Step 7.2: Panels > Settings & Individual Settings

Purpose – the Panelizer will determine the Panelization then you can adjust the Panelization of the Super Panels globally or individually.

• To panelize the whole building, click on the yellow "Calculate" button in the upper right corner. 
  • Note: The values you defined earlier in Settings > Panel Settings are now visible in the panelization. You can change the heights & widths of the (oversized) panels at any time by going back to Settings > Panel Settings.

• Settings sliders
  • The Panels > Settings tab allows you to define global settings that apply to all Super Panels.
  • Specific Super Panels can be adjusted in the next step, Panels > Individual Settings.
  • Note: The individual settings override the global settings. The user chooses which Super Panels have individual settings.

• Layout (1) – determines how the panels are oriented.
  • Vertical – the Panelizer uses only vertical/portrait panels.
  • Vertical & Horizontal – the Panelizer generates a solution by using both vertical and horizontal panels.
  • Horizontal – the Panelizer uses only horizontal/landscape panels.
• Allow Oversize (2) – the Panelizer uses and calculates oversized panels as defined in Settings > Panel Settings.
  • Never – the Panelizer generates only standard panels.
  • Sometimes – the Panelizer generates one solution with standard panels only, a second with as many oversized panels as possible and chooses the “better” solution based on use of the Optimization slider position.
  • Always - the Panelizer generates as many oversized panels as possible.
• Optimization (3) – the Panelizer considers the factors used to select the best solution for a given Super Panel when multiple solutions are generated.
  • Best Price – the least expensive solution is used.
    • Note: If you set the Optimization slider to Best Price, everything below it ill be negated or ignored.
  • Best Result – the solution that satisfies as many user goals as possible is used. Panel breaks are based on goals/sliders: Panel Size, Finish Quality, Architectural Line Magnetic, Attachment Magnetic, Material Magnetic, and Hits Magnetic.
• Finish Quality (4) - the Panelizer considers factors used to select the best solution for a given Super Panel when multiple solutions are generated.
  • Best Price - the least expensive solution is used.
  • Best Result - the solution that meets as many user objectives as possible is used.
• Arch. Lines Magnetic (5) – considers the user goals/score for horizontal and/or vertical panel breaks drawn by the user in Elevations > Architectural Lines.
  • Ignore – the design line alignment of the panels is not important and does not generate a score.
  • Low
  • Medium
  • High
  • Essential
    • (<90%) The design line alignment is important, and panels that align with design lines generate a higher score. Panels will break on design lines.
    • (>/= 90% kickdown) The designed lines are so important that the Panelizer will generate smaller panels if necessary. 
• Attachment Magnetic (6) - possible attachment levels are weighted in this order: Below the ceiling, at the ceiling, at the structural slab, and finally above the structural slab. This slider weights the user's goals for horizontal breaks at attachment levels.
  • Ignore – the attachment level of the panel is not important. This effects lower panels.
  • Low
  • Medium
  • High
  • Essential – the attachment level is important, and attachments that are at a more sought-after level “generate a higher score.”  This affects higher panels.
• Material Magnetic (7) – considers the user's goals for horizontal and vertical breaks at material boundaries. These are the lines drawn in Elevations > Materials.
  • Ignore – the material boundary alignment of a panel is not important and generates no score.
  • Low
  • Medium
  • High
  • Essential – when essential, the material lines will create a panel break.
    • (<90%) The material boundary alignment is important and panels that align with materials boundaries generate a higher score.  Panels breaks at magnetic boundaries. (Could this be “High?”) 
    • (>/= 90%) Material boundaries are so important that the Panelizer will generate smaller panels if necessary.  Yields smaller panels with a maximum number of breaks at magnetic boundaries. (This could be “Essential”) 
    • (>/+95%) Material boundaries are so important that the Panelizer will generate smaller panels with less materials if necessary.  This results in smaller panels with a maximum number of breaks at magnetic boundaries and a reduced number of different materials per panel.
• Hits Magnetic (8) – weights the user's goals for horizontal and/or vertical breaks to score along common lines with other panels.
  • Ignore – the relative alignment of a panel to other panels is not important and does not generate a score. Panels may be offset from other panels.
  • Low
  • Medium
  • High
  • Essential – (<90%) The relative alignment of panels is important and panels that align with other panels generate a higher score. Panels are aligned with other panels.