How to import Buildings with a specified amount of floors
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When importing Buildings datasets, the amount of floors a Building has is often an important feature. It affects both spatial aspects such as the casting of shadows, as well as capacity, for example for housing.
Upon import, the amount of floors can be dictated by setting the DEFAULT_FLOORS Attribute of the importing data. This can be done either directly in the data itself, or through an Attribute mapping while importing.
How to import Buildings with a specified amount of floors:
- Start the Geo Data Wizard.
- Opt to import either Buildings (for the Current Situation) or Measures (for the Future Design).
- Continue through all intermediate steps as normal.
- In the step for importing Attributes, ensure that the Attribute representing the amount of floors is present and selected.
- If the applicable Attribute is not yet named as such, rename the Attribute to DEFAULT_FLOORS.
- Finish the Geo Data Wizard.
Notes
- Setting the DEFAULT_FLOORS of a Building during import changes its floor count. Unless overridden by other means, this value determines the floors of each Section.
- The MIN_FLOORS and MAX_FLOORS Attributes are still respected. Values outside these bounds are clamped to the nearest valid value, preventing impossible configurations such as one-floor skyscrapers or 50-story villas.
- This restriction can be bypassed by also setting a MIN_FLOORS and/or MAX_FLOORS Attribute during the import. This will require providing one or two additional Attribute(s) with the desired values, and mapping them to MIN_FLOORS and/or MAX_FLOORS as appropriate.