Create Category for Room Design

For Room Design the format is slightly different to other "Category" definitions, mainly because there are more choices and combinations available to the end user.

A Room Design Category must reside below a STSE which in turn must reside below a CATA element.

Create a Room Design Category

1. Select Create, then select Catalogue to open the Create Catalogue Form. Create a new Catalogue in the database hierarchy with the purpose set to ROOM.

2. Select Create, then select Section to open the Create Section Form. Create a new Section in the database hierarchy with the purpose set to ROOM.

3. To create a Category, select Create, then select Category for Room Design from the main window drop-down.

   The Create Room Design Category window opens:

   

   The following selections are available below Create Type:

   Wall Panels	Wall Joiners
   Wall Profiles	Windows
   Doors	Information Fittings
   Electrical Fittings	Fire Protection Fittings
   Furniture	Ceiling Lights
   Ceiling Profiles	Ceiling Tiles
   Ceiling Hangers	HVAC Fitting
   Pipe Fitting

   For a detailed explanation of the selections available for Create Type, refer to the Room Design User Guide.

4. Enter an appropriate Name.

5. Click OK to open the Category form and create the appropriate database structure in PARAGON as follows:

   

   The database hierarchy is set depending on the choice made in Create Type. The available choices are defined in a defaults file and can be customized.

   The defaults file can be found in the following folder:

   PDMSUI>cat>dflts>room-design-defaults

   The PDMSUI folder location is dependant on the installation of the machine being used and can vary.

   The contents of the delivered defaults file is as follows:

   

   Either additions or changes are allowed, as long as the correct file format is followed, as the forms rely on the format for correct operation.

   Format is important, but the user can have as many options as they feel they need to achieve the required combination of element types.

   • First column is descriptive.

   • Second being the "FUNC" attribute required.

   • Third and Fourth describe the ownership of the remaining hierarchy, and must be consistent with what PDMS allows.

   • Five through the end of the line describe the hierarchy required for a given type of Room Design element to be defined in the catalogue.

     The column 1 of each line is used for the text in drop-down menu selections of the Create Category for Room Design form, and is also used as the description of the owning element in PDMS, and can be seen in the "description" attribute.

     

6. From this point onward, use the Modify Category in the same way as other modules.