color System: Pen
- Select the pen thickness from the list.
- Color System: Layer
- Select the layer on which the profile is to be added from the list.
- Color System: 2D Color
- 2D color defines the line color in the 2D drawing. You can select the color, when you have selected the User color system. To select the color, click the Palette button.
- Color System: Hatch 2D
- 2D hatch color defines the color of the profile's hatch fill in the 2D drawing. You can select the color, when you have selected the User color system. To select the color, click the Palette button.
- Color System: 3D Color
- 3D color defines the line color in the wire frame model. You can select the color, when you have selected the User color system. To select the color, click the Palette button.
- Color System: Face
- Determines the surface color in the shaded model. The color needs to be defined in the d_LWMAP database.
- You can edit profile libraries and add new cross sections to them. See New Cross Section to Profile Library.