SAMUEL M Posted September 9, 2016 Share Posted September 9, 2016 (edited) HOW MANY STORIES TO BE ASSIGNED FOR 3 STOREY BUILDING? WHAT EACH STORIES SHOULD CARRY? PLEASE EXPLAIN ME ABOUT STORIES,CLASSES AND DESIGN LAYER CONCEPT. WHY MY FIRST FLOOR IS LOOKING MUCH ELEVATED THAN THE NORMAL ELEVATION. site_planning.vwx Edited September 9, 2016 by SAMUEL M Quote Link to comment
Jonathan Pickup Posted September 9, 2016 Share Posted September 9, 2016 For a 3 storey building, 3 stories. I don't have a sketch for a 3 storey building, but this 2 storey sketch might help. Stories contain design layers for your objects, and levels that control elevations: 2 Quote Link to comment
zoomer Posted September 9, 2016 Share Posted September 9, 2016 Layers are "Where" elements are (like 1st Floor, 2nd Floor, ... or Building, HVAC, Landscape, ....) Classes are "What" elements are classified (like Doors, Windows, Walls, Columns, ...) Stories and their Levels are predefined Height Levels that you assign to your Layers. Elements drawn on those Layers are drawn from Z= 0.00 of that Layer but the Layer itself has the Story height so the geometry will have automatically the correct height. With the Story Levels you have additional Height Levels you can bind elements relatively. (Like Bottom/Top of floor slab, Top of Finish Floor, Top of Windows, ...) So instead of telling a Wall a fixed Height like 3.00 m, you define it from Top of Slab to Bottom of Slab Story above. And the Walls will adapt automatically if you change Story or Level Heights. Other than in Jonathan's sketch, I always include the "Floor" Slab to my Stories, so the "Ceiling" Slab belongs to the Story above. This way I can always look into my model from top when working and it is not hidden by the upper slab. It depends on the complexity of your model and your workflow if you maybe want to use an extra Layer for your foundations, roofs, surrounding houses, .... Quote Link to comment
SAMUEL M Posted September 12, 2016 Author Share Posted September 12, 2016 so each floor level ll be assigned to stories??? To control the elevation ?? Thank you @Jonathan Pickup& zoomer Quote Link to comment
Jonathan Pickup Posted September 12, 2016 Share Posted September 12, 2016 yes, each floor level is assigned to a story. I would say that the floor layers are part of a story. In my sketch I try to show the hierarchy. Stories contain layers, and levels control elevations within the story. 1 Quote Link to comment
SAMUEL M Posted September 12, 2016 Author Share Posted September 12, 2016 Thank you @Jonathan Pickup. Its clear now. Quote Link to comment
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