User Interface in Building

Explains the concept of the user interface in LINEAR Building.

This chapter informs about the individual components and basic concepts of the user interface.

Module Overview

  1. Menu bar

    The menu bar contains cross-module commands such as Transfer Building from CAD or Project recovery. Depending on the current context, different commands are available in some cases.

  2. Symbol bar

    The Symbol bar provides a quick access to frequently used commands.

  3. Module Overview

    If you have selected the Module overview in the Navigation area, all licensed modules are displayed here. A module can be activated via the respective checkbox. By clicking the module name you will get to the building structure, where you can adjust the settings of the respective module depending on the selected level.

  4. Navigation area

    The navigation area will take you to the individual workspaces of LINEAR Building.

  5. Status overview

    The status overview summarizes basic information and displays the results of the active modules.

  6. Recently opened projects: List of projects that you recently worked on.

  7. Output window

    Reports and calculation results are displayed in the output window. The latter depend on the current structural level in terms of their scope and level of detail. The tab Remarks can contain notes about the respective current view.

Building structure

  1. Building structure

    The building structure reproduces the architectural structure of the loaded project. Using the building structure, you can navigate to individual building parts, storeys, apartments and rooms.

  2. Toolbar

    The function bar provides context-dependent access to various tools at quick access.

  3. Tabs active modules

    Modules that have been activated in the module overview via the checkbox are listed here in a tab. A tab can contain several sections.

  4. Input area

    In the input area you can edit the loaded project depending on the active module and enter data for the calculations.

Master tables

  1. Master tables

    Lists by category all available building materials, variables, standard areas and components.

  2. Input area

    When an entry has been selected in the master tables, it can be edited with its properties in the input area.