Elevation Overview

Purpose: It is used to prepare and refine the building’s facade before generating panels. It allows to define how each exterior surface should be treated by applying cropping boundaries, setting projections, marking excluded areas, placing openings, and adding mouldings, materials, or architectural reference lines. These inputs determine the geometry, segmentation, and design rules that the Solution engine will use to create accurate panel layouts. By organizing the facade into clear, editable components, the Elevation section ensures that the resulting panels follow the project’s architectural intent and technical requirements.

 

Cropping (1): Opens the Cropping tool, where to define the boundaries of each elevation. Cropping controls which portions of the facade will be included in panel generation and ensures clean, structured elevation segments Elevation: Cropping. 

 

Projection (2): Allows to define facade projections, such as surfaces extending outward (balconies, offsets, overhangs). These settings help the system understand which parts of the facade have depth variations Elevation: Projection. 

 

Excluded Areas (3): Allows to mark areas that should be excluded from panelization, such as mechanical zones, specialty materials, or regions not intended for facade cladding. These zones are ignored during panel generation Elevation: Excluded Areas.

 

Openings (4): Used to place or confirm openings such as windows and doors in the elevation. These openings influence panel segmentation and ensure accurate cut‑outs during manufacturing Elevation: Openings.

 

Mouldings (5): Provides tools to define linear facade elements such as bands, profiles, or decorative mouldings. These features impact panel layout and may introduce additional rules for segmentation Elevation: Mouldings.

 

Materials (6): Allows to assign facade material types to the elevation surface, such as plaster, brick, metal, wood, or stone. Material selection influences panel pricing and final visual output Elevation: Materials.

 

Architectural Lines (7): Enables the creation of reference or alignment lines on the elevation. These lines help define design divisions, symmetry guides, or required breakdowns that the panel system must follow Elevation: Architectural Lines.