Displaying Materials for Multi-Component Walls

Walls may consist of multiple layers or regions. Each layer or region of a multi component wall may have a material. For example, one layer of insulation, a layer of wood, and one layer of brick for the wall itself.

When you specify a wall in the graphics area, the Properties palette identifies whether the entity type is multi component wall or not.

The BIM Multi Component palette displays the list of materials used for a specified multi component wall, as they appear in the BIM file.

If the BIM model contains multi component walls, you can map materials to materials from the library and assign different textures to each component of the multi-component wall using the BIM Material Mapper palette.

The BIMMultiComponent command displays the BIM Multi Component palette.

After mapping the materials from the BIM file, BIM entities will be represented in drawings according to the style definition available for the corresponding material in the CAD software.

To display the BIM Multi Component palette:

1. Do one of the following:
   • On the ribbon, click BIM > Palettes > Multi Component.
   • On the menu, click BIM > Palettes > Multi Component.
   • Type BIMMultiComponent.

To hide the BIM Multi Component palette:

• Type HideBIMMultiComponent at the command prompt.

The BIM Multi Component Palette

The BIM Multi Component palette displays the list of materials used for a specified multi component wall.

Material name

Displays the name of the multi layered material used for the specified multi-component wall.

List of materials

The list of materials displays the name of the materials, as well as additional attributes and characteristics.

• Material. Displays materials that the command identified for each layer of the multi component wall. For each layer, you can select a material from the drop down list. The same materials appear on the BIM Material Mapper palette.
• Thickness. Displays the layer thickness.
• Function. Displays the material priority for wall intersections from the BIM file.

Preview

The Preview area displays a preview of the layers of the multi component wall. It also shows the exterior and interior side.

Rotates the preview 90° to the left.

Rotates the preview 90° to the right.