Save a Building under a New Name

You can save the active building in the building archive under a new name as follows:

  1. Do either of the following:
    • Select > Save Building As.
    • Select Archives | Buildings | Save As.
  2. Type a new label in the Building id field. The label can be a maximum of a 13-character long alphanumeric string. In the label, the following characters are allowed:
    • the letters: a-z, A-Z
    • numbers from 0-9
    • special characters: underscore (_)
  3. You can type a descriptive name for the building in the Name field. The name is not obligatory.
  4. Select a saving location for the building from the Store In list. The program will gather a list of all of the ms_volume definitions in the ../user/SETUP setup file for which there is a Buildings folder in the defined path. The default saving location is defined in the ../user/SETUP file under the keyword building_ms. The keyword value should be an ms_volume definition.
Note:
  • When you are mirroring a building with wall panel drawings, you can select to save the building under a new name before mirroring.
  • During saving, the program will automatically check whether there are overlapping building components in the building. If overlapping components are found, the program will display an error message and asks the user to select the Check Building Component Interference function in order to locate and remove them.
  • When a building, model or drawing is saved, the system automatically checks the integrity of the object model. When the model is checked, it is possible to fix the errors that may occur in the models created with previous program versions, for example. If the model contains errors, they will be listed in a dialog box. Close the dialog box by clicking OK, after which you can choose whether to fix the errors or not.