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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 Room Data 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

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 Room Data 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 Room Data 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.