Configuring Buildings and Units
Different collections of buildings can be used on a site by selecting a Building Database.
Edit Garden Database
When the Garden Housing layer is selected, click the edit database button under Unit Database to open the Garden Database Editor.
- Garden Databases Panel will show the list of available Garden building databases to the user. Selecting a database title in this panel will show the corresponding buildings in the editor’s canvas.
- Garden Database Settings Panel will show the available preset building types that can be added to the active garden database.
- Changing a Garden Database
- In the title bar of the Garden Database Panel, double click to highlight the current title. Type in the desired title and hit enter. This will save a new database with the buildings shown in the canvas.
- Right click on a building in the editor canvas to Remove, Duplicate, or Copy a building to change the building makeup of the active garden database.
- Left click on a building type in the garden database settings panel will open the building editor of the selected building. Click back to database and this building will now appear in the canvas of the garden database editor. Type in the title of the database and select save to cloud…. This will open a dialog box to show you where the database will be saved. Select Save to confirm the update.
- Select back to site to return to the deal.
Edit Building Database
When the Building is selected in the Garden Database Settings Panel or the Garden Database Canvas, the Building database will be activated. This database allows the user to edit the building inputs, the units selected for the building and circulation elements.
- Input Panel will show the available custom options for the building type that is being edited which will include setting for corridor sizing, staircase placement, building floor number and number of units along a corridor.
- Building Database Canvas will show the user the effect on the building by the other panels. It will also allow the user to add units by clicking on the blue + icons and subtract units by clicking on the red - icons. Right click on a unit to mirror a unit in place.
- Unit Databases Panel has a list of available unit databases to pick from for your building. The user is able to use units from different databases in one building. When a database is selected, the units will have a small graphic preview within the Unit Picker Panel.
- Note: Current Garden DB database cannot be edited.
- Changing Units in a Garden Building
- The Unit Picker Panel will show the unit highlighted in blue from the selected unit database. To change a unit in the building, left click the desired unit to change. That unit will update to the selected unit.
- The Unit Picker Panel will allow the user to add an elevator in place of a unit. To change a unit to an elevator, select the elevator preview in the panel so it turns blue. The canvas will hash out any units that cannot be changed to an elevator. Left Click on any available unit to replace it with an elevator. It will also allow the user to add elevators by clicking on the blue + icons and subtract elevators by clicking on the red - icons.
- Select back to database to return to the Garden Database editor.
Editing a Unit or Unit Database
When the building database is activated, you can edit a unit or a unit database from within the Unit Picker panel.
Select the Edit Unit button to edit the selected unit in the unit picker panel. This will active the unit editor. See the article: How do I Control the Units of My Building? The Units Layer
Select Edit Database to edit the database associated with the selected unit. This will activate the unit database editor. See the article: How do I Control the Units of My Building? The Units Layer
Editing and Creating Custom Buildings
The Garden Unit Editor allows you to create custom units and buildings.
See the article: Garden Apartment: Custom Garden Buildings