This command allows the user to add a new link between 2 windows (floor and staircase). A dialogue box will appear, to enable you to specify the following:
· Which staircase the link will connect to.
· Which floor the link will connect to.
· The name to be assigned to the link (preferably no more than 10 characters).
· The width of the link. The width of the link will be equal to the exact width of the doorway opening into the staircase.
After being added, the link must then be positioned in the two windows. You should activate the floor and stair windows in turn, and then click onto a position in the floor or stair plan, with the left mouse button. A T-shaped link marker will appear in the window. You can click-onto this link marker with the mouse and drag it to any position in the specified window.
In floor windows, you can click onto the link marker with the left mouse button and drag the marker to the correct position. You can click onto the link marker with the right mouse button to rotate the marker. Link markers on floor plans must be positioned accurately between the edges of the surrounding door frame or opening. Look at the sample projects for examples of link positioning, where the immediate geometry of link markers are the same in a staircase and floor plan (i.e. the marker edges are adjacent to the end of a wall or solid object).
In stair windows, the markers cannot be rotated because they appear in the outline of the staircase and are used to create an opening or doorway in the wall perimeter. The marker is automatically aligned with the line of the staircase wall.
After a link has been created, the link marker positions can be adjusted at any later time by using the left and right mouse buttons to ‘click-and-drag’ the marker to the new position.
Note the stem of the T-shaped marker should be positioned on the outside of the normal circulation space, such that people will enter and emerge from the link on the ‘flat’ side of the marker.
