Forms: Edit Story and Grid System Data, Copy Existing Grid System
Note: When the Options menu > Allow Multiple Towers command is enabled, the Edit menu > Edit Stories and Grid Systems command is disabled. Use the Edit menu > Edit Towers, Stories, and Grid Systems command to manage story and grid system data across multiple structures in a single model.
Click the Edit menu > Edit Stories and Grid Systems command to display the Edit Story and Grid System Data form. Use the form to review/modify story data; add a story to the model; add, copy, modify, or delete a grid system; or import data from an AutoCADD (DXF/DWG) file.
Modify/Show Story Data button -- displays the Story Data form. Use the form to specify model story data.
Quick Add Story button -- adds a story to the model structure each time the button is clicked; the story will be added to the Story Data display area. The height of the added story will match that of the Master Story.
Set Story Name to Default button -- changes the names shown in the Story Data display area to the default naming scheme, assuming that another naming scheme had been implemented previously using the Story Data form.
Add New Grid System button -- displays the Add New Grid System Quick form. The form can be used to name the grid system, specify if it is Cartesian or Cylindrical, specify a grid labeling scheme, specify the grid system origin and orientation, and specify the grid plan dimensions for the new grid system.
Modify/Show Grid System button -- highlight a grid system in the Grid Systems display area and click this button to display the Grid System Data form. The form can be used to edit the grid system name, the location of the grid system origin, the stories contained in the grid system, the bubble size and the color of the grid, as well as the ID, location, visibility, and bubble location for rectangular and general grids. New grid lines can be added to and deleted from the rectangular grid and general grid tables on the Grid System Data form. A new rectangular grid system can be defined to replace the grids shown in the Rectangular Grids area by clicking the Quick Start New Rectangular Grids button, which will display the Quick Cartesian Grids form that can be used to specify the grid plan dimensions and labeling in a manner similar to the Add New Grid System Quick form.
Delete Grid System button -- deletes the grid system highlighted in the Grid Systems display area.
Copy Existing Grid System button -- displays the Copy Existing Grid System form. Use the form to select the grid system to be copied as a basis for creating the new grid system.
Import from .DXF/DWG File button -- displays a form to be used to locate and select the file to be imported as the basis for creating a new grid system.
Refresh View button. Click this button to update the active window with the modifications made on this form.