About Spaces and Buildings

• Adding Buildings
• Add / Delete Floors
• Adding Spaces
• About Linked Spaces
• Importing Buildings and Spaces
• Moving Spaces
• Placing Building and Spaces using Drag

Adding Buildings

The Add Object Menu

• Add autoBIM: adds an autoBIM building (How to Here)
• Duplicate Building: will duplicate a building in your scheme:
  • A pop-up window will appear where you select the building you want to duplicate and give the new building a name.
    
• Select Empty Buildings from the pull down to choose from the basic shapes in the Add Object(s) Panel, enter the number of Floor(s) and then click on that Building Icon. Additionally you may select Custom Shape to draw your own shape, where:
  • Each mouse click adds a corner
  • Holding down the Shift key locks the line to orthogonal
  • Finish a building by clicking on your first point
• Select Add Shared Building from the pull down to add a building from a shared scheme within the Studio:
  • Next you will select the Project and Scheme where the shared Building is located that you want to add.
    
  • After selected the building you wish to add; a pop-up will appear with the following options:
    

• • • Add Building: This creates a fully editable copy of the shared building to your scheme.
    • Link Building: This option is for teamwork. A linked building will allow you to position it on a site and watch progress while your other team member edits the floor plan and building shape.
  • Select your option and click Add to proceed or Cancel to cancel.

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Add / Delete Floors

The Add / Delete Floor Button

• To Add a floor to your building, be on the Add Floor tab and select where the floor will be located (above or below a certain floor) and if you would like to include (copy) the spaces from the current floor to your new floor.
  Please note that the new floor will be the same shape and dimensions as the floor you are currently on
  

• To Delete a floor to your building, be on the Delete Floor tab and select the floor you want to delete.
  Please note that deleting a floor will save the current floor plan and clear the undo stack.
  

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Adding Spaces

Add Object(s) Panel on Floor Plan

• Add Empty Space(s): click to add empty space(s) to the current floor.
  • A pop-up window will appear where you need to enter the Space Name and its Area or Width & Length
  • Click Add when you are finished
    
• Or Select Category:
  • Local Templates: Select to add a space from your Local Templates. More on Local Templates HERE.
  • Global Templates: Select to add a space from Onuma, Inc. created templates.
    NOTE: Global Templates contains Basic Shapes which features Custom Shape to draw your own shape, where:
    • Each mouse click adds a corner
    • Holding down the Shift key locks the line to orthogonal
    • Finish a space by clicking on your first point
  • Add Shared Spaces select to add a Space from a shared scheme within the Studio:
    • First, select the Project, Scheme, Building, and Floor where the shared Spaces are located that you want to add.
    • Select if you want Add Spaces (Copy) or Link Spaces
    • Click Add
      
  • Move Space(s): (See Below)

About Linked Spaces

• To link a space, on your floor plan select add shared space from the Add Object Panel
• Select the space(s) you want to link
• Select the Link Space(s) option at the bottom
• Click Add
• To unlink, enter the space and click the unlink icon in the red bar across the top of the screen

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Importing Buildings and Spaces

Using the MS Excel Import Template (Located on the "Studios" page) the user can import a new building or add spaces to an existing building in Onuma.

The procedures for both processes are very similar.

• Make sure that you have saved the excel file in XLS or CSV format.
• Starting at either the site level to import a building; or the building level to import spaces go to Import / Export bar at the bottom right.
• Select Import.
• Select Excel XLS as your Import Format for a saved XLS file, OR select CSV for a saved CSV file and browse for your file.
  Note: When using excel to create a new building select the import option that also has (creates new building) next to it.
• Your file will upload and display the list of spaces you are adding to either your new or existing building, hit Proceed to continue, or Back if you change your mind.
• Onuma will then create the building/spaces in the scheme, hit Return to the Site, or Back to Importer to upload more buildings/spaces.

Moving Spaces

To move spaces from floor to floor or from building to building there are two ways:

Method 1

• While in Edit Mode, select the building and floor that will receive the moving spaces
• Next, select the Move Spaces from the pull down menu on the Add Object(s) panel

• Then select the building and the floor with the space you want to move to your current floor
• Check the box to select the spaces which will be moved
• Click Move
• A message will pop-up asking you if you are sure you want to move the selected space(s) click:
  • OK to continue and move the spaces
  • Cancel to cancel

Method 2

• Export an Excel file from the Site Plan, this will create a list of spaces and include building IDs
• If you select the spaces you want to move to another building, you can then change the building ID and/or floor number
  By changing the numbers highlighted in green to the number highlighted in red, the two office spaces will be move to the other building.

• Save the Excel file
• Click the import button on the lower right
• Select Excel XLS Update Spaces Only
  NOTE: You must be on the Site Plan to do this!

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Placing Building and Spaces using Drag