Overlapping Areas
Depending on the way your system has been configured, certain areas may be allowed to overlap other areas. Generally, it is undesirable to allow areas of the same class to overlap, however there are situations where you may wish to allow this.
Area…
Calculating Areas
Area calculations are performed automatically and allow for the construction area occupied by the building's structure, but you can define additional areas which are deducted from the useful areas in your FM model. There are two ways of deducting area;…
Updating Areas
When you create an area, the area and perimeter of that area are stored in the database. If you subsequently amend that area graphically, its area and perimeter may change in the design file. The Update Areas tool updates the database record to reflect…
Adding Areas To The Location Hierarchy
Bentley Facilities Planner creates area links automatically. You need only add the highest-level area(probably a location) to the location hierarchy, since all the links below this level will be created automatically by Bentley Facilities Planner.
When…
To Create a Deduction Area in Planner
From the Planner menu, choose Area > Create. The Create Area wizard opens.
From the list box, select Deduction Area and click Next. The Modify Instance Deduction Area screen opens.
Click Next. The Attach/Detach Shapes screen opens.
In the design…
To Create an Area in Planner
Using MicroStation tools, draw a closed shape for each outline the area may have and a closed shape for every hole (for example: column, atrium).
From the Planner menu, choose Area > Create . The Create Area wizard opens.
From the list box, select…
Creating Areas in Planer
The area class is the only type of information which is stored permanently in the design file. To create an area, you first define the graphical representation of the area, using a MicroStation closed shape, and then create the area using one of the Create…
Creating And Working With Areas
In Bentley Facilities Planner, areas are defined on top of existing closed shapes in the design file. This section discusses how to create new and work with existing areas.
To Delete an Object from the Organizational Hierarchy
In the Navigate pane of the Browse window, expand a hierarchy until the object you want is visible.
Right-click on the object and from the menu that opens, choose Delete. The selected object is deleted from the list. Any objects contained in the selected…
To Copy or Move an Object to Another Location in a Hierarchy
In the Navigate pane of the Browse window Bentley Facilities Manager , expand a hierarchy until the object you want is visible.
Do one of the following: To copy an object, while pressing the < Ctrl > key, drag and drop the selected object over the parent…
To add a Room to a Department
Rooms Can be added to Departments or Divisions in several ways. Using Search, Browse options or just by Modifying Room and adding Link with Department.
If it is not easy to find the Room using Search option and requirement is to link Room to a division…
To add a Division or Department to a Company
If your company is not already displayed in the Navigate pane,right-click and choose Links > Organization Link.
Next, right-click in the Navigate pane and choose Search. The Search window opens.
From the Class drop down list box, select Division or…
To add a Company as the Top Level in the Organizational Hierarchy
In Bentley Facilities Planer Ribbon, in Navigation Tools Group select Search The Search window opens.
From the Class drop down list box, select Company, then click the Start button. The list of existing companies displays in the instance window.
In…
To Create a Company in Planner
From the Planner Menu Ribbon, in Tools group select Commands list. The Commands Class List dialog box opens.
On the Class List tab, expand Organization, then expand Company. The commands available for the Company class display.
Under the Company class…
Working With Hierarchies in Planner
In Bentley Facilities Planner, you can create logical items in the database that have no graphical representation in the design file, such as a company, division, or department. You can create an entire hierarchy of these items (like the organizational…
Compiling Object Lists
The Objects window can be used as an objects scratch pad. For example, you can compile a list of objects from a number of sources and then carry out various operations on any number of these objects at the same time. You add objects to the Objects window…
Displaying Assets
Assets are not stored in DGNs, but are stored in the database (along with location and attribution information) and then temporarily drawn in the DGNs on request. You can have assets display automatically whenever a DGN is opened, or you can manually…
Locating Areas And Assets
When you have configured the Browse window to display the hierarchies and links you require, you can use it to find objects and move around the FM Model. Selecting any object displayed in the window and then choosing Locate from the pop-up menu finds…
Browsing Hierarchies in Planner
The hierarchical structures used in Bentley Facilities Planner form the foundation on which the structure of the FM Model is based. In building a computer model of an organization's corporate structure, or the sites and buildings it occupies, it is important…
Starting Bentley Facilities Planner
When Bentley Facilities Planner is running, the screen looks just like a typical MicroStation session except for the addition of the Planner and Import menus on the MicroStation menu bar.
All the commands in Bentley Facilities Planner are available…