Use this procedure to attach spaces and zones to a selected zone.
Note: You can attach spaces and zones to zones inside blocks, or attach spaces or zones inside a block to a zone outside the block, but if the blocks are exploded the attachments will be removed.
Connections of spaces and zones are not unique. You can attach a space or a zone to any number of different zones, unless you place restrictions on space/zone and zone/zone attachments in the zone, style:
- You can specify that a space can only be attached to one zone of the same style. That would prevent a space from being calculated multiple times, as in a case where you do not want the same room to be attached to multiple apartment zones.
- You can specify that zones of this style can only be attached to other zones of the same style. This would be useful for Building Systems applications where you want to generate HVAC and Lighting zones, but do not want to allow a zone of one kind to be attached to a zone of the other kind.
In the properties of a zone, you can restrict the type of objects can be attached to the zone, allowing only spaces or only zones.
When you attach a zone to another zone, it is attached as a subzone to the first zone.
- Select the zone to which you want to attach a space or zone.
- Attach the space or zone to the selected zone in one of the following ways:
- Click the Add (Plus) grip on the zone, and select spaces and zones to attach.
- Click
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- Press Enter.