Forms: Edit Towers, Stories and Grid Systems; Quick Story Definition for New Tower; Tower, Story and Grid System Data
Note: The Edit menu > Edit Towers, Stories, and Grid Systems command is available only if the Options menu > Allow Multiple Towers command is enabled.
Use the Edit menu > Edit Towers, Stories, and Grid Systems command to access the Edit Towers, Stories and Grid Systems form and add a tower structure to the model or modify or delete an existing tower definition. Note that the "T1" tower definition is created when the model file is initiated; this definition cannot be deleted.
The multiple towers feature allows multiple buildings to be modeled in a single model file. Every object in a model (i.e., columns, beams, floors, walls and so on) is associated with one and only one tower. If multiple towers have been defined in the model, the Properties of Object form can be used when objects are drawn to select the tower with which the object is associated. The Assign menu > Assign Objects to Towers command can be used to change that association assuming that it was incorrectly specified when the object was drawn in the model.
Add New Tower button. Click this button to display the Quick Story Definition for New Tower form. Use that form to define the new tower by specifying the Story Dimensions: the Number of Stories, the Typical Story Height, and the Bottom Story Height.
When the OK button is clicked on the Quick Story Definition for New Tower form, the Tower, Story and Grid System Data form will display. Use this form to specify a name for the tower and accept or change the color used to display the structure. Clicking the Modify/Show Notes button will display the Tower Notes form where comments about the tower can be recorded and displayed. The other areas on the form are the same as those on the Edit Stories and Grid Systems form; please refer to that Help topic for more information about the options on the form.
Note: The Grid System Data form must be used to define the grid system for the new tower, or the tower will not have a grid system. Click the Add New Grid System button to bring up the Add New Grid System Quick form. Then highlight the newly specified system and click the Modify/Show Grid System button to display the Grid System Data form.
Add Copy of Tower button. Use this button to add a new tower definition to the model file based on a selected existing tower definition. Highlight a Tower in the Tower display area and click this button to display the Towers, Story and Grid System Data form. Modify the form as necessary to create the new Tower definition.
Modify/Show Tower button. Highlight an existing tower definition in the Tower display area and click this button to display the Tower, Story and Grid System Data form. Use the form to modify the Tower definition without adding a new tower definition to the model file.
Delete Tower button. Highlight the name of a previously specified tower structure and click this button to delete that structure from the model.