Opening Element

Supported attributes

Architecture
Attribute Description
id The unused identification attribute.
openingType

The type of the opening is based on the family category for the opening and in what element it is contained in:

If it is a Window it will have a type of OperableWindow.

If it is a Door it will have a type of NonSlidingDoor.

If the opening is contained in a Roof it will have a type of FixedSkylight.

If it is a Curtain Wall Panel, the opening will default to a type of FixedWindow. If the material specified for the family, and the material transparency is less than 3%, the opening will be ignored as a solid panel.

An opening of the category Openings will have the type of Air.

constrictionidRef Reference to Construction element that is associated with this opening.
windowTypeIdRef Reference to WindowType element that is associated with this opening.

Supported children

Element Description
Name

Surface and Opening elements get an Name element assigned according to the below described schema:

(Orientation)(Space#)[(Other space#)](Exposure)(Type)-(sequence number)

[Opening Type+#]

Sample:

N-101-102-E-W-D-84

N = Orientation [N/NE/E/SE/S/SW/W/NW/N/T/B/X]

(every surface within the sector of 22.5 degrees from the north vector gets the letter N etc) (horizontal surfaces facing upwards get the letter T for top, downwards B for bottom) (shading surfaces get the letter X for differentiation)

101 = Space number

102 = Other space number

E = Exposure - exterior/interior/underground [E/I/U]

W = Type [W/C/R/F] (Wall, Roof, Ceiling, Floor, Shade) (every surface type has it's letter W-Wall R-Roof C-Ceiling F-Floor S-Shade)

O = Opening Type [W/D/O] (Window, Door, Opening) (every opening type has it's letter W-Window D-Door O-Opening)

77 = sequence number

Sample surface names:

N-101-E-W-84 North facing Exterior Wall #84 in space 101

N-101-E-W-84-D-1 Door #1 in North facing Exterior Wall #84 in space 101

E-101-102-I-W-92 Vertical Interior Wall #92 between space 101 and 102

T-101-E-R-141 Top facing Exterior Roof #141 in space 101

B-101-201-I-F-88 Bottom facing Interior Floor #88 between space 101 and 201

X-73 Shade #73

RectangularGeometry Rectangular approximation of the geometry.
PlanarGeometry As described in PlanarGeometry
CADObjectId ElementId for the associative Analytical Surface element.

<Openingid="op-18"openingType="OperableWindow"windowTypeIdRef="win-1">

<Name>S-101-E-W-1-W-1</Name>

+<RectangularGeometry>

+<PlanarGeometry>

<CADObjectId>347195</CADObjectId>

</Opening>