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Welcome ......................................................................................... 1
Allplan 2015 and Urban Planning ................................................................... 2
About This Guide ...................................................................................................4
Requirements..........................................................................................................5
Feedback on the documentation ..................................................................... 5
Sources of information ....................................................................................... 6
Documentation ............................................................................................................ 6
Additional help ............................................................................................................ 7
Objectives ............................................................................................................. 10
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Welcome
Welcome
Welcome to Allplan 2015! This step-by-step guide is
designed for urban planners.
To familiarize yourself with all the important tools
provided by Allplan 2015, you will first create a zoning
plan followed by the section of a master plan. Finally,
you will learn how to print layouts.
You will find that within a short time you will be in a
position to use Allplan 2015 effectively in your daily
work even though detailed descriptions of all tools and
options are beyond the scope of this step-by-step guide.
The following chapter shows how to work through this
guide. In addition, you will find an introduction to the
chapters and the exercises you can find in this book.
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Welcome
Using the tools for controlling the on-screen display, you can zoom
in to get a close-up view of any section of your design. Switching
between different perspective views only takes one click. Allplan's
viewports open up interesting options. The viewports display the
design in different views, such as plan, perspective and elevation
view. Changes you make in one viewport are immediately reflected
in all the others.
If you have already drawn an element (line, circle, column and so
on), Allplan makes your work even easier:
In order to create more elements of the same type, just doubleclick the existing element with the right mouse button. The
program automatically switches to the appropriate module and
selects the tool that was used to create the element. In addition,
Allplan copies all the properties of the element clicked. So you do
not have to go through the time-consuming process of looking
for the right icon and defining the properties.
If you want to edit an element, click it with the right mouse
button. The program opens the shortcut menu where you can
select the tool you need.
If you want to change the properties of an element, double-click
it with the left mouse button. The program opens the Properties
dialog box of the element. Selecting Properties on the shortcut
menu of the element has the same effect.
When you select an element, you can immediately move, rotate,
mirror and copy it using direct object modification. In addition,
you can modify the element geometry and change other objectspecific properties.
The presentation tools provided by Allplan 2015 help you achieve as
realistic an image as possible. In detail, you can simulate lighting
effects and surfaces, set various views and create rendered images.
Last but not least, you can even walk through a virtual urban
quarter.
Data management also reflects the manner in which urban planners
work. Looking for files is a thing of the past. Allplan 2015 is a
project-oriented program. In other words, a project exists for each
construction project. Within the project, you draw the individual
components on drawing files. To apply a structure to these drawing
files, you use the building structure. You create the individual
components, such as plots, buildings, plants and labels, in separate
drawing files. As you go along, you select the drawing files you
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Welcome
Requirements
This step-by-step guide assumes that you have a working knowledge
of Microsoft Windows. Basic CAD knowledge is helpful; however,
this step-by-step guide will provide both the experienced CAD user
as well as the newcomer to CAD with a solid foundation in the
methods employed by Allplan 2015.
The essentials are described in the manual and in the Allplan help
that come with Allplan 2015.
Sources of information
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Sources of information
Documentation
The Allplan documentation consists of the following:
The help is the main source of information for learning about and
working with Allplan.
While you work with Allplan, you can get help on the current
Help on the
function by pressing the F1 key, or activate
Default toolbar and click the icon on which you require help.
The Manual consists of two parts. The first part shows how to
install Allplan. The second part is designed to provide an
overview of basic concepts and terms in Allplan as well as
introduce approaches for entering data in Allplan.
The Basics Tutorial guides you step by step through the most
important tools for designing and modifying elements in Allplan.
The Architecture Tutorial guides you step by step through the
process of designing a building. In addition, you learn how to
analyze the building data using reports and to print the results.
The Engineering Tutorial guides you step by step through the
process of creating key plans, general arrangement drawings and
reinforcement drawings and shows you how to print the results.
New Features in Allplan provide information on what's new in
the latest version.
Each volume in the Step-by-Step series deals with a specific
concept or series of tools/modules in Allplan in detail. The areas
covered include data exchange, system administration, geodesy
modules, presentation modules, 3D modeling etc. As a
Serviceplus member you can download these guides as PDF files
in the Learn - Documents area of Allplan Connect
(http://connect.allplan.com).
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Additional help
Tips on efficient usage
The ? menu includes Tips for efficient usage. This topic provides
practical tips and tricks showing you how to use Allplan efficiently
and how to carry out operations with ease.
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How to ...
Sometimes, things will not immediately work out as required. This
list helps you succeed.
What if
... I have selected the wrong tool?
Press ESC and click the correct icon.
... I make a mistake as I go along?
Press ESC to quit (several times if necessary).
Undo.
Click
... I have inadvertently deleted the wrong elements?
If
Delete is still active, press the right mouse button twice.
If no tool is active, click
Undo.
... I have unintentionally opened a dialog box or entered wrong
values?
Click Cancel.
- Click
Plan.
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Unit 1: Getting Started in Allplan 2015
Finding your way around Allplan 2015
Unit 2: Project Organization
Creating a project structure
Working with projects, drawing files, layers and filesets
Building structure
Important basic settings
Unit 3: Using Non-Native Data
Importing Allplan 2015 data
Unit 4: Urban Planning
Land-use planning:
- Importing a geo-referenced orthophoto
- Creating an XRef
- Using drawing symbol regulations
- Creating legends
- Urban planning reports
- Print preview: screen contents on paper
Development planning:
- Importing a drawing file
- Copying a drawing file
- Defining the land use
- Creating buildings
- Checking setbacks
- Open space planning in 2D and 3D
- Land-use templates and urban planning reports
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Unit 1: Project
Organization - Urban
Planning
Project structure, i.e. the way in which you organize your
data, is an essential part of any building design project.
An efficient and logical structure will allow you to locate
the data you need without having to perform tedious
searches. It is worth spending time carefully planning a
projects structure before even drawing the first line.
Consider the time and effort spent doing this as a good
investment - after all, in the long term, it will save you
time and money.
Using Allplan 2015s flexible approach, you can create
your own office-specific structures which, in turn, can be
altered to suit the needs of special projects. In this unit
you will create a project for urban planning and define
the project structure.
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Fileset 1
Fileset 1
Project
A
Layout 1
Detail
Fileset2
Detail drawing
Drawing file 114
Drawing file 113
Layout 2
Detail
Fileset 2
Detail
Private project
Project B
ProjectC
ProjectX
ProjectY
ProjectZ
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To create a project
1 Open the File menu and click
New
4 In the next dialog box, check that all paths are set to Project. If
they aren't, set them accordingly. Then click Next to confirm.
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Note: In this guide, you work with the project standard. The
project standard, which is a copy of the office standard, only
applies to the current project. The advantage is that any changes
in the definitions of pens or line types do not affect the office
standard; instead, they affect your project only. Consequently,
you can customize all the settings for your needs without
changing the office standard.
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As your project does not have a building structure, you can see
the following dialog box.
2 Select the Create custom building structure option and click OK
to confirm.
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9 To name the structural levels, open the shortcut menu of the
relevant level and click Rename.
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12 Use the same approach to assign drawing files 100 to 105 to the
Zoning plan - 1:5000 structural level and drawing files 200 to
210 to the Master plan - 1:1000 structural level.
The building structure should now look like this:
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Active
The active drawing file is the one on which you draw. There must always
be one active drawing file.
Elements in drawing files open in edit mode are visible and can be
modified. Up to 128 drawing files can be open simultaneously (regardless
of whether they are current, in edit and/or reference mode).
Open in reference
mode
Elements in drawing files open in reference mode are visible, but cannot be
modified. You can configure the program to use the same color for all
elements in reference drawing files. To do this, select the
Options, click
Desktop environment and open the Display page. Empty drawing files
cannot be opened in reference mode.
Inactive
Empty
Assigned temporarily
Open in reference
mode
The drawing file has been opened by another user in the workgroup
environment.
Open in reference
mode
The drawing file has been opened by another user in the workgroup
environment; the color red indicates that the drawing file has changed.
You can apply the changes by selecting Update drawing file on the
Options, Desktop environment page, you
shortcut menu. Using the
can configure the program to inform you of changes in reference drawing
files.
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Options
The
Options tool (Default toolbar) provides appropriate settings
for everything you do - from desktop settings to project planning.
You can define general settings as well as set defaults for each of the
modules. The default values listed affect the manner in which the
individual modules function. The values are arranged in logical
groups. This way, you can configure the program for your needs. The
section that follows shows how to set some important defaults. First
you will change the unit of length.
This setting saves you the effort of converting the units - all you
need to do is select the unit you want to use. Set the unit m (meter)
for the first exercise.
Allplan 2015 provides different units of length and angle.
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3 Open the Unit of length list box and select the unit m.
Do not close the Options dialog box; you will use it to check the
height of the default reference planes in the next step.
Tip: Alternatively, you can set
the unit of measurement in
the status bar. Click in the
field beside Length: and
select m for this exercise.
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Scale
Before you start working, you should also set the reference scale.
You can choose from the scales offered or enter any scale of your
choice.
Tip: You can also set the
current display scale in the
viewport border.
You can check and change
the reference scale in the
status bar at any time.
Reference Scale.
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Color/pen association
Color/pen association is controlled by the Color stands for pen
option in Show/Hide (Default toolbar). Color stands for pen means
that the color used to display an element on screen is associated with
(and thus dependent on) its pen thickness. Elements drawn with a
certain pen (or pen thickness) are always presented on-screen with
the same color, regardless of the colors assigned to the individual
elements. You can specify which color represents which pen in the
Defaults (Tools menu).
As you do not need the Color stands for pen option to work through
this step-by-step guide, you can switch it off.
Show/Hide.
2 Check that the Color stands for pen option is not selected.
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Compressed data
A compression program is often used to transfer large files. The data
is compressed by this program and needs to be decompressed again
before or during the import.
Compressed files are given an extension when they are saved.
Training data
The SbS Urban Planning.zip file includes the following
compressed data:
d.diigraus.9706.bgr.dxf DXF file
Geo-referenced orthophoto as a TIFF file
TFW file required for the orthophoto
Drawing file data
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In this chapter you will create the zoning plan of a small town and
the master plan including the open space planning of a new growth
area.
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Work your way through the exercises step by step. You will learn
about the basic tools in the Urban Planning module - ranging from
integrated, intelligent drawing symbol regulations to buildings to
label styles and reports.
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In this exercise you will create a zoning plan based on a georeferenced orthophoto of the small town. The first step involves
importing this photo to Allplan 2015. In the Urban Planning
module, the Drawing Symbol Regulations tool helps you with the
graphical appearance of layouts and the Legend tool makes it easy
to create correct legends in no time at all.
Bitmap Area.
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3 Another dialog box appears. Open the folder with the training
data.
4 Select the FNP.tif file and click Open.
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8 Use the
Measure Length tool (Default toolbar) to measure a
distance whose length you know in the bitmap area and compare
it with the actual length. In this example, you can use the scale
displayed in the bottom right corner of the bitmap area.
9 Check the coordinates by selecting the
Measure Coordinates
tool (Default toolbar) and then clicking the top left corner of the
bitmap area.
Note: The coordinates in this file are not based on real
coordinates. This file, which was created for the purpose of this
exercise, contains notional data.
Note: In Germany, coordinates are defined as Gauss-Krger
coordinates or UTM coordinates. Therefore, the bitmap area is often
far from the coordinate origin.
So you can proceed in two ways:
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Case A: if you want to continue to work with this data, you are
advised to select the Optimize working with large coordinates
option. The program internally optimizes the coordinates of the
elements and restores the original values each time you have done
something, for example, saved the file.
Options (Default toolbar). Select the Optimize working
Open the
with large coordinates option in the General area on the Desktop
environment page.
For more information see the chapter entitled "A note on DXF
import (on page 141)" or consult the Allplan help and read the
chapter entitled "Importing files with large coordinates".
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Step 2 - XRef
You can place a document as an XRef in a document as often as you
need. This way, you do not have to enter the same elements again
and again, such as the furniture of hotel rooms. All you need to do is
create the elements once in a document. Then you can insert this
document as an XRef as often as you want. Changes to the original
data only need to be done once - all associated XRefs will update
dynamically. You can insert XRefs at any scale and angle. But you
cannot insert empty documents as XRefs.
You can place XRefs as normal XRefs or as advanced XRefs.
Detailed information is provided in the Allplan help. Refer to the
chapter "Comparison between normal and advanced XRefs".
The size of the XRef matches that of the elements in the document. If
the size changes later, you can update the XRef using Update All
XRefs on the shortcut menu. If you want, you can clip an XRef later.
You cannot do this while placing it.
Show/Hide (View menu), you can specify whether XRefs
Using
and XRef borders are displayed or not. Regardless of this setting,
Area detection always takes into account the XRef border. To
avoid this, you can place the XRef on a separate layer and hide this
layer. Elements in advanced XRefs are always taken into account.
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4 Open the Zoning plan - 1:5000 structural level by doubleclicking its name with the left mouse button.
5 Name drawing file 100 Zoning plan - XREF.
6 Double-click drawing file 100 with the left mouse button. This
opens drawing file 100 and closes drawing file 10, which you
have used until now.
7 Before you insert the XRef, set the scale to 1:5000 (status bar).
Do not change the unit of length, which is set to m.
8 On the Insert menu, click
XRef.
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10 So that you can work with smaller coordinates, you should place
the XRef near to the global point. This also speeds up
calculations.
To do this, click
Global point in the dialog line and set the
global coordinates to
X,
Y,
Z = 0.
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7 Click
Drawing Symbol Regulations (Tools palette - Terrain
family - Urban Planning module - Create area).
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14 The Select Label Style dialog box opens. Choose the following
label style:
This selection is retained for the subsequent steps you take using
the
Drawing Symbol Regulations tool.
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Note: To change the size of the label, click Resize in the input
options. Enter a factor in the dialog line.
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You can find the drawing symbol objects for public services in
the Drawing symbol regulations dialog box under item
7. Flchen fr Versorgungsanlagen, Abfall-,
Abwasserbeseitigung, Ablagerungen (7th - public service
districts).
23 If you want to place the same drawing symbol a number of times,
such as the church symbol, all you need to do is click the
Number option in the input options so that ? is displayed.
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25 Using the left mouse button, click the start point of the polyline here, the edge of the bitmap area - and draw the polyline by
clicking the relevant points on screen. When you have defined
the end point of the polyline representing the mains, press ESC to
finish. You can also create branch lines in the same way.
26 Use the same approach to define the drawing symbol lines for the
traffic areas and the water areas.
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1 Click
Open on a Project-Specific Basis and make drawing file
101 Zoning plan - land use current. Open drawing file 100
Zoning plan - XREF in edit mode.
2 Click
All the menus and toolbars disappear. Now you can see the Print
Preview palette.
3 Go to the Display of elements area and select the Thick line
option. This not only makes the different line weights visible on
screen but also ensures that they are printed as such.
In addition, you can specify whether you want to Print
construction lines. Define the other options as you need.
4 On the viewport toolbar, click
mode.
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6 After having defined all the settings in the Settings, Margins and
Display of elements areas, you can start printing by clicking
Print.
The program sends the data to the Printer selected in the Settings
area.
Note: You can use the
Export as PDF tool to save the
elements displayed in print preview as a PDF file. Define
parameters for PDF export and click Export.
Click Close to return to print preview without creating a PDF file.
For a detailed description, refer to the chapter "Assembling and
Printing Layouts" - "Step 7: layouts as PDF files (see "Step 6 layouts as PDF files" on page 134)".
7 Click Close to exit print preview. You are back in the workspace.
You can also press ESC to quit print preview.
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You can create your own drawing symbol regulations that are
tailored to the regulations in your country. The Drawing symbol
regulations catalog provided by Nemetschek cannot be changed.
Therefore, it is in the ETC folder (default path).
To modify the drawing symbol regulations delivered with the
program and to adapt them to local conditions, you can copy the
default catalog and select this copy for a project. You can do this
when you define settings for the project.
The section that follows briefly describes how to copy the default
catalog and assign this copy to a project.
Note: As the exercises in this training project are based on the
default drawing symbol regulations, you do not need to work
through the following description.
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Now you can change the drawing symbol catalog using the
Create Drawing Symbol tool, for example. You can find more
information in the help for Allplan 2015. Refer to the chapter
"Modifying, deleting symbols in the drawing symbol catalog".
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Modify Drawing
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Step 6 - legend
You can quickly create a complete legend for the zoning plan using
the Legend tool. The legend automatically lists all the drawing
symbols you placed in the zoning plan using the Drawing Symbol
Regulations tool.
To create a legend
1 Click
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8 Click OK.
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9 Place the legend to the right of the planning in the drawing file.
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5 Click All in the input options to include all the elements in the
drawing file in the report.
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Export in
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Objective:
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4 Make sure that the check box is selected in the following dialog
box and click OK to confirm.
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3 In the Select drawing file dialog box, select drawing file 200 and
click OK to confirm.
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6 Name drawing file 200 Master plan - basic data, make it current
and close all the others.
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7 As the area does not need to be labeled, click Skip in the input
options or press ESC.
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2 Name drawing file 202 Master plan - land use, make it current
and set drawing files 200 and 201 to reference mode.
3 Check the reference scale (status bar). You are working at a scale
of 1:1000.
4 Click
Drawing Symbol Regulations (Tools palette - Terrain
family - Urban Planning module - Create area), select 15.
Sonstige Planzeichen (15th - other drawing symbols) and click
Abgrenzung unterschiedlicher Nutzung (delimitation of different
land use).
5 Enter the polyline separating the two areas and quit the tool by
pressing ESC twice.
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To enter plots
1 Click
2 Name drawing file 203 Master plan - plots, make it current and
set drawing file 200 to reference mode.
3 Check the reference scale (status bar). You are working at a scale
of 1:1000.
4 Click
Plot (Tools palette - Terrain family - Urban Planning
module - Create area).
5 As the plot is not to be given a hatching style, pattern or fill, you
need to switch these surface elements off. To do this, click below
the corresponding icons on the right side of the context toolbar.
Click
Off at the bottom of the dialog box that appears.
6 Specify a name for the plot and enter information on the land use
in the context toolbar. You can analyze this data using urban
planning reports and templates later. To define the land use of
the plot, click in the Occupancy box and enter the following
information:
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8 Click
9 The label is attached to the crosshairs. You do not want to use the
predefined text size to label the plots. Click
context toolbar.
Toggle in the
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To create buildings
Options
Tip: Using the
(Default toolbar) - Terrain
page - Urban Planning area,
you can control how the
shadows cast by the roofs are
displayed.
1 Click
Building (Tools palette - Terrain family - Urban
Planning module - Create area).
2 Define the roof parameters in the context toolbar. Click in the
box next to Angle and enter: 0.
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Floor
Tip: You can use the
Level tool to define any story
in a building.
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15 To close the outline of the building, click the first corner again or
enter
dx = 12 in the dialog line and press ENTER.
16 Now click an edge of the building to apply the flat roof and press
ESC to finish. The first building is created.
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To modify buildings
Tip: Selecting tools quickly
using the shortcut menu:
Right-click the building you
want to modify and choose
Properties on the shortcut
menu.
1 Click
Modify Building (Tools palette - Terrain family - Urban
Planning module - Create area).
2 Click the building you want to modify.
3 Change the roof shape: set the Angle to 35 and press ENTER to
confirm. The program automatically calculates the slope and
displays the value.
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4 Open the story definition and change the number of upper floors:
1. In addition, change the story height by clicking the Height
value in each row in the table and entering 2.60. The program
automatically calculates the new eaves height. Click OK.
5 Click the two longitudinal sides of the building to apply the roof
slopes and press ESC to finish.
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To extend buildings
The Urban Planning module is open.
Tip: Selecting tools quickly
using the shortcut menu:
Right-click the building you
want to extend and choose
Extend Building on the
shortcut menu.
1 Click
Extend Building (Tools palette - Terrain family - Urban
Planning module - Create area).
2 Click the building you want to extend.
3 Define the roof shape in the context toolbar.
4 Click the Story Def button and enter the eaves height of the
extension: 2.8. Clear the Create stories automatically check box
as stories are not required for the extension.
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Step 7 - setbacks
Using the Urban Planning module, you can quickly and easily check
whether the buildings you entered comply with the setback
requirements. The depth of the setbacks is calculated based on the
building height and a number of factors you need to specify in
accordance with the applicable building codes and regulations. The
program calculates the building height, that is the wall height and
the gable height, from the points of the roof edge. Therefore, you
need to click these points in isometric view.
To create setbacks
1 Drawing file Master plan - buildings is open. Open drawing file
Master plan - basic data in edit mode.
2 Switch to
Tip: You can also select this
tool on the shortcut menu.
3 Click
Setbacks (Tools palette - Terrain family - Urban
Planning module - Create area).
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5 Use
6 In isometric view, click the first point and the second point of the
roof edge on the southern, longitudinal side. These are the two
upper corners of the building.
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Would you like to get a little bit of practice? Then check whether all
the buildings you entered comply with the setback requirements and,
if necessary, move the buildings.
Setbacks
Setbacks are always located in the same drawing file as the building
itself, and they are always associated with the building. In other
words, moving the building also moves the setbacks.
If you do not want to include the setbacks in the printout, you can
delete them before you assemble the layout. If you work with layers,
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you can place the setbacks on a separate layer and hide this layer
when it comes to printing.
When you change the height of a building, the setbacks will not
adapt automatically to the new height. In this case, you need to
delete the setbacks and create them for the modified building again.
To enter plants in 2D
1 Set the system angle back to 0 degrees. To do this, select the
System Angle tool (Tools menu) and double-click in an
empty area of the workspace.
2 Switch back to
3 Click
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7 Select 13. Manahmen und Flchen zum Schutz und Pflege von
Natur und Landschaft (13th - environmental protection measures
and areas) in the list box at the top and click Erhaltung: Bume
(trees to be retained).
8 Place the trees to be retained one after the other along the
northern road.
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9 Do the same with the trees to be planted and the drawing symbol
for the playground (Drawing Symbol Regulations tool - 15
Sonstige Planzeichen (15th - other drawing symbols)).
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3D visualization
If you want to see the effects of the buildings and plants in three
dimensions, you can also create the open space planning in 3D. To
do this, you can use the Allplan 2015 symbol library, which also
includes 3D symbols.
Tip: Please note that 3D
visualizations require a lot of
disk space.
To enter plants in 3D
1 Click
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Step 9 - analyses
Land-use template
You can quickly and easily retrieve information on the master plan
using land-use templates that are generated automatically. The only
requirement is that you enter the information beforehand.
Tip: Of course, you can also
use urban planning reports
for analyses.
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7 Select the Urban Planning subfolder and the Template max label
style.
8 Click OK.
The template is attached to the crosshairs.
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9 Place the two templates one after the other in the corresponding
area.
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6 Click All in the input options to include all the elements in the
drawing file in the report.
The report is displayed in the Report dialog box on screen.
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8 Click Close.
Note: The layout border matches the size of the page. When you
change the page, the size of the layout border updates
automatically. Please note that the
Label tool does not
recognize this layout border as an element.
The Set up page palette stays open.
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9 In the Properties area, click the button beside Title block and
choose Label.
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10 The Select Label Style dialog box opens. In the Default folder,
select subfolder 8 Layout Labels and label style 12 Title block 1.
11 Click OK.
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12 To specify the distance between the title block and the layout
border, enter 0 mm for the Offset to the right and Offset to the
bottom.
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Building structure.
4 Click OK.
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6 Click the top left inner corner of the layout border to place the
drawing files.
7 Press ESC to finish selecting layout elements.
8 To finish, you can enter text for the placeholders XXX in the title
block using the
Edit Text tool (Text module).
Your layout should now look like this:
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The result might look like this in Design view (at bottom right in the
viewport border):
The finished layouts are saved and can be printed now or later.
When drawing files have changed in the meantime, you may need to
Update Layout tool to update the extents of the drawing
use the
files placed in the layout.
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To copy a layout
Layout 1 Zoning plan is open.
1 On the File menu, click Copy, Move Elements between
Documents....
2 The Select layout dialog box opens. Select layout 2.
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To complete layout 2
Layout 2 Master plan with the layout window is open.
Check that the Design view is selected at bottom right in the
border of the viewport.
1 Start by deleting the layout element displaying the legend.
2 Move the layout window into the empty area in the title block.
3 Click
Building structure.
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6 Click OK.
7 Place the layout elements so that they are centered in the layout.
8 Press ESC to finish selecting layout elements.
The Design view is still selected (at bottom right in the viewport
border). Layout 2 Master plan might look like this:
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To print a layout
Tip: You can define settings
for printing in the Settings
area.
1 Click
Print Layouts (Tools palette, Basic family, Layout
module, Create area).
If the layout was created with a Windows driver, the program
checks whether ...
... it can access the output device saved with the layout.
... it can access the format saved with the layout.
After this, the menus and toolbars disappear. The Print Layouts
palette opens and you can see the Printer tab. The representation
of the layout matches that in the printout.
2 The number of the current layout is displayed in the Selection
area on the Printer tab.
Note: To print more layouts, click the button beside Layout in the
Selection area and select the required layouts in the layout
structure.
3 To select the elements you want to include in the layout, click the
Set button.
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Note: Using the settings in the Element filter palette, you can
specify whether the borders of layout windows are printed or not,
for example.
4 Click OK to confirm the settings. Now you are back in the Print
Layouts palette.
5 If you have defined at least one output channel in the Services
application, you can use Allplan vector drivers. In this case, you
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10 Select the Print in color option in the More settings area and
click OK to close the dialog box.
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Print Layouts
You can use either tool to save and archive one or more layouts or
the elements displayed in the print preview as a PDF file. You can
immediately open this file in the associated application.
Transparency settings and layers from Allplan are taken into account
(except when using the PDF/A archiving format).
1 Click
Print Layouts (Tools palette, Basic family, Layout
module, Create area).
2 The number of the current layout is displayed in the Selection
area on the Printer tab.
Note: To save more layouts as PDF files, click the button beside
Layout in the Selection area. Then select the required layouts in
the layout structure.
3 To select the elements you want to include in the layout, click the
Set button.
4 In the Output mode area, select the PDF export option.
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7 Close the palette and start exporting by clicking the Start button.
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Export PDF
1 Click
Export PDF Data (Tools palette - Basic family - Layout
module - Create area).
2 Select the relevant layout in the Select layouts dialog box and
click OK.
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3 Make the following settings in the Export PDF Data dialog box:
4 Click OK.
As you have selected the Open file with associated application
option in the Export PDF Data dialog box, the PDF file
immediately opens in the application that is associated with the
pdf file type.
Note: Advanced information on the
be found in the help for Allplan.
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Import the data and move it towards the origin using the
Move tool in Allplan.
Specify offset coordinates in the Project Settings. The offset set is
automatically taken into account when you export and import
data.
Important: Using an offset is usually the better solution:
Point coordinates are measured correctly, and they are not
changed. This is particularly important when you need to export
the data again (coordinates in site plans are legally binding).
The offset set is automatically taken into account when you
export and import data.
Whenever you move data, you change the coordinates
themselves. So you are advised to use this option only if you
require the data for internal use and you do not need to export
the data again (coordinates in site plans are legally binding).
If a project with large coordinates is at an advanced stage, Allplan
provides another solution that helps you improve the representation.
Select the Optimize working with large coordinates option in
Options, Desktop environment. The program internally
the
optimizes the coordinates of the elements and restores the
original values each time you have done something, for example,
saved the file.
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3 Make drawing file 12 current and name it Import: DXF data site plan.
Close all the other drawing files.
4 Select the File menu. Point to Import and select Import AutoCAD
Data....
5 Open the SbS Urban Planning folder. This is the folder where
you saved the training data.
6 Select the d.digraus.9706.bgr.dxf file.
7 Click the
button.
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12 Click Open.
13 Another dialog box is displayed. The following options are
available:
Modify:
If you do not want to use the automatic property assignment
set in the files, you can use Modify to make your own
assignments. Amongst other things, you can also make layer
assignments there and assign layers in the imported file to
layers and drawing files in Allplan.
Save:
By clicking Save, you can save these assignments in a
configuration file.
Note: For a detailed description of the dialog box, please refer to
the chapter "Starting the import" in the Allplan help.
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Measure Length (Default toolbar) to measure the distance
between two survey points (marked with a cross).
The distance should be 50 m.
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Scanned images
You can scan drawings created on a drawing board or have them
scanned. Using the Scan module, you can then link these drawings
with drawing files and edit them.
Possible applications
The Scan module offers numerous options for editing scanned
drawings. In addition to tools for moving, copying, rotating,
mirroring, scaling and deleting the data, you can also define specific
sections as scan elements that can then be edited individually.
Scanned drawings can be linked with designs ("placed in the
background" = hybrid data processing). You can also display and
print multiple scanned drawings at the same time. As a result, the
possible applications for this module are manifold:
Plans of existing buildings can be scanned and placed in the
background. These then serve as the basis for building alteration
drawings and extension plans with the 2D/3D tools.
Cadastral drawings, site plans or zoning plans are used in urban
development and landscaping. For example, a scanned zoning
plan can be placed in the background while working on the
development of a new residential housing area.
Drawings are scanned and archived.
Objects like trees, furniture, people and other details in scanned
drawings or catalogs can be defined as bitmaps. Bitmaps can be
placed in drawing files as needed.
Freehand drawings and sketches can be used to graphically
enhance plans - for competition entries, for example.
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Scanning layouts
There are two ways to create a scan file:
Scan with your own scanner.
Have it done by a professional service provider: you are given the
scanned images possibly as a file attachment via the Internet or
on a storage medium.
Whichever approach you take, you must first define:
The format of the scan file
Allplan 2015 supports the RLC format (Run Length Code) as well
as all common formats, such as TIFF and BMP. The bitmap files
are converted to RLC by the Scan module. We recommend the
TIFF format as it can be converted very quickly.
The resolution
The resolution is specified in dpi (dots per inch). The higher the
resolution, the greater the volume of data. In addition, the
resolution at which the scanned image can be printed after
editing is frequently limited to 300 or 600 dpi. This is why a
resolution of 600 dpi is generally sufficient when scanning.
Grayscale
If you create a BMP or TIFF file when you scan, then this should
be set to 8 or 16. You can hide the light grayscale later by
converting the file to RLC.
Note: Detailed information
about TIFF support is provided
in the Allplan help.
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3 Select the folder where you saved the training data (e.g.
C:\Training data for Allplan\SbS Urban
Planning) and select the FNP.tif file.
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4 Click Open.
5 Click Save.
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The Link with Scanned Image tool only controls how the scan file is
displayed. It does not actually modify the scan file, not even in the
other drawing files where the scan file has been inserted.
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9 Click the arrow beside Color to set the color with which the
scanned image is to be displayed. Select color 136 (brown).
This setting also specifies the color/grayscale with which the
scanned image is printed later.
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11 Click OK.
The scanned image is linked with the current drawing file.
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A scanned image is a pure bitmap file, which does not provide any
information on the scale. To make the image available for further
editing, its scale and position need to be adjusted.
Tip: Using
Create Bitmap
Area, you can cut areas out
of a scanned image and save
them separately as symbols.
1 Use the
Measure Length tool (Default toolbar) to measure a
distance whose length you know in the image and compare it
with the actual length. In this example, you can use the scale
displayed at bottom right.
3 Use the same settings as for the first time. In addition, specify the
Zoom factor:
actual distance / measured distance = zoom factor
(in this example: 100.00 / 1.965 results in a zoom factor of 50.9).
4 Click OK.
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Index
Index
3
3D symbol - 103
views - 93
3-point correct - 153
A
aligning using crosshairs - 86
analysis
land-use templates - 105
urban planning report - 70
assembling and plotting layouts 111
B
basic settings - 27
toolbars - 27
bitmap area - 40
geo-referenced orthophoto 40
high-quality bitmap areas - 44
working with large coordinates
- 40, 142
building
creating - 86
expanding - 93
isometric view - 93
modifying - 91
modifying, setbacks - 96
representation - 86
setbacks - 96
building structure - 16
drawing file - 20
labeling and selecting - 20
status - 20
C
color preview - 129
color stands for pen - 31
show/hide - 31
color/pen association - 31
color stands for pen - 31
converter - 155
creating - 20
creating project - 18
D
data - 34
defining layouts - 114
defining system angle - 86
definitions - 27
deleting link with scanned image
- 151
deleting scanned image - 151
design view - 114, 127
development planning
analyzing (land-use templates)
- 105
documentation - 6
drawing file - 14
drawing file status - 20, 26
drawing files - 26
drawing symbol regulations - 48
drawing symbols
analyzing (urban planning
reports) - 70
areas - 48, 49
color or black/white - 66
land use - 82
lines - 48, 49
modifying - 64
objects - 48, 49
planning area - 80
slope - 48
DXF / DWG files - 33
DXF/DWG files - 141
E
entering plots - 83
exporting PDF data - 59
F
favorite for exchange - 144
files with large coordinates - 142
fileset - 14
flat roof - 93
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gable roof - 91
geo-referenced orthophoto - 40
H
high-quality bitmap areas - 44
I
importing
DXF/DWG files - 141
importing scanned drawings 149, 155
importing AutoCad files - 144
importing data - 33
scan file - 155
importing DXF files - 144
importing non-native data - 33,
34, 40, 75
bitmap area - 40
importing non-native data 33, 34, 40, 75
importing scanned drawings 149, 155
international land-use planning 61
L
land-use templates - 105
layer - 14
layout - 14
printing - 129
setting up the page - 114
layout border - 114
layout window - 123, 125
creating layout windows 123, 125
placing layout window in
layout - 127
layouts as PDF files - 134
legend
creating (drawing symbol) - 67
linking with scanned image 153, 160
inserting - 157
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master plan - 48
measuring - 157
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modifications
building - 91
module - 153
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objectives - 10
offset - 142
open space planning - 100
2D plants - 100
3D plants - 103
options - 142
general - 27
organization system, flexible - 13
P
perspective view - 93
PlanzV90 - 49
print preview - 59
printing - 59
assembling layouts - 113
configuring output device 112
layout window - 123, 125
printing layouts - 129
printout, see printing - 112
project - 14
project organization - 13
R
repositioning image - 153
S
scan - 153
scan file - 150, 155
scanned image - 150
inserting - 157
linking - 157, 160
scanning layouts - 152
screen contents - 59
selecting layout elements - 121
setbacks - 96
not in layout - 96
of modified buildings - 96
show/hide - 31
status - 26
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support - 8
U
unit
length - 27
urban planning - 13, 37
urban planning project - 18
urban planning report - 70
using non-native data - 33, 34,
35
V
views - 93
W
working with large coordinates 40, 142
X
XRef - 44
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