Add Elevation Information
Did you know, that you can add the minimum and maximum elevation information to the objects in Simplebim?
The tool calculates the values based on object geometry. Six properties are added to all the objects with geometry: Minimum Elevation, Maximum Elevation, Center of Gravity X, Center of Gravity Y, Center of Gravity Z, and Elevation from Building Storey. The properties are self-explanatory. After you run the tool, they are now ready to be exported to IFC. If you like, you can copy the values to your own properties.
Here’s how you do it. You have three options.
- Run the ‘Add Min and Max Elevation and Center Point‘ tool from the Tools menu.
- Run the ‘Add Min and Max Elevation and Center Point‘ tool from a template. The properties are automatically added to all objects with geometry. Please check the other tutorials on how to create and run templates.
- Finally you can run the tool from a script. Again the elevation and center point information is calculated based on the geometry and added to all objects with geometry. Please check the Simplebim Command Line API documentation for more information. To use the example below you have to define your own file name and folder paths for import and export paths.
That’s it. There is nothing to configure. You simply run the tool. The end result is an enriched model. Have fun!