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Space Styles
Space style names should be indicative of the type of room or area that the space style is meant to address.
Space Style Naming Conventions:
<Room/Area use> - <Optional relative size> - <Optional building type>
Example Space Style Names:
Example Name Space Style Description
Kitchen - Large - Commercial Large commercial kitchen.
Dining_Room - Restaurant Dining room for a restaurant.
Bedroom Residential Bedroom.
Bedroom - Hotel Bedroom for a hotel suite.
Best Practices for Space Styles:
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Spaces can have a “Name” property assigned. These are derived from a List Definition. The List Definition should
be assigned to the style so that you have a valid list of names to select from when establishing the space object’s
properties.
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Space styles should have materials assigned to their “Floor” and “Ceiling” components.
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Because space styles can work in conjunction with Zone Definitions you may want to store them in the same library
file to make it easier to make changes later.
Structural Members
Structural Member Shape Definitions
Structural Member Shape Definitions should be named according to the structural member style(s) for which they are
intended to be a part of. For example, if you are defining a steel bar joist member style and you’ve defined a structural
member shape definition on which you plan to base the bottom chord component of the joist, you would name it
simply “Steel Joist Bottom Chord”.
Structural Member Styles
Structural members should be named according to the specific structural object type that they are to represent, including
dimensional information.
Structural Member Style Naming Conventions:
<Structural member type> <Size>
NOTE Frequently standard structural shape designations include the size of the member. In these cases, the structural name
can simply be the structural designation.
Example Structural Member Style Names:
Example Name Structural Member Style Description
W8x40 Wide flange steel shape (W8x40).
Bar Joist 10K1 10” K Series Bar Joist.
Decorative Square Column - Tapered 12”-8” Decorative square tapered square column (specific use).
Plywood Web Joist - 10 10” Plywood Web Wood Joist.
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