A
Rotate selected object(s) by angle (degrees).
Parameters:
angle
Example:
ADJHOLE
Make adjacent surfaces Holes
Example:
AXON
Set axonometric view rotation (no parameters = display current azi, alt)
Parameters:
<none>
or
azimuth, altitude
Example:
BUILD
Regenerate adjacencies for selected space(s)
Example:
BYPASSCHECK
Bypass geoemtry checks
Parameters:
ON/OFF
Example:
C
Closes current shape
Example:
CELLS
Convert selected body's surfaces to 1m² cells. Works on a single selected space at model level.
Example:
CLIPOPENINGS
Ensures openings do not extend beyond adjacency they are on
Example:
COL
Set Color For Selected Spaces
Parameters:
ColorIndex
Example:
CORE
Creates perimeter and core zoning of the current space
Notes:
-
Development feature made available on specific request - use with caution as results can be very questionable!
Parameters:
Perimeter depth (in metres)
Example:
CORRECTSHELL
Attempt to heal an unclosed shell
Example:
D
Dragging direction/distance for dragface tool or opening resize
Parameters:
offset
Example:
DEL
delete the selected space(s)
Example:
DELCOMPS
Delete all placed components from currently selected spaces
Example:
DELMV
Deletes model variants (Caution must be used as important variants can be lost e.g. proposed and baseline models for PRM)
Example:
DELSURF
Removes selected surface from space
Example:
DIM
Show dimensions while drawing space
Parameters:
ON/OFF
Example:
DUMPCOMPS
Dump component geometry (placed components) into a GEM file
Example:
DUMPNM
Export the UK NCM Notional Model to GEM file
Example:
DUMPRM
Export the UK NCM Reference Model to a GEM file.
Example:
DV
Depth of view - set view limits from h1 to h2
Parameters:
h1,h2
Example:
DX
Set relative position from current position by x and y offset.
Or… set displacement to (dx,dy) in move or copy
* In Window/Door/Hole mode set first co-ordinate relative to bottom left corner, then width, height (rectangular mode)
Parameters:
x,y
Example:
DXF
Show DXF layers window
Example:
DXFNAMES
Get space names from DXF file
Example:
FIND
select space by the referenced ID
Parameters:
roomid
Example:
FIX
Rounds vertices to a given number of decimal places for selected room(s). Range = 3-6.
Parameters:
precision
Example:
G
Define % glazing for selected space
Parameters:
glazing area
Example:
GW
Define % glazing to Walls only
Parameters:
glazing area
Example:
INITZONES
Initialises zone lists (obsolete)
Example:
INN
Toggle inner-volumes on/off
Parameters:
ON/OFF
Example:
INT
Switch intersection check on or off depending on param
Parameters:
ON/OFF
Example:
INTBODY
key-in for intersection check on selected spaces
Example:
INTERSECTION
Switch intersection check on or off depending on param
Parameters:
ON/OFF
Example:
LAY
Set Layer For Selected Spaces
Parameters:
LayerIndex
Example:
LISTCOMPS
List component geometry (placed components) into a text file which is viewed
Example:
MB
set Model Browser switch
Parameters:
on/off
Example:
MIT
Merge another ModelIT project into this one
Example:
MODEL
key-in option to perform model consistency check
Example:
OPEN
Set Openings to new type (i.e. convert Windows to Holes)
Parameters:
W/D/H
Example:
ORIGIN
Centres the model on the grid origin (0,0).
Notes:
-
All geometry will be considered and a virtual bounding box will be considered. This bounding box will then be moved to have its centre point at 0,0.
-
One or more dimensions can be specified as parameters.
-
Calling without parameters is equivalent to ‘origin=xy’.
Parameters (optional):
x/y/z
Example:
OSM
Imports map data from OpenStreetMap and automatically creates geometry.
Notes:
-
This key-in is still in development and not a fully supported feature.
-
Example:
Let’s grab a corner of Central Park in New York City, NY, USA.
Once imported to the VE…
And using the model viewer…
P
Set polar position.
Parameters:
x,y
Example:
Path
Define a follow-me path to create geometry. Requires at SECTION to have been created first.
Example:
PSWIN
Place simple openings tool. Used in PLAN view to add windows and doors on to model. Commonly used when tracing over a DXF drawing.
Example:
REBUILD
Rebuild model adjacencies
Example:
RENAME
Rename the selected rooms.
For more detail please see
here.
Example:
RG
Set space group for selected spaces (browser may not refresh automatically)
Parameters:
group index
Example:
RMD
Remove doors
Example:
RMDE
Remove doors (external)
Example:
RMDI
Remove doors (internal)
Example:
RMH
Remove holes
Example:
RMHE
Remove holes (external)
Example:
RMHI
Remove holes (internal)
Example:
RMOPEN
remove all openings of area <= openingArea
Parameters:
openingArea
Example:
removes all openings of 5.5m or less
ROOM
key-in for Geometry Type. Range 1-4.
Parameters:
1/2/3/4
Example:
sets room to be adjacent building
SECTION
Create a section for use with the path tool.
Example:
SELCOL
Select all spaces with current colour
Example:
SELLAY
Select all spaces on current layer
Example:
SHELL
Create a single outline shell from all model spaces.
WARNING: all assignments and openings will be lost – treat with care!
Example:
SHRINK
Opens the following dialog window which allows you to scale the currently selected openings by either as set dimension or by a percentage.
Example:
SPLIT
separate connected spaces
Example:
STAMP
Create an opening stamp from the selected openings. Must be done at opening level. Once stamp has been created it can be pasted anywhere in the model using the “Stamp” option in the openings drop-list.
Example:
TEXT
Show/Hide text on model view. Currently shows ID, name, volume and floor area.
Parameters:
ON/OFF
Example:
TIDY
Scan selected body to remove colinear vertices, merge coplanar surfaces and find unmatched edges creating polygons to fill gaps
Example:
Tidymirror
Looks at the selected space, and detects surfaces which lie in the same plane, but face in opposite directions (are mirrors of each other). It clips them in relation to other polygons, and then deletes any remaining pairs of mirrored faces facing in opposing directions.
These forms of surfaces are usually present in gbXML where there are offshoot floating surfaces outside a space volume, and are effectively a mirror image of each other.
Example:
Tidysurfs
Calls “tidyunbound” and then “tidymirror”.
Example:
Tidyunbound
Looks at a selected space, detects any surfaces with disconnected edges, and removes the ‘unbound’ surfaces because any disconnected surfaces cannot be part of a volumetrically bound shell.
Useful to tidy up some of the more fractured spaces that can come from external geometry files.
Example:
TOOLOFF
Hides all ModelIT toolbars other than the key-in toolbar.
Example:
TOOLON
Shows all ModelIT toolbars that were chosen in preferences.
Example:
TOOLRESET
Reset toolbars to default (all visible)
Example:
UNDO
Add option to switch off the undo operation in order to speed up response
Parameters:
ON/OFF
Example:
UNITS
key-in option to change the model measurement units i.e. metric (SI) or InchPound(IP).
Parameters:
IP/METRIC
Example:
VIEWINIT
Set view initialisation to be either late or early (defunct)
Parameters:
LATE/EARLY
Example:
viewinit=late
VIS
toggle visibility of selected space(s)
Parameters:
ON/OFF
Example:
VP
set Viewport switch (defunct?)
Parameters:
on/off
Example:
X
set the current co-ordinate to be the absolute postion x,y
Parameters:
x,y
Example:
XMLDUMP
Exports Templates, ApacheSystems and Constructions to XML files (not complete)
Example:
ZONEID
Toggle to redraw Browser with "ID" rather than "Name" (& vice versa)
Example:
