How to Draw Doors Using Presets

Tutorial Video

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Steps

1. Open the BuildNow plugin and navigate to the Entity Creation section in the ribbon.

2. Search and select Doors Entity:

   1. In the create entity catalogue, search for and select the Door entity.
   2. Click the "+" button to open the door Presets.

3. Create Door - Using Pre-defined presets:

   1. A list of common door presets are provided in the pre-defined presets.
   2. Select polyline or rectangle against a preset and draw the door polyline.

4. Create Door - Using User defined presets:

   1. You can create user defined door presets that can be reused across the drawing.
   2. Add the door name, door height and assign door type. Then click on the "Add" button.
   3. A new custom door preset gets created and appears under the user defined presets.
   4. Select a rectangle or polyline against a preset and draw the door polyline.
   5. Once the entity is created, a name label will automatically appear at its center.

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Checkpoints

• Ensure the door polyline corner points and midpoints overlap with Room, BUA, Balcony, and Passage polylines.

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Drawing Conventions

• Doors connecting two different entities should be drawn such that the segments on the door polylines exactly coincide with the polylines of the entities being connected by the door.
• Doors must be drawn for different entities like __BN_Room, __BN_Balcony, __BN_Staircase, __BN_Lift etc.
• Optionally, doors can also be drawn for:
  • a. Structures on the terrace floor plan like __BN_LiftMachineRoom, __BN_StaircaseCabin.
  • b. __BN_Accessory that are constructed as rooms like Generator Room, Meter Room etc.