Virtual room boundaries in section view

[Anonymous]

Hi. Is it possible to define virtual room boundaries in section views. I have attached a picture in which the boundary between two rooms is the floor which is a physical element. However, I want to define a virtual boundary between two rooms like room seperators in plan views. 

Thank you

Behnam

[Alisder.Brown]

batazadeh

Unfortunately you don't have the same functionality for defining spaces in sections than you have in plans, but, it is something that is rarely done.

If you want to have two rooms show up in a single room in a section view, say lower space & upper space, you can use the room limits to accommodate this.

To do this properly, you will need to change the computational height of whatever level the room is on. select the level line, in the properties, set the computational height for that level to say 2500mm. Now when you place a room in that area, you can set its "base offset" to "0" (so it sits on the level line) and its Limit offset to say 2500mm, then you can place another room in that area, but set its "base offset" to 2500mm (same as the levels computational height) and limit offset to whatever you wish. Now in section, you can colour up the view and you will have 2 rooms separated with a "theoretical separation line.

Let me know if you follow all the steps okay 

hope this helps 🙂

[Anonymous]

Hi Alisder,

Thank you for your help. It is a good way for managing layered spaces in each level. Another solution, I think, might be to define an assisted level within that level to model more complex situations. This type of spaces is rare in architectural context. However, BIM models can be used for other types of applications such as managing cadastral ownership spaces which inculde such types of spaces.

Regards,

Behnam