The second phase displays a dialog box similar to the first:
The biggest difference is that the controls on this page are displayed values only. Most cannot be edited. If a mistake has been made in any of the values and there is a need to make further changes, the Re-input button on the right will return to the Phase 1 Description dialog, where changes can be made.
The graphical display is, likewise, similar to the Phase 1 plan, but is changed in dimensional detail. Instead of detailing the values entered, it shows the values that Punch! requires to properly size various pieces of the model, and demonstrates on the elevation how they are derived graphically.
In the upper half of the display there are five checkboxes. The first allows a choice of whether the text describing the data on this page will be placed on the plan or not, for reference after the user returns to Punch! from this PowerTool. The remaining four checkboxes will be described on the page describing the adjustment phase.
The first four are mainly values concerned with the roof system. The first value is the Bias, brought over from the first page. The remaining three are repeats of data entered in Phase 1. They are repeated here because Punch! needs them to be entered to design the roof just as they were entered.
Six values are shown for each level in the model, plus two more for the theoretical floor above the topmost one defined. Again, they are color coded by function so they may be more easily identified on the elevation plan. They are concerned with the walls, floors and ceiling measurements. The leftmost is labeled Exterior Wall Elevation, and the next column is Exterior Wall Height. When exterior walls are created, the height and elevation values need to be changed to these values to get perfectly fitting walls. We'll describe a systematic procedure for doing this below on this page.
(In the printed version of the value tables mentioned below therew is an additional column for interior wall elevations. These values are computed from others here, and aren't displayed.)
The third column is Punch! Ceiling Height. It is so-named because that is the way that Punch! refers to it, although it is not really a ceiling height measurement, as most people would think of it, so we use the word "Punch!" to differentiate it from the ceiling heights entered in the first phase. That's OK - it's the job of HighRise to determine what they need to be set to. HighRise cannot cause these values to be automatically set due to the way that the PowerTool software interface is designed, so the user needs to do that, but it need only be done once for a drawing unless the desired ceiling heights/floor thicknesses must be change in midstream drawing, or if using the more-than-three-floors swapping options.
The next column is Floor Thickness. Mainly, these are the same values that were entered for the floor thicknesses in Phase 1. They are displayed here because they will need to be applied to the floors as they are created. If they are not, the working elevations will be improperly set. A value is also included for setting the thickness of the ceiling above the topmost floor. The background for these cells are yellow for manual, blue for automatic floors.
The next column is Floor Elevation. These are "auto" if the floor's walls have autoFloor turned on. For manual floors, the elevations will need to be entered at the time each floor is drawn for the elevation defaults to work properly. There is also a topmost value in this column: it gives the elevation of the ceiling of the top floor, which will always be created from a manual floor (though it might be zero if a cathedral ceiling is planned).
The final column is roof elevation. Normally residences only have a single roof, and the elevation of that roof is set on the topmost real floor of the building. However, if an offset floor was indicated, then the roof that covers the floor below the offset floor will also be listed here. There may be as many such roofs as there are floors (counting the top roof). Note that an offset floor has a roof elevation listed for the floor below the offset, not the offset floor itself.
Since usually these numbers have to be entered manually into Punch!, HighRise displays them here for the user's benefit. They can be copied down onto a notepad for later entry, or be printed out using the Print button, or the display may be "grabbed" and printed out (see article XII)dropped into a file and thence sent in an email or put on the Internet. If the Insert Table Text in Plan checkbox is checked, they will also be displayed on the lowest floor "floor" plan in the upper left corner. The user may at a later time use that note to set the values. The note may be edited, copied/moved to other floors, erased or left on the plan for reference, as the user desires.
When Finish is finally pressed on this dialog, HighRise will make one final adjustment to the plan. If the basement depth is not zero, and this is not a Punch! version 8 or higher version program, it will add a berm which will cover the entire drawing surface, setting the ground level upwards from the Zero Plane. This allows the basement floor to have a correct Ceiling Height even if that height is below the ground level. Normally the berm can be ignored. It should not affect any other editing. Its sole effect will be to set the Zero Plane, the reference point for all vertical measurements, from nominal ground level to the top surface of the basement floor, arguably a better place for it anyway. Note that this berm is not automatically generated in AS4000 and later versions, since the terrain has been segregated into a separate file in those versions. A procedure for manual generation of the berm is described here.
After all this is done, HighRise will start its automatic object adjustment phase, if any of the four checkboxes for adjustments has been checked. Following that, HighRise will look to see if four or more floors are defined for the structure. If they are, it will proceed into the multi-floor part of the tool, described below on this page.
If Cancel is pressed rather than OK, then the berm and the text note will not be written to the plan. HighRise will exit with no changes made.
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