It is need for each rule having 2D properties to be firstly set as Flexible
2D Type :
2D type categories correspond to different order of magnitude when browsing in a 2D view.
From the highest level to the lowest level of scale and abstraction, the arKItect type you define could be associated with one and only one of the following kinds:
- Site corresponds to the highest level of abstraction. It’s size would be in the range of square kilometers. Site contains Buildings but may also contain Closed Networks or Networks. Site is displayed as an expanded object, you see everything inside.
- Buildings correspond to a scope of a few thousands of square meters. It is really featuring a Building and may contain several floors. For this reason, a Building is folded and cannot be unfolded. Size of the building and floors are independant at first. Normally, the building will inherit from the surface of it's implantation in the ground, but user is free to do what he wants. Inside the Building only Levels are possible.
- Level corresponds to a floor in a building, it is displayed in same scale as the building. Levels are always expanded
- Rooms are surfaces of interest that normally will have both a functional and spatial role. They will typically be in a range of few tenths to few hundreds of square meters but you may use them for desiging the wiring of a car, train or plane. Rooms correspond to the scale where people live. Rooms are always expanded when they are displayed which means you always see what's inside.
- Process, Equipment and Wall correspond to items that will be allocated into a room or into a level or into other generic sized objects. The only difference between them will be the default 2D parameter values that may change from one kind to another. Process, Equipements and Walls are always black box. You cannot see what's inside in a 2D view. They are supposed to be the leaf objects of a 2D view.
- Network and Crossing Points are used to design networks, e.g. electrical network, ventilation network, fluid network, communication bussses network… Crossing points are the nodes of a network. These nodes are linked with some kind of straigh line flows. User never has to deal with links, the interface allows to draw a link by a succession of clicks corresponding to crossing points (first click corresponds to where the network starts). Everything is then generated automatically.
- Closed network is used to design a shape that is not simple. They can be used to draw geographical zones e.g. for fire analysis. Closed networks use crossing points to design their outlines exactly like Networks.
Dimension:
For each 2D type, we can define it default dimensions :
- Unit of measure : Select the unit for this 2D type
- Size X : it corresponds to the horizontal dimension of objects
- Size Y: it correspond to the vertical dimension of objects
- Height, Diameter: default Height and Diameter of objects
- Rotation (0.1 deg) : used when object is rotated; if object is rotated to 90°, value will be 900