Groups of Rooms Element

Referring to the Room Manager hierarchy, the user must create a Groups of rooms element (GPSET) below an existing Building by Groups of rooms (GPWL) element in the Building Applications window and as a LEV element in the Applications window. GPSET elements correspond to different levels within the building.

To create a new Groups of rooms (GPSET) element make sure a Building by Groups of rooms (GPWL) element is selected in the Building Applications window. From the Building Applications window, in Create group, select Group of rooms from the drop down list, The Create Group of rooms window is displayed.

The Naming part of the Create Building by Groups of rooms window is identical in format and functionality as the Building by Room window, for further information refer to Building by Room Element.

All the building levels that have rooms associated with them are displayed in the Level pane of the Create Group of rooms window. Only the rooms associated with the selected building level will be displayed in the Rooms pane of the Create Group of rooms window.

The user can determine the type of volume on which the application makes it calculations and displays the results in the Create Building by Groups of rooms window. To do this:

Click Inventory volume to display the results of the Structure, Components and Inventory calculations.

or

Click Flooding volume to display the results of the Structure, Components and Inventory calculations.

Click Apply to create a GPSET/LEV element, the Modify Group of rooms window is displayed and the GPSET element is displayed in the Building Applications window and as a LEV element in the Applications window. The total number of rooms and the total gross volume is displayed.

Click Dismiss to discard any inputs and close the Create Group of rooms window.