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■ Shading Surfaces - are surfaces that are not adjacent to any space, and include surfaces that create a solar
obstruction.
■ Project Phase - specifies the stage of construction (Existing, New Construction).
■ Sliver Space Tolerance - specifies the tolerance for areas that will be considered sliver spaces.
To specify gbXML settings:
1 Click Settings menu
➤
Project Information.
2 In the Element Properties dialog, click Edit for the Energy Data parameter.
The Type Properties dialog opens.
3 In the Type Properties dialog, do the following:
■ For Building Type, select one of the predefined values.
■ For Postal Code, enter a valid postal code.
■ For Project Phase, select Existing or New Construction.
■
For Sliver Space, specify a tolerance value for sliver spaces. All areas that are within the sliver
space tolerance are considered sliver spaces.
4 Click OK twice.
Custom Parameters
You can create custom parameters for any element or component category in your project. Parameters that
you create appear in the Element Properties dialog under the group you define and with the values you
define.
There are 2 types of custom parameters:
■ Shared parameters
Shared parameters can be shared with other projects or families. Use shared parameters when the same
piece of information must exist in more than one project or family.
For example, if a parameter in a family or a project needs to be tagged, that parameter must exist in the
project (or element family) and the tag family. Therefore, taggable parameters need to be shared parameters.
Shared parameters can also be used when elements of 2 different families are scheduled together. For
example, if you need to create 2 different Isolated Foundation families, and need the Thickness parameter
of both families scheduled in the same column, Thickness needs to be a shared parameter that is loaded
in both Isolated Foundation families.
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Project parameters
Project parameters are specific to a single project file. Information stored in project parameters cannot
be shared with other projects. A project parameter can be used, for example, to categorize views within
a project.
Shared Parameters
Shared parameters are parameters that you can add to families or projects and then share with other families
and projects. They give you the ability to add specific data that is not already predefined in the family file
or the project template.
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