The plan module is used extensively when creating and modifying plan drawings. 

• Commands
• Check Mass and Size
• Line-up Project MEP key
• Draw Recess/Filling...
• Generate Shop Drawings...
• View Shop Drawings...
• Open Shop Drawing
• Settings Plan...
• Find Component...
  • Example
    • • Find Cast-in Material 0343
      • Find definition SW34
• Multi-Copy Components
• Draw Cast-in Material from...
• Location
• Mirror
• Update
• Set Ready for Production
• Show Ready for Production...
• Draw Column...
• Edit Column...
• Column Definitions...
• Connect Edge...
• Copy Endcaps From
• Copy from Group
• Draw Lintel...
• Draw Panel Thickening...
• Edit Panel Thickening...
• Set Mass...
• Set Product...
• Move Lift Wall / Move Lifts
• Cranes
• Save
• Save As
• Save and Replace
• New
• Improved insertion of elements
• Support for grid lines created.
• Show Endcap Labels
• Draw Corbel from Element
• Draw Wall Ties...
• Edit Wall Ties...
• Wall Ties...
• Move Joint
• Generate Braces & Clash Detection Braces
  • DWG:s needed for this to work:
  • Bracing.dwg
  • BracingAnchor.dwg

Commands

Below will the different commands under the Plan tab will be presented. 

Check Mass and Size

Line-up Project MEP key

Draw Recess/Filling...

Generate Shop Drawings...

Generate shop drawings or create shop drawings are used to create shop drawings in CAD for all types of elements. 

(Same for the elevation, here it is called Create Shop Drawings instead of Generate Shop Drawings.)

The GIF below shows a slab that does not have a shop drawing at first. The dialog is active on the left side (New drawings) when no shop drawing is attached. The template can be switched and the name of the drawing can be changed. When there is already a shop drawing created for an element which is shown by running the command twice, the dialog is now active on the right side (Existing drawings). Different things can be changed here. Note: Several elements of the same type can be selected at once.

View Shop Drawings...

Opens one or several shop drawings in a viewer and allows to pan, zoom and zoom extents without opening the shop drawing (dwg). The shop drawings can also be opened via this command. Note: A shop drawing must have been created earlier in order to view it. 

The idea with this function is to quickly get an overview of several shop drawings without having the need to open them separately. 

(Same for the elevation)

The GIF below shows two slabs opened in the viewer.

Open Shop Drawing

Open shop drawing allows opening one or several shop drawings of the same type at the same time.

(Same for the elevation)

Below a GIF is showing when a slab shop drawing is being opened with the command Open Shop Drawing.

Settings Plan...

Enables you to present and hide information about the element on the plan drawing

Figure 1: Settings Plan...

The gif below is showing how to present hidden properties, in this case, the id and mass of the element. 

Find Component...

In IMPACT the user has the possibility to find components on a drawing. This can be useful when there are a lot of elements, or if the user wants to select all components of one specific sort. 

Note: A similar tool can be found in IMPACT Project Manager

(Same for the elevation)(Same for the formslab)(Same for the doublewall)

Figure 2: Dialog for Find Component 

1. Type of component - what component does the user want to find:
   • Definitions
   • Cast-in Materials
   • Endcaps
   • MEP-keys
   • Openings
   • All
2. Element type - In what element type is the component placed - e.g. Wall or Sandwich.
3. Name - The name of the component.
4. The user can choose to select the component in one, several, or all the element marks that contain the specific component.
5. The user can select the components inside the element.
6. The user can select the elements that contain the components.

Example

Find Cast-in Material 0343

Figure 3: CIM 0343

Find definition SW34

Figure 4: Definition SW34

Multi-Copy Components

This command allows the user to copy specified components from one element to multiple other elements and/or in some cases even to other locations within the first element. The command currently supports components of type recesses, openings, cast-in materials, linear cast-in materials, and dynamic cast-in materials. It’s only possible to copy components between elements of the same element type and the supported element types are solid, insulated and sandwich walls, solid slab, prestressed solid slab, hollow core slab, beams, and columns.

The command starts by letting the user select the element which contains the components that should be copied, i.e. the “source” element. The next step is to select one or more components that should be copied, the selection set can contain components of different types, and each selection of components should have a reference point in the element geometry or a reference component. The available reference points in the element geometry are “Top left”, “Top center”, “Top right”, “Middle left”, “Middle right”, “Bottom left”, “Bottom center”, and “Bottom right” of the front/bottom face of the element’s bounding box depending on if it’s a wall/beam/column or a slab. The reference points are seen as small spheres drawn at different locations, see picture below. To use a reference point simply select the sphere at your desired location.

By selecting other components as a reference you can copy the components to all other locations of the selected reference component, this could for instance be useful in a case where you have a recessed cast-in material and you want to copy the recess to all other instances of that particular cast-in material. Once you have selected one or more components to copy and their reference the command continues to ask for more components to copy giving the user the possibility to copy multiple components with different references in one command. This way you could for instance copy one selection of cast-in materials with a reference point at the left end of the element and another selection of cast-in materials with a reference point at the right end of the element. When all components you wish to copy have been selected use ‘Continue’ to continue with the command. The final step is to select which elements the components should be copied to, i.e. the ”destination” elements. The command then copies the selected components to the “destination” elements before the components are added a check is made to ensure the component fits inside the element and another check is made to ensure the same component doesn’t already exist at that location (avoiding duplicates).

You can even select the “source” element in the “destination” elements, making it possible to for instance copy a recess to all instances of a reference cast-in material in the “source” element. If you include the “source” element in the “destination” elements any components using a reference point will be discarded for the “source” element to avoid duplicates.

Sample of copying a circular recess from one beam to another, using the “Top center” as a reference point, thus keeping the recess at the beam center despite the different lengths of the beams. In the same command two plates located on the left, and right sides of the beam are also being copied using the “Bottom left”, and “Bottom right” points to position them at the left, and right end of the “destination” element.

Sample of copying linear CIM around an opening, using the opening as a reference. In the same command, two recesses for cast-in materials are copied, using the cast-in materials as reference components. The copying is being done to the “source” element as well as another element, this adds two recesses to the “source” element while the other components aren’t added to the “source” to avoid duplicates.

Draw Cast-in Material from...

The video below shows how this command is used (New in Q2/2023)

Location

To get information about the location of the element, one can use location. The tool works the same for Walls, Slabs, Hollow Cores, Linked, Beams, and Columns, but in the example below, a slab is used. 

Start by launching the command Location Wall, Location Slab, Location Hollow Core, Location Linked, Location Beam, Location Column. 

Figure 1: Location Wall, Location Slab, Location Hollow Core, Location Linked, Location Beam, Location Column

Select the element one wants to know the location for. 

Figure 2: Location Slab

In the Element properties dialog, there is some information that can be collected. 

Figure 3: Element properties

1. Building - which building the element is located in
2. Floor - which floor the element is located on
3. Phase - which phase the element is included in
4. Drawing elevation
5. Element elevation
6. Edit elevation - here one can edit the elevation of the element. Either Relative to the element or Absolute to the drawing elevation

Mirror

(Same for the elevation)(Same for the doublewall)(Same for the formslab)

When building with precast elements, the buildings are often symmetric. Then mirroring elements will save a lot of time. This is, of course, possible in IMPACT.  

All mirror element commands work exactly the same. Three examples showing Mirror Wall and Mirror Hollow Core will be presented. 

Start with launching the Mirror command.

Note: AutoCAD command Mirror is not working for mirroring IMPACT elements, because information to the database will get lost.

When the command is launched the user is asked to select one or several of the specific element type that was chosen. In the example below mirror walls is run.

Mirror walls - Select walls - Select first point of mirrorline - Select second point of mirrorline - Remove originals (Yes/No). The last question decides if the original element should be kept or removed. In the two following GIFs the question was answered with no. 

In the third GIF Yes will be chosen and the following questions explained.

Figure 1: Mirror Walls

Figure 2: Mirror Hollow Core

Mirror walls - Select walls - Select first point of mirrorline - Select second point of mirrorline - Remove originals (Yes/No).

Update

Compares database information with elements on the drawing.

Figure 2: Update Plan

The individual update buttons for each element type work in the same way but only check that element type when clicking on update.

If there is no difference it will display this message in the text box.

Figure 3: Text box message

The gif below will show a sandwich wall, SW1116, being deleted in Project Manager and then the command is run. Here you get information that the element is set as erased in the database because the element has been erased in the Project Manager or another drawing. You got 2 alternatives, either you erase the element from the drawing or you let it be in the drawing but it loses its element mark.  

Set Ready for Production

(Same for the elevation)

Set Ready for Production lets the user select one or several elements at a time and choose if these should be set to Ready or Not Ready. See the GIF below.

Show Ready for Production...

(Same for the elevation)

Show Ready for Production lets the user select a color for Ready and a color for Not Ready elements. When Show is clicked, the colors chosen will be displayed in the element that are Ready and Not Ready. Restore will bring back the original color of the elements and close will close the dialog. Note, if close is selected and colors are chosen, the colors will stay (New in Q2/2023). See the GIF below.

Draw Column...

To be able to draw a column, a column definition needs to be created first. This is described in the Column Definition...

Start with launching the command Draw Column...

Draw Column will open the column properties which have four tabs, General, Top, Sections & Model.

General

Element mark: Unmarked when not saved yet, otherwise any name.

Section type: Rectangular, Circular & User Defined.

Section: Any section from the common, local, or project level can be chosen.

Length: Any value.

Width: This is changed in the section definition.

Height: This is changed in the section definition.

Total (LxWxH): With the three-dotted button the Width, Height, and Length can be changed. This is used if something is sticking out from the element, could be a reinforcement bar etc. 

Mass: This will be calculated when the column is inserted.

Lift selection: By user or By section. By user lets the user decide which lift should be chosen, by section decides this automatically. 

Lift type: Example 45, 60, or none. 

(Lift) Name: Name of the lift.

Side: Back, Front, Left & Right.

Lift hole dist. from top: Distance in mm.

(Layout) Rotation: Normal, 90 degrees clockwise, 90 degrees counter-clockwise & Upside down.

(Reinforcement) Template: Any defined template or none.

Top

Type: Simple & Corbel.

Name: Any defined column top or none.

Rotation: 0, 90, 180 & 270.

Label: Any text, the default is the one defined in the column top definition.

Geometry A-F : Distances that can be defined. The picture to the right shows the different variables.

(Cast-in material) Name: Name of the cast-in material.

Placing: Individual 

G & H: Distances that can be defined. The picture to the right shows the different variables.

Sections

Section type: This is chosen in the General tab and can be Rectangular, Circular & User Defined.

Section: This is chosen in the General tab. Any section from the common, local, or project level can be chosen.

Length: This is chosen in the General tab. Any value.

Width: This is changed in the section definition.

Height: This is changed in the section definition.

The lower portion of the dialog is shown with a picture below.

Model

(Location) Building: Which building the element is located in.

(Location) Floor: Which floor the element is located on.

(Location) Phase: Which phase the element is included in.

(Location) Level: <default>.

(Location) Elevation: Elevation of the element.

Lock elevation (don't use on-screen values) Ticked or unticked.

Presentation: Solid or Wireframe.

(Insertion) Justification: Top left, Top center, Top right, Middle left, Middle center, Middle right, Bottom left, Bottom center, or Bottom right.

(Insertion) dX: Where the green circle should be placed (offset of x).

(Insertion) dY: Where the green circle should be placed (offset of 7).

(Insertion) Rotation: How the column should be placed (rotated).

Offset bottom: Offset when placing the column in at the bottom.

Offset top: Offset when placing the column in at the top.

The GIF below shows how a column with the presented settings above will look when it is drawn.

When you click OK in the dialog you can still change three things before drawing the column. These are Justify, Offset & Length.

Justify: Where the insertion point should be for the column.

Offset: Here you can define the offset for the column, bottom & top. 

Length: The length of the column can also be changed before drawing.

Edit Column...

Edit Column... will start by asking the user to select one or several columns to edit.

The next dialog shows four commands that can be run, Properties, Add, Remove, and Exit.

Properties have been described in the previous chapter Draw Column...

Add enables the user to add components to the column(s).

Remove enables the user to remove objects from the column(s).

Exit closes down the dialog.

Column Definitions...

To be able to draw columns, one needs to create definitions to use. Below is a guide on how to set up this definition. 

Start with launching the command Column Definitions...

Here the user can create a new definition at any level. Common, local, or project level.

There are six tabs in the column definition, these are General, Chamfer, Lifting, Drawing, Misc & Reinforcement.

General

Section preview button: If "User Defined" is chosen in the section type when creating a new section then the "Select objects" button can be used to define the section.

Section type: Rectangular, Circular & User Defined

Material: Any materials that are defined in Standard Admin can be chosen here. More about this can be read here.

Production line: Any production settings that are defined in Standard Admin can be chosen here. More about this can be read here.

Section geometry H & B [mm]: Distances that can be defined. The picture to the right shows the different variables.

Chamfer

Distance: The defined distance is the distance of the adjacent (10 in the example) and opposite (10 in the example) and not the hypotenuse (about 14 in this example) if we see it as a triangle. This will be shown when we have corbels or column tops.

Text: This will be shown when we have corbels or column tops.

Chamfer points: This will be shown when we have a section (view 1) of the column when we don't have any corbels or column tops in the way.

Lifting

(General) Method: Column side or Column top.

Rotation: Only shown when Column side is chosen in (General) Method (above). The rotation is seen if we have any other shape than a circle. For example, a rectangle can be placed in one way or moved 90 degrees.

Lift hole dist. from top: A lift hole that is defined in the below parameter (Number of lifting points:) will be placed if the value is different than 0. In the example below 500 mm was set. The lift hole is therefore placed 500 mm from the edge of the column to the center of the lift hole.

Max distance two lift points: Only shown when Column side is chosen in (General) Method. If this is exceeded then more lifts will be placed. For example, four lifts will take over if two lifts were there before. In the example below, one added mm of height would require the lifts to be placed more than 2 meters apart which resulted in two additional lifts added as these were defined in (Number of lifting points:).

Spacing four lift points: Only shown when Column side is chosen in (General) Method. An example with the value 600 is shown below.

Default type: 60 in the example below means that 45 will not be considered when choosing a lift. If the column will be heavier than the default type defined a warning will be shown when clicking on draw column. There is a possibility to change the lift type to another, stronger one if there is one available. Otherwise, the column will be drawn without lifts.

Number of lifting points: This will show a dialog where Type, Name, and Max mass (t) will show and these can be defined. This will set up the properties for the lifts and for the lift holes.

For the Method - Column top the available alternatives are: Lift hole, One lift point & Two lift points.

For the Method - Column side the available alternatives are: Lift hole, Two lift points & Four lift points.

Export.../New/Delete: Export will export all the data in the table (Type, name & Max mass (t)) for all the categories: Lift hole, One lift point, Two lift points & Four lift points (Method - Column top & Column side) to another section definition that is located on the project level. New will create a new row and Delete will delete the selected row(s).

(Placing long side) Method & Parameter: Only shown when Column side is chosen in (General) Method. Center of gravity, Fixed distance & Part of element length. All the desired values are filled in the box below called Parameter.

Center of gravity - 0.3 x (length of the column). For example 0.3 x 2700 = 810 mm from the center of gravity.

Fixed distance - For example, 900 mm from the edge.

Part of element length - 1/Parameter. For example 1/5 of the length of a 2600 mm column is 1/5 x 2600 = 520 mm from the edge.

Drawing

This tab only has one row which is the Section view Scale. This is the scale of view 1 in the column shop drawing. If this scale is the same as the scale of the drawing then it will not be shown. If the scale differs from the drawing scale then it will be drawn out.

In this example, the scale is set to 15 and the scale of the drawing is set to 30, therefore the scale will be shown in the section (view 1).

If the user wants to change the scale in the definition, the drawing needs to be redrawn for the changes to apply.

Misc

This tab includes a variety of different settings as the name implies.

(Naming) Group

(Naming) Product

(Naming) Prefix designation:

(Naming) Prefix element mark:

(Naming) Prefix drawing name:

Drawing type:

Drawing template:

(BIM) Work result:

(BIM) Building element:

Color method:

Red, green, blue:

Connect Edge...

Connect Edge lets the user select a wall or several walls and create an endcap with cast-in materials (CIM). If one wall is selected then an area can be selected with "ByElement". If several walls are selected then "ByElement" can not be selected. If several walls are selected then the whole area of one side of the walls is selected.

The dialog contains of two main parts: Edge and Cast-in material. Edge is the part where the endcap is created and Cast - in material is where the CIM/CIM-template is created.

Edge

• Edge - Top, Bottom, Left & Right can be selected.
• Endcap - Either an endcap can be selected or the values a, c & d are filled in.
• Indentation - How far down the whole endcap is moved.
• a - Measure which can be seen in the picture above.
• c - Measure which can be seen in the picture above.
• d - Measure which can be seen in the picture above.

Cast-in Material

• Template - If no template is selected then no values can be filled in.
• X - X measurement for the CIM.
• Y - Y measurement for the CIM.
• Setup - Three possible setups 1, 2 & 3. The rectangular button on the right can be clicked to see how the different setups look.
• A - Measure which can be seen in the picture above.
• B - Measure which can be seen in the picture above.
• C - Measure which can be seen in the picture above.

How the function is applied can be seen in the GIF below. The presentation was switched to solid to show more in detail what the created endcap looks like.

Next time the command is run the values are saved from the previous use. When the wall is edited the endcap created from the command is shown in the endcaps tab.

Copy Endcaps From

(Same for the elevation)

Copy Endcaps From allows the user to copy endcaps from one wall to another. First, the user selects from which element the endcaps should be copied and then to which element they should be copied. 

There are then three alternatives to choose from, ALL, OUTER & OTHER. Endcaps can be placed on the outer edge or as an other endcap if the endcap needs more adjustments done to it before it is applied.

The two places to place endcaps can be seen in the properties of the wall. 

In the GIF below the alternative ALL is chosen as we have both outer and other endcaps attached and both types are desired on the other wall as well. 

Copy from Group

(Same for the elevation)

Copy from Group allows the user to select several objects and copy them from element to element. This is especially good as this does not force the user to remove the items from the element and then add them again. 

In the GIF below one recess and two cast-in materials are moved from one element to another. The base point and reference angle is chosen when the objects are copied and then the insertion point and rotation angle are chosen when placing the copied objects.

Draw Lintel...

Draw Lintel is used to draw a "beam-like" wall over two walls. This is used for example instead of adding an opening for a door.

When the command is run it looks like the picture below. There are six parameters that can be adjusted.

To draw a lintel over two walls the walls need to be aligned for the command to work.

The user needs to select the first and next supporting wall for the lintel to be created. The lintel can be edited just as a normal wall.

Draw Panel Thickening...

(Same for the elevation)(Same for the element)

Draw Panel Thickening allows the user to directly draw a thickening into a wall in the model for example. This will be shown with a GIF below.

Edit Panel Thickening...

Set Mass...

(Same for the elevation)(Same for the element)

Set Mass allows the user to write in a user-defined volume (m3), mass (ton) & weight (kN),  for the wall. If the wall is a sandwich wall for example, the values can be written for each panel (inner panel, insulation & outer panel). See the GIF below.  

Set Product...

(Same for the elevation)(Same for the element)

Set Product allows the user to write information about the element. The fields that are shown or can be filled in are: Element type, Group, Product, Designation, Item no 1, Item no 2, Remark, Work result & Building element. The information added can be seen in several places. Below three places will be shown where the information is available. 

In cad (Here AutoCAD):

In Project Manager:

In BIM viewers (Here BIMvision):

Move Lift Wall / Move Lifts

(Same for the elevation)

Move Lift Wall / Move Lifts allows moving lifts and other parts of the wall. 

When the lift is selected a question "Add associated entities?" shows up. This allows the selection of other parts in the wall to move with the lift.

Cranes

Cranes can be shown, drawn, and modified in AutoCAD.

Save

Saving the different element types works exactly the same. Below one can find an example of how to save a couple of slabs.

Start with launching the command Save 

(Same for the elevation)

The first question that appears is if all elements of a specific element type should be saved, or only a selection of elements. 

The next step is to decide what element types that should be saved. It is only possible to save one element type at the same time since they will get different prefixes when saved. 

The last thing to do is to specify the first element mark that should be used. IMPACT gives a suggestion based on information that the user added for the definitions of the different elements. This suggestion can be used, or one can type in a new element mark. When saving, the elements will get different element marks when the element varies. Only identical elements will get the same element mark (see Figure 5 to see how it works). 

Figure 4: Specify the first element mark

Figure 5: Save

Save As

(Same for the elevation)

When an element is saved, it gets an element mark. If one wants to change an element mark for some reason, it can be done with the command Save As.

Save As can be used on all element types but “Doublewall” & “Formslab”

There is a command for this on both the plan tab and the elevation tab. The elevation tab "save as" only works for walls.

The first dialog that shows up after save as is run and an element is chosen is to type in the new element mark. 

Then a question shows up if the element has a shop drawing attached to it. The question is "Copy and rename shop drawing? (Yes/No)".

If "No" is selected then the element receives a new element mark. 

If "Yes" is selected then a dialog is shown with four fields as seen below. 

The GIF below shows how Save As is used on a wall to change its element mark from "WP9" to "WP10" and also copy the shop drawing.

Note: The element id will remain the same (13)

Figure 6: Save as

Save and Replace

(Same for the elevation)

A new command that combines “Replace” and “Save”, so the element id is transferred from the element to be replaced to the element to be saved. The command lets you pick an element to be replaced and elements to be saved in pairs until to press “ESC” to finish the element selection. Then you need to specify the new element mark for each element type you want to save. All element types can be replaced but “Doublewall”, “Formslab” and “Linked”.

The feature is included in IMPACT 16 only.

New

(Same for the elevation)

"New" lets the user create an element with an element mark without inserting it into any drawing. 

This can be useful if the information is needed about a certain element but is not necessary to be placed in any drawing. 

It can always be inserted into a drawing at a later time.

Below a GIF is showing an example of the function "New" being used to create a slab and how the information can be seen in Project Manager.

Improved insertion of elements

(Same for the elevation)

Now you can specify the presentation as Wireframe or Solid before inserting the element and you’ll get a preview of the element when specifying the insertion point and rotation.

Support for grid lines created.

Three commands for handling grid lines are accessible under the tab "Plan", "Doublewall" & "Formslab". Click here to read more about this.

Show Endcap Labels

Shows the endcap label texts for hollowcores & slabs on floor plans. Click here to read more about this.

Draw Corbel from Element

There's a possibility to draw corbels by selecting the "connection" elements such as walls, slabs, beams, and columns. Click here to read more about this.

Draw Wall Ties...

Draw Wall Ties on the plan is shown below. 

Which definition (name) can be chosen, number of bricklayers (how many layers of bricks before wall ties will be placed), number per square meter, elevation first/last layer, show all layers.

When drawing the wall tie there is a question shown, add wall tie as element extents. Yes selects the whole wall and No makes it possible to select a part of the wall. 

Edit Wall Ties...

The dialog looks like this when a wall with wall ties is selected:

Wall Ties...

(Same for the elevation)(Same for the element)

The function starts with a dialog where you can choose which selection you want to look at (project, local, common). There is also a possibility to do the following, new, copy, edit, sync and edit, delete, rename, import/export.

If one of the wall ties is edited or a new one is created the following page, General, shows up. 

The second page, Wall tie, let's the user choose the number of bricslayers and the number per square meter.

Move Joint

(Same for the elevation)

If there is a joint between walls, the joint can be moved if there is a need for a new placement. The GIF below is showing how this is done with an example.

Generate Braces & Clash Detection Braces

DWG:s needed for this to work:

These need to be placed (...\Standard\1100\1100\templates_drawings. 1100 must be replaced with your company number.)  You can modify the dwgs in the way that suits your company best.  

Bracing.dwg

BracingAnchor.dwg

“Generate Braces…” allows you to add braces to all wall types and columns. The braces consist of a new dynamic block that needs to be added to the standard. The braces attach to the bracing anchors of the wall or column and extend with a specified angle to a point where it intersects the selected slab’s top surface. At the intersection point with the top of the slab, you can choose to add a bracing anchor (CIM) or a new standard symbol that can be converted into a bracing anchor at a later stage. You have the option to do clash detection and decide if bracing anchors should be added for clashing braces or not.​

“Clash Detection Braces” allows you to do a separate clash detection for a selection of braces. This could be the case if you do adjustments to clashing braces and want to check if the adjustments are sufficient to avoid clashes.​

Generate braces dialog contains:

• Clash detection braces - This is the same function as the separate one. If this is ticked and the pipes collide then they will turn red. If this is unticked they will remain white.
   
• Add bracing anchors for clashing braces - If this is ticked then a bracing or a symbol will be added even if the pipes are colliding. If unticked then no bracing anchor nor symbol will be added.
   
• Tolerance - If a value is defined here, as in the example above, 50 mm then pipes closer than (or) 50 mm will be defined as clashing. 
   
• Add bracing anchor symbol - If this is ticked then a symbol that is placed in the template_drawings (BracingAnchor.dwg) will be used instead of the bracing anchor.
   
• Symbol rotation - The rotation of the symbol. 
   
• Element type, Angle (A) & Diameter - You can work with all wall types, all slab types, and also with columns. 
   
• Bracing anchor is slab - The fields below are active when "Add bracing anchor symbol" is unticked and unactive when "Add bracing anchor symbol" is ticked.
   
• Name - If you do not have anything defined in "Bracing" then everything under "Cast in Materials" will be shown there. In order to navigate easier, it is better to add the "Cast in Materials" (CIM) in the "Bracing" menu. If you have three different CIM on the common level, then you can open the bracings menu, click on "New" and write in the exact same name as the CIMs had. This will make them appear under bracings also and then only three bracings in our example will be shown under name.
   
• View - These are defined in the definition of the CIM or Bracing, six different views can be selected.
   
• Rotation - Rotates the bracing anchor or symbol.
   
• Side - "Top" or "Bottom" can be chosen.
   
• Dimension type - This will be seen in the shop drawing. Nine different options are available.
   
• Annotation - This will be seen in the shop drawing. Any text/numbers can be added there.
   
• Treatment - This will be seen in the shop drawing. Any text/numbers can be added there.
   
• Cut Mesh - This will be seen in the shop drawing. If this is ticked then the bracing anchor will cut the mesh. 
   
• Excl. from element extents - This can be seen when opening the properties of the slab. If this is ticked then the bracing anchor will not be taken into consideration when viewing the total dimension of the element. 

The video below shows how to work with both these functions.