Review Options

Option System

Use the functions in the Option integrity sub menu to mark the objects associated to an option or the option condition associated to an object, to check the syntax of the option conditions or to renumber options.

  • Mark an Option Structure
  • Mark Selected Options
  • Clear Markers
  • Check Syntax of Option Conditions

Mark an Option Structure

Use this function to mark the objects of an option in the floor plan.

  1. Select Options | Review | Structure.
  2. Select the option box by clicking the option id in the upper left corner of the option box.

The program highlights the option box and all objects associated to the option in color.

Note

  • You can select several options to be marked with the function Mark Selected Options.
  • You can clear the markings with the function Clear Markers.

Mark Selected Options

Use this function to mark the objects of an option in the floor plan.

  1. Select Options | Review | Selected.
  2. Select the options from the Select Options list.

    Select Options List

The program highlights the option boxes and all objects associated to the options in color.

Note

  • All the available options for the project are listed in the Select Options list. However, not all available options have geometry that could be marked in the floor plan, for example the reverse building option, stretch option or height option.
  • Alternatively, you can use the function Mark Option Structure to find out the objects of a certain option box.
  • You can clear the markings with the function Clear Markers.

Clear Markers

Use this function to clear all the markings of objects belonging to options from the floor plan. Select Options | Review | Unmark.

Check Syntax of Option Conditions

You can use the Options | Review | Syntax function to check the syntax of all the option conditions added to the project. The program checks the following issues:

  • The options used in the conditions actually exist in the Options database.
  • The logical operators used in the conditions are correct (and, or, not).

If errors are not found, you will be prompted "Syntax of Option Conditions are correct".

If an error occurs in the conditions, the program lists the incorrect option conditions to a database view. An option condition, which cannot be found in the database of allowed option conditions for the project, is displayed in the Current Condition field. You can find the incorrect option box in the floor plan by clicking the Trace button.

You can fix the syntax of the option condition by typing the id from the keyboard to the Condition field, or by copying the id from the database of allowed options as follows:

  1. Click the Options button.
  2. Copy the id of the condition to the clipboard.
  3. Return to the view of incorrect options by clicking OK or Cancel.
  4. Paste the id from the clipboard to the Condition field.

When you close the database view of incorrect options by clicking OK, the syntax of the condition is updated in the floor plan.

You can also edit the option conditions with the function Edit Option Data.

Options Database