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The Inspect Floorplan function gives you an easy to read notification box telling you where items on your floorplan need attention such as stands drawn in a keep clear area.
The Inspect Floorplan function gives you an easy to read notification box telling you where items on your floorplan need attention such as stands drawn in a keep clear area.
Inspecting your floorplan
Inspecting your floorplan
This is the Inspect Floorplan notification box:
This is the Inspect Floorplan notification box:
There are 3 types of notification and they are ordered by importance, with the most important items at the top and shown with an exclamation mark in a Red Triangle. The next important items are shown as a question mark in an Orange box. Items marked with a tick in a Green circle are all ok but note any info icons, hover over these for more information.
The Inspection Floorplan function can be run manually but it also runs when you close your drawing down.
To run the Inspection manually select 'Inspect Floorplan' from the HOME ribbon.
Here is a rundown of each message that might appear and what they mean.
Here is a rundown of each message that might appear and what they mean.
High Priority Warnings
High Priority Warnings
When high priority warnings appear you can click the Show button to zoom in and highlight the problem areas. A thick, Red line will appear around the problem stands to make them easier to see, however if you want to turn the Red highlighting off temporarily just click in the Clear Highlights button.
The Inspect Floorplan box will remain on-screen while you fix any problems, once fixed just click on the Refresh button to run the inspection again.
Overlapping stands found : This means that some of your stands are overlapping with each other which is not always desirable. Click Show to zoom into the overlapping stands, then delete the unwanted stand.
Duplicate stand numbers found : This means that some of your stands have duplicate stand numbers.
Gangway dimensions less than XXm found : This means that you have gangway dimensions less than the minimum width required. The minimum width can be set per floorplan as shown here.
Stands not joined correctly : This means that some of your stands are not quite joined correctly, this might not be a problem in most cases but they are worth correcting anyway. Note: There is a tolerance of 1 cm before detection works, larger gaps are not detected.
Blocks of stands not on service ducts found : This means that there are blocks of stands that are not over a service duct or under a busbar.
Stands found in a keep clear area : This means that stands have been drawn within a keep clear area and must be corrected.
Stands found in a height restricted area : This means that stands of a certain height have been drawn in a height restricted area. For help with changing the height of stands click here.
Stands found that clash with pillars : This means that stands have been drawn where they're edges or walls run through a pillar.
Stands found not within a Gross area : This means that a stand(s) are not within a Gross area. Click here for help on how to rectify this.
Gangway DImensions found that are not connected to stands : This means that a Gangway Dimension(s) is not connected to a stand at either or both ends.
Medium Priority Warnings
Medium Priority Warnings
No Stands found : This means that no Stands have been drawn on your floorplan yet. This message may appear mutliple times because certain checks require stands to be present.
No Stand Numbers found : This means that Stand Numbers have not been added to your floorplan yet.
No Gangway dimensions found : This means that Gangway Dimensions have not been added to your floorplan yet.
No Intelligent service ducts found : This means that intelligent service ducts have not been added to your floorplan yet.
No Intelligent keep clear areas found : This means that intelligent keep clear areas have not been added to your floorplan yet.
No Intelligent height restrictions found : This means that intelligent height restrictions have not been added to your floorplan yet.
No Intelligent pillars found : This means that intelligent pillars have not been added to your floorplan yet.
All OK!
All OK!
Each of these messages tells you that everything is in order but, note that Gangway dimensions will also need a manual check to make sure they are drawn on correctly. A future update will also check for gangway dimensions that are drawn incorrectly.
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