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Intergraph Smart 3D Space Management

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11 (2016)

Several methods of creating space objects, or volumes, exist in the Space Management task. You can provide two or four points to identify a rectangular cube, or you can select existing boundaries to define the space. The software links these space objects to their location coordinates relative to the global coordinate system.

Volumes are stored in the model. For example, when a task such as Piping is active, you can see the defined volumes on the Space tab of the Workspace Explorer making locating and manipulating volumes quick and easy. When creating a volume, you specify the type of volume: an area, zone, interference zone, region, or drawing volume. For drawing volumes, you cannot change the type after initial creation.

You can use SmartSketch glyphs and grids when you create space objects. You should also note the coordinate system triad that appears during volume creation. The orientation of a volume is helpful when you create volumes for drawings.

When you associate volumes with other objects in the model, if the associated objects change, then the size or dimensions of the volumes update accordingly. During volume creation and modification, you can specify whether the points of the volume are associated to objects in the model or not.

Placing volumes using primitive shapes

You can place a volume using a list of pre-defined volume types and shapes, and then provide dimensional information to further define the shape size. Using Place Volume Using Primitive Shapes Command , you select a shape and specify the space type. You then identify a point in the model to place the shape origin point.

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