Parameters for recess, opening in slab

Tool(s): Recess, Opening in Slab

The parameters available in the Opening tab vary, depending on the type of opening and the architectural element in which it is to be inserted.

Type

Use this to specify whether a recess or an opening is to be inserted in the slab.

Outline

Specify the outline of the opening in plan.

Note: Before you can select the Freeform opening from symbol catalog type, you need to create the outline of an opening in plan view using the tools in the Draft module and save it as a symbol. The length and width of the opening are based on the maximum length and width of the symbol and cannot be changed.

Parameters

Depending on the type of opening you want to use, you can set the following parameters here:

Dimensions

Depending on the type of opening you want to use, the following dimensions are available:

Top level = TL slab, Bottom level = BL slab (for slab recesses)

These parameters can be set when you create recesses in slabs.

By enabling the relevant check boxes, you can quickly specify how the recess is inserted in the slab.

Height (for slab recesses)

This is where you can define the depth of the slab recess.

Use the Top level = TL Slab or Bottom level = BL Slab setting to quickly specify how the recess is inserted in the slab. When you enable both check boxes, the recess pierces the slab completely; the recess continues to behave like a recess and not like an opening.

Height setup (for slab recesses)

Click Height... to define the height of the opening. You can define the height as an absolute value. You can also associate the height of the element with default or custom reference planes or relative to other building elements.

Relative to TL, BL

The height setup is represented by icons. Click Height... to make changes.

Open/save favorite file

Click to save recesses or openings defined as favorite files.
To retrieve a favorite file, click .

Library element

To insert a defined smart symbol, click and select the smart symbol in the Library palette.

Note: Smart window symbols created using Smart Window and Door Symbols (How) cannot be inserted in slab recesses and openings.
If the way in which openings are displayed does not suit you, you can create your own images in 2D and save them as smart symbols.
You can define smart 3D symbols and insert them in horizontal slabs using Smart Symbol (How). In the case of inclined slabs, it makes sense to use smart 2D symbols only as you cannot "tilt" smart 3D symbols.

Activate Smart Symbol in one of the following ways

• Menu bar: Create Bonus Tools Smart Symbols

• Palette: Tools Create area in the following module(s):

Smart Symbols

Activate Smart Window and Door Symbols in one of the following ways

• Menu bar: Create Architecture Basic: Walls, Openings, Components

• Palette: Tools Create area in the following module(s):

Basic: Walls, Openings, Components