While the majority of the functions in Design Master do not require detailed building definitions, in order to properly calculate voltage drop and feeder length between floors, as well as indoor photometrics, it is necessary to define floor elevations.
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Building DefinitionFloor List
The Floor Information dialog box will appear.
Press New to begin creating a new floor.
The table below explains the floor definition options. To set a value to the nearest inch, type the number of feet, the hyphen, then the number of inches. For example, 8'6" would be typed "8-6".
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Floor Elevation |
This is the elevation of the floor above grade. For example, the first floor would be set to zero, and the second floor might be set to 12'. This is used to help calculate vertical distances in feeder lengths. |
Default Ceiling Height |
This is the height of the ceiling, used to determine the room cavity ratio and mounting height for indoor photometrics. |
Default Wall Height |
The height of the walls for this floor. This is specific to each floor, so the wall height of the first floor would be 10' and the wall height of the second floor would also be 10' (rather than being 20' because of adding the height of the second floor walls to the first floor walls). |
Press Save when you have finished defining the floor.
To create more floors, either press New again or press Copy. You may also edit other floors using this dialog box, by pressing the Next or Previous buttons.