Building Parameters Rollout

Provides controls for building objects.

Civil View Explorer > Upper panel > Civil View Objects branch > Other Objects branch > Select the Buildings entry. > Object List rollout > Select a Building from the list. > Building Parameters rollout
In a viewport, select a Swept Object. > Civil View Explorer > Lower (context-sensitive) panel > Swept Object Parameters rollout

[parent shape button]

Displays the closed parent shape object that represents the floor area of the building.

To change the parent shape, click this button and then select a new closed parent shape object in a 3ds Max Design viewport.

Building Height: Sets the height of the building. Changing this value affects the individual height of each floor.
Floor Count: Sets the number of floors in the building. Changing this value affects the height of the building.
Floor Height: Sets the height of each floor in the building. Changing this value affects the height of the building.

Wall Mapping Style drop-down list

Choose the way in which to wrap the walls:

Left: Box mapping per floor

Right: Face mapping

Wall Material ID drop-down list

Choose the material ID that is assigned to the walls of the building.

[preview thumbnail]

Displays a thumbnail of the texture used for the building.

Mapping Width

Sets the width of the mapping assigned to the walls of the building.

You can load or save predefined building object styles.

Open Style: Opens a predefined Building Object Style.
Save Style: Saves the current panel settings into a Building Object Style.
Reset: Reverts the panel settings back to settings stored in the current Building Object Style. This undoes any manual changes to the panel controls.
[file name]: Shows the name of the current Building Object Style (BOS file).

Allows the parameters of a collection of objects of the same basic type to be shared or instanced.

See Parameter Instancing for further details.