To Export Zones for Load Analysis

After you have configured spaces with property set values, and have attached spaces to zones, you can export the engineering and building information in gbXML format.

  1. Open the drawing that contains the zone data you want to analyze.
    Note: You can analyze a complete building by attaching zones and spaces in xref drawings to zones in a current drawing. The adjacent spaces and space surface types are automatically detected for all spaces at export.
  2. Click Export gbXML.
  3. In the Export to gbXML dialog box, specify the export settings:
    • File name: Specify a file name and location.
    • Select Objects: The dialog box automatically detects all zones in the current drawing. Zones in reference drawings cannot be exported unless they are attached to a zone in the current drawing. If the dialog box does not detect all zones, click Select Objects and select the desired zones.
    • Building Type: Specify a building type and postal ZIP code that may be used by the external analysis program.
    • Progress: Click Start to run the export.
    • Success: If any errors occur during export, click View Event Log to view error messages.

  4. Click Close.

    The gbXML file can now be used in various analysis software programs.