Create Wall Fittings

A Single Wall Fitting (FITT) is a catalogue item which is used to represent any type of geometric entity which is to be owned by, and positioned relative to, a wall. Typically, the catalogue might include wall fittings which represent doors, windows, fire protection, electrical fittings and so on.

1. From the design explorer or 3D graphical view, select the wall where the fittings are to be positioned as the CE.

2. From the main menu toolbar select Create > Wall Fitting > Standard.

   The Wall Fittings window is displayed.

   

   Aid lines are also displayed in the 3D graphical view to show the origin for the fitting.

   

All the tasks that you would carry out that are associated with the creation or modification of wall fittings are initiated from a central Fittings window which acts as task hub. Dependant on selections made in the Fittings window you are presented with further windows which prompt user input.

By default the Create Standard option (single fitting) is selected.

From the Specification Data pane of the Wall Fittings window, by default Electrical Fittings is selected. If another type of wall fitting is required, select from the list of available options.

Specification Data

The Current Selection pane of the Wall Fittings window, by default is empty. Dependant upon the selection of the specification made, you are presented with a list of fittings available for selection from the catalogue.

No Selection

If required, you can create a fitting without a specification (to be used when you want to create an arbitrary fitting for positioning purposes or where a compound fitting needs to be created which has its own specific sub-fittings). To do this, select the No Selection checkbox.

Default

When the Default checkbox is selected, only the fittings from the default specification are available for selection.

Auto

When the Auto checkbox is selected, the fitting is automatically selected, where only one fitting is available for selection.

If both the Default and Auto checkboxes are selected, the default fitting is automatically selected.

Once you have defined the Specification Data, the required fitting can be selected from the Wall Fitting window.

The Owning Type pane of the Wall Fittings window is automatically populated with the types available for selection under the specification.

Click the required type and it is displayed in the Current Selection window.

The Owning Type window automatically changes to the Type window which displays a list of fittings. Click to select one of the items. The selected item is displayed in the Current Selection window and a sub-section item is displayed in the Type window.

Click the next selection in the Type window and the selected sub-section item appears in the Current Selection window.

When the selection process is complete the Type window changes to Selection Complete.

Properties

To modify the properties of the fitting, click Properties. The Modify Properties window is displayed, the name of the CE automatically displayed.

The functionality available for modification depends on the type of wall fitting selected:

Electrical Fittings

You can modify the Pline offset, which uses the Pline of a wall to calculate the offset between two design elements that already exist.

3. Click Default to return to the default setting.

4. Click Reset to return to a previous setting.

5. Click OK to accept the modified properties.

6. Click Cancel to discard any inputs and close the Modify Properties window.

Fire Protection

You cannot modify any properties.

Standard Windows

You can modify the Insert from the Modify Properties window, the Inset from the wall face can be set manually or select Measure Inset from the wall face to pick the inset in the 3D graphical view.

7. Click Default to return to the default setting.

8. Click Reset to return to a previous setting.

9. Click OK to accept the modified properties.

10. Click Cancel to discard any inputs and close the Modify Properties window.

Standard Door

You can modify the inset from the wall face, from the Standard Door Modify Properties window. The Inset from the wall face can be set manually or picked in the 3D graphical view, to do this select Measure Inset from the wall face.

The Open Angle refers to the angle the door is open in the representation of the door in the graphical view.

11. Click Default to return to the default setting.

12. Click Reset to return to a previous setting.

13. Click OK to accept the modified properties.

14. Click Cancel to discard any inputs and close the Modify Properties window.

Example Openings

You can modify the dimensions for the opening. From the Example Opening Modify Properties window for General Rectangular Hole for Walls the X dimension, Y dimension, X offset dimension and Y offset dimension can be set manually or picked in the 3D graphical view. Select the appropriate option.

From the Modify Properties window for General Circular Hole for Walls only the diameter can be entered or measured.

15. Click Default to go back the default setting.

16. Click Reset to return to a previous setting.

17. Click OK to accept the modified properties.

Plotfile

To view a pictorial representation of the wall fitting, from the Wall Fittings window, select Plotfile, the Plotfile window is displayed. The plotfile functionality depends on the type of wall fitting selected:

Positioning

From the Positioning pane of the Wall Fittings window, you must specify the distance offset from the outside or inside of the wall.

The location of the fitting in the wall is set by the input of the Distance along the wall and the Elevation. These two dimensions are measured from the origin of the owning wall indicated by the aid line in the graphic display.

To position the fitting directly on the wall, click Position fitting to display the Positioning Control toolbar. You are prompted to ‘Position Fitting (Snap) Snap’.

Sub-Fitting Orientation

Note: The sub-fitting orientation functionality is only available when the CE is a sub-fitting.

The Sub-Fitting Orientation pane of the Wall Fittings windows allows you to orientate a sub-compound fitting relative to its owning compound fitting.

18. Enter the direction of the Z axis of the fitting in the Sub-Fitting Direction (Z) field.

19. Enter the rotation of the fitting about its Z axis in the Rotation Angle (Z axis) filed.

20. To create and insert the fitting, click Apply to insert the wall fitting.

21. Or click Dismiss to discard any information and close the Wall Fittings window.