Note: This topic is for Roombook users only.
Surface material styles are sets of materials which are typically applied to the surfaces of walls, floors, ceilings and perimeters of a particular room type.
| Surface Material Style | Wall Surfaces | Ceiling Surfaces | Floor Surfaces |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bath Room | Tiles, Plaster | Plaster, Paint | Tiles |
| Habitable Room - Parquet | Plaster, Wallpaper | Plaster, Paint | Parquet |
Imagine a hospital with 100 identical bathrooms. You can apply the surface material style "Bath Room" to all bathrooms and all interior finish materials are applied as well. The global assignment can be changed individually when editing the calculated room surfaces.
The connection between spaces and surface materials is just an option. If you do not apply surface materials to spaces, then the surfaces are calculated by object, which means with the materials that are assigned to the object (wall, floor, and so on) by AutoCAD.
Roombook has a set of predefined surface material styles that can be loaded in your drawing. You can edit, save, copy, delete, import, or export surface material styles.
- Surface material styles are stored in the catalog file Roombook Styles.dwg.
- Define your own styles in the current drawing and import or export them from catalogs.
- The applicable materials are that from AutoCAD.
- Click
. - In the Roombook Surface Material Style dialog box, create or edit existing surface material styles or load surface material styles from the catalog.
- Click OK.
Changes on surface material styles are stored in the drawing. It is recommended to store your surface material styles in a catalog. 
Surface Material Style
- Name
- Lists all available surface material styles.
- Save
- Saves changes or creates a copy of the style with a new name. You can define different surface material styles in the drawing, by creating new based on existing styles and adjusting the materials
- Delete
- Deletes the current style from the drawing.
Style Properties
Lists the material definitions for the following room quantity categories:
- Wall Surfaces
- Floor Surfaces
- Ceiling Surfaces
- Room Perimeters
- Material Source
- Specifies whether the material source is by custom or by object.
- Custom: Surface materials are defined individually. Materials are taken from the available material styles in the current drawing.
- By Object:Surface materials are calculated based on the AutoCAD materials assigned to the object.