Details on Building Detection

Information on the Building detection ... area.

Start LINEAR Building in this area and specify which data is to be transferred during building detection.

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Building detection ...

Building detection ... Opens the program LINEAR Building.

Ground approximation

Here you can define how exterior walls are analyzed in relation to the surrounding ground. Depending on the option selected, areas of an exterior wall of different sizes are detected as being adjoining the outside air.

Constant ground level: If your model does not contain ground topography or you do not want to analyze it, you can use this option to specify a constant ground level and define this more precisely under Reference level (ground level).

Analysis of the topography: If your model contains a ground topography, it can be analyzed with this option.

Ground views Linear Revit

Reference level (ground level)

If you have selected Constant ground level for ground approximation, you can specify here on which level the intersection with the ground is situated. If necessary, create a new work level.

Curtain wall detection

Defines how facades with transparent areas are transferred to LINEAR Building.

Merge window areas: Transfers all transparent components as a single window.

Individual window areas: Transfers each transparent components as an individual window.

Model filter

Restrict to Active View

Enabled: When capturing a building in a 3D view with LINEAR Building, only the elements currently visible in the model are captured. Selectively deactivating elements can improve the detection speed for larger models.

You can hide various elements of a model. For example, you can deactivate the visibility of a storey on the project tab so that the associated elements are not included in the building detection. In the Revit dialog Visibility/ Graphics Overrides, you can influence the visibility of individual elements and thus the detection by deactivating categories, elements or linked architectures. Alternatively, you can also use the Temporarily Hide/Isolate function in Revit and deactivate categories such as Skeleton Frame Construction, Structural Columns, Beam Systems, Structural Connections and/or subcategories thereof for detection.

Diagnosis

Save component information

Enabled: Next time the building is detected from LINEAR Building, information on component segments is stored to the MEP spaces of the Revit project. If a component is to be selected in the model in LINEAR Building using the Zoom CAD element in drawing or Show CAD element in drawing functions, only the part of the component that is relevant in the current structural context is selected.

Disabled: After deactivation, a query follows whether already saved component information in the project should be deleted. The next time the building is detected from LINEAR Building, no component information will be saved. If a component in the model is to be selected in LINEAR Building using the functions Zoom CAD element in drawing or Show CAD element in drawing, the whole component is selected regardless of the current structural context.