Create a Zone

Because zones are a collection of spaces, you typically create zones after spaces have been placed in the model. However, you could create zones first according to specific environments, then assign spaces to the zones that you created.

Tip: Activate space and zone visibility for a view to make it easier to select spaces that you are adding to a zone.

Add spaces to the new zone

1. Open a floor plan that contains the spaces that you want to add to a zone.
   Note: Zones cannot be displayed in elevation views or 3D views. Zones can be viewed in section views.
2. Click Analyze tabSpaces and Zones panel Zone.

   The Edit Zone tab is activated and a new zone is created. The new zone displays in the System Browser but, until spaces are assigned to it, the zone is empty. The default numeric name assigned to the new zone displays in the System Browser.

   Note: To view zones in the System Browser, press F9 and in the View bar, click Systems and select Zones.
3. Click Edit Zone tabProperties panel Properties.
4. In the Properties palette, for Name, enter a name for the new zone.
5. On the Mode panel, verify that Add Space is selected.
6. If you are adding a single space to the zone, place the cursor over a space, and after the space highlights, click to add the space to the new zone.

   To add multiple spaces to a zone draw a selection box around the spaces being added, or press CTRL while selecting spaces one at-a-time.

7. Click Finish Editing Zone.

   In the System Browser, notice that the spaces that you added are moved from the Default zone to the zone that you created.

   Attention: Conditioned and Unconditioned spaces must not be mixed within a particular zone. See Space Properties.