5.1.B Assigning Phases to Elements

Workflow

Demo

Practice Exercise (Optional)

• Place new walls on Level 1 in the New phase to create additional rooms and offices in the new building extension.
• Open the Level 1 - New plan view.
• Demolish the former exterior wall between the existing building and the area of the new extension.
• Add new interior walls, doors, and windows to create the new rooms. Hint: you can right-click on an existing element and choose Create Similar from the contextual menu to quickly place new instances with the same type.
• Demolish some walls between the offices on Level 1 of the existing building to create some larger workspaces and meeting rooms.
• Use the Demolish tool some walls.
• Also adjust the doors to the hallway — demolishing existing doors and adding new doors as needed.
• Create a new floor element for the building extension adjacent to the floor of the existing building.
• Open the window schedule
• Right-click on the existing floor and choose Create Similar to start creating a floor of the same type and with the same properties.
• Select the boundary of the new floor elements, extending into the wall core.
• Pick the common edge with the existing floor and lock that boundary of your new floor element to it.