Room Openings - Concepts
Room Openings are used to let light pass through adjacent room surfaces (openings must be created in both rooms) or from exterior to interior. When Daylighting calculations are desired, a Daylight Opening or Daylight Window must be added within the Room Opening for calculation purposes.
Rules for creating ceiling openings
- Openings must be contained within the ceiling surface. Attempting to locate a vertex outside the surface will prompt a warning.
- Openings can only be placed in flat ceilings at this time. Sloped ceiling panels of Vertical Extrusion rooms are not eligible.
- The sides of an opening must not cross one another.
- Openings can be of any shape and may include arcs (F4).
- Openings can be created in either clockwise or counterclockwise directions.
Limitations of ceiling openings
- Openings cannot be edited in any way, they are fixed.
- Openings cannot be copied or arrayed at this time.
- If Room height is increased or decreased the opening is deleted.
Rules for creating wall openings
- Openings must be contained within the surface. Attempting to locate a vertex outside the surface will prompt a warning.
- The sides of an opening must not cross one another.
- Openings can be of any shape and may include arcs (F4).
- Openings can be created in either clockwise or counterclockwise directions.
Limitations of wall openings
- Openings cannot be edited in any way, they are fixed.
- Openings cannot be copied or arrayed at this time.
- If Room height is increased, the opening will stay in the same location relative to the base elevation.
- If Room height is decreased, all wall openings are lost.
Rules for creating floor openings
- Openings must be contained within the surface. Attempting to locate a vertex outside the surface will prompt a warning.
- The sides of an opening must not cross one another.
- Openings can be of any shape and may include arcs (F4).
- Openings can be created in either clockwise or counterclockwise directions.
Limitations of floor openings
- Openings cannot be edited in any way, they are fixed.
- Openings cannot be copied or arrayed at this time.
- Modifications in Room height do not effect floor openings.