Field

Explanation

Position

The reciprocal position of this tab in relation to the other tabs

Name

The text to be displayed on the tab and in the report

XSL report template

The appearance the group is to have in PDF reports

This is mainly managed at group level, see below, but if you have a two-column tab, you can choose "two-column-flag" here to have the column appearance shown on the screen. If you use two columns for the group below, the different fields will be shown by group from left to right and downwards. This may result in a slightly different sequence than on the screen.

Field

Explanation

Name

The text to be displayed on the tab and in the report

Help text

NOT IN USE

Position row

Horizontal (row) position in relation to the other groups

Position column

Vertical (column) position in relation to the other groups

Box frame

Displays a frame which surrounds the group with the name of the group at the top

XSL report template

The appearance the group is to have in PDF reports, ref. below

Type

Explanation

group

Default group with background text for element, then field values for each field on a line. If the fields have a name which is marked for display in front of/behind the field, this will also be shown. Different types of fields (text, figures, logical) have different fixed widths.

document-group

Provides a "document style" for the group in certain reports which have been adapted as such, i.e. that group titles and element titles are shown as numbered headings and contents are formatted as in a document.

description-group

Used by groups which comprise one large multi-line text field. The name of the group will be displayed in bold above the text in the fields.

two-column

The elements are in two columns.

three-column

The elements are in three columns. Typical for elements where there is only one field.

dyn-field-table

Creates a table of the fields in the elements in this group. Elements are rows and fields are columns. Must only be used for groups where all elements have an equal number of fields. Will make use of the first element to deduce the number of columns in the table and any headings in the columns by looking at the field names. All subsequent elements must be equal! Will distribute positions regularly among the fields.

value-spec

Group for elements of e.g. the type for "Yes/No and comment" fields. Displayed with headings "Value specification" and any group heading if set. If there are more than two fields in the element, they will be displayed continuously after the second field.

value-spec-no-header

Same as above but without heading for several subsequent groups of same type.

value-spec-two-column

Same as value-spec but in two columns.

value-spec-two-column-no-header

Same as above but without headings.

yes-no-spec-min-max

For elements which are of the form "Yes/No, specify, min/max".

percent area

Template adapted to finishes %, m2.

percent-area-no-header

Same as above but without heading for use for several subsequent groups of same type.

percent-meter-no-color

% m column set-up for finishes.

Field

Explanation

Position

The reciprocal position of this element in relation to the other elements

Name

The text to be used in front of the element, i.e. the background text for the fields

Help text

Help text for the field. In the RDS screen, this will be displayed at the bottom of the screen when the user fills in the field.

XSL report template

NOT IN USE

Field type

Explanation

Multi-line text field

Text field for text which may cover several lines. You can decide the size of the field.

Button

Field as a text field with two buttons where you can click on option. Only used in report window.

Logical field

Yes/No field (checkbox).

Numerical field

Field for numerical values. You can specify the legal size and precision (number of decimal stops).

Radio buttons/Combo-box

Fields where you can choose between several predefined options (text). Can be presented as a drop-down menu (combo-box) or radio buttons.

Text field

Default field for text on one line.

Time date selector

Field for choice of date and time.

Read-only text

Field for fixed text which cannot be edited. The text is not displayed in reports. Can be used e.g. to create headings.

Field

Explanation

Field type

One of the types described above.

Position

Reciprocal position of the field within the element.

Name

Possible name of the field (in addition to the background text for the element). This must be specified in the next option if it is to be displayed.

Display name

Where the name is to be displayed (in front of or behind the field). This is not displayed in reports. You have to choose a suitable XSL template in order to display the significance of this field.

Help text

The text shown in a yellow box when you hold your cursor over the field. You should primarily use the background text for the element (ref. previous paragraph) to specify joint text for all fields within an element. Only specify help text here if it is a further specification.

Read-only

Option for whether the field shall not be open for editing.

Activated/deactivated by

The logical field which may control whether this field is activated/deactivated. As such, the logical field for example must be checked before you can enter text in another field in the same element.

Calculate field

Only used in finishes. Specifies which field to be calculated when this field is edited. This is only used by finishes form.

Calculation function

The function to be used to calculate the fields selected above.

IfcPropertySet

The name of the PropertySet (PSet_XXX) in which this field shall be exported under IFC export (synchronization in model). If this field is blank, the name of the tab will be utilized, if this is not to be written to the object (see below).

IfcProperty

The name of the Property with which this field is to be exported under PropertySet as selected above. If this field is blank and IfcPropertySet (above) is also blank, the name of the element is utilized. If this field is not blank but IfcPropertySet is blank, the export procedure will attempt to export directly to a property for the object. For example, if you want to set a value from RDS to IfcSpace.Description, you set the field as Description, but leave IfcPropertySet (above) as blank.

IFD GUID

A Global Unique ID (GUID) which uniquely identifies the field. This can be an ID taken from IFD International Framework for Dictionaries. You can utilize the button on the left to automatically connect you to IFD in order to download this GUID.
This ID is used when data is exported/imported via IFC to identify similar fields/information in different databases. If the field does not have an ID, it cannot copy e.g. RDS between fields.

Width/height

Width and height of the field. These fields do not need to be filled in for the majority of fields, as they will have default sizes. This must be specified for multi-line text fields. The size is specified in pixels with the exception of multi-line text fields where you can choose this (see below)

OwnerAlignment

Specifies how the field shall react when you change the size of the window. Only used for special cases.

Field type

Field

Explanation

Multi-line text field

Display name (label) above

Specifies whether the name of the element (background text) shall be displayed above the field instead of the background text being displayed on the side and the field afterwards.

Style/look

States how the size (width/height) is specified. Size of the field. This can be specified as number of pixels wide, number of elements high or % width, % height where % is a figure from 1 - 100 stating the size in percentage the field shall cover of the available space in the window.

Button

Button text

NOT IN USE

Sym name

Name of the method in the window which is called when you click on the button.

Type

Button style

Logical field

Underline

Specifies whether the background text shall be underlined.

Numerical field

Format

Specifies the format of the numerical field. This can be specified in two ways:

• {number of characters including two decimal stops and comma}
• {number of characters including decimals and comma, number of decimal stops}
  This implies that both {5} and {5,2} generate the same, i.e. XX,YY. {6,3} will return XX,YYY, while only whole figures up to 9999 can be specified as {4,0}.

Radio buttons/Combo-box

Style/look

Specifies the appearance of multi-choice fields

• Combo-box, read-only, provides a drop-down menu which cannot be edited directly, but where you have to select one of the options.
• Combo-box, editable, provides a drop-down menu where you can enter text freely or select one of the options.
• Group without frame, label on side. Positions radio buttons on top of each other per option with background text on left-hand side.
• Horizontal radio box without frame. Positions radio buttons one after the other in a horizontal line and not on top of each other as above.
  - Default design, group with frame. Positions radio buttons on top of each other with a frame round them and background text in the frame.

Elements

This is where you specify the options from which the user can choose. One per line.

Remove option button

For radio buttons, there is a button which you can use to reset all selections, i.e. remove all choices. For combo-boxes, there is a blank option in the drop-down menu, unless this is editable, where you can remove the selection by removing the actual text.

Note: Physical button will only be present when the Style/Look is set to Standard Design. Group with frame; Horizontal Radio Box. No Frame; Group without frame. Label to the left.

Button text

If "Remove selected button" is flagged and it is a radio box, you can specify the text for the button. If you do not specify text here, the default is "Remove selected".

Time/date selector

The number of days to reset

How many days before current date to be preselected.

Read-only text

Centre text

NOT IN USE

Underline

Whether the text is to be underlined or not

Text value

Text to be displayed