Panel Lengths to Floor Plan Drawing

The lengths of wall panels can be added to the floor plan drawing when you generate panel breaks. The length can be a nominal length determined by the panel breaks or the actual length according to the panel attributes, that is the same as the length of the bottom plate. The nominal length can be added to the floor plan drawing when generating the panel breaks. The actual length is updated on the floor plan drawing after the panel drawings have been generated.

Using this function requires that the wall panel settings be edited. Editing the settings is the system administrator’s task.

Actual length to floor plan drawing

In the settings, adding the actual length of a panel to a floor plan drawing is defined as follows:

1. Select System | Structural Libraries | Wall Automatic Execution.
2. For the keyword OBJECT_MODEL, select the value 1 from the Exec list. Use the keyword data specified in the Data field. If the field is blank, type the value 1 into it.

   

3. For the keyword MARKPANELLENGTHS, select the value 1 from the Exec list. Type the value ACTUAL in the Data field.

   

4. Using the data, you can also select which dimension is added to the floor plan drawing and where the dimension will be placed in relation to the panel label. You can define the location of the dimension in relation to the center point of the wall by entering the data DX = distance from the center point in the X axis direction, DY = distance from the center point in the Y axis direction. Separate the data with commas.

   

   If you do not use location data, the dimension is placed in the panel label.

Nominal length to floor plan drawing

In the settings, adding the nominal length of a panel to a floor plan drawing is defined as follows:

1. Select System | Structural Libraries | Wall Automatic Execution.
2. For the keyword MARKPANELLENGTHS, select the value 1 from the Exec list. Type the value 4 in the Data field.

   

3. Using the data, you can also select where the dimension will be placed in relation to the panel label. You can define the location of the dimension in relation to the center point of the wall as described above or define it in relation to the label. The dimension will be placed below the label when you type the data in the format: distance from the label,BELOW. If the distance is negative, the dimension will be placed above the label.

   

   

   The dimension will be placed to the left of the label, when you type the data in the format: distance from the label,LEFT. If the distance is negative, the dimension will be placed to the right of the label. Separate the data with commas. If you do not use location data, the dimension is placed in the panel label.