Dialog Commands
- MBSRegister Opens the Register dialog. This dialog can be used to Register rooms, windows, amenities and facade
- MBSModify Opens the Modify dialog. This dialog can be used to Query and Update registered rooms, windows, amenities and facade
- MBSCalculation Opens the Calculation dialog. This dialog can be used to Convert the model and to Run various calculations.
- MBSPreview Opens the Report Preview dialog. This dialog can be used to Preview various calculation results.
- MBSExport Opens the Report Export dialog. This dialog can be used to various calculation results in CSV and Excel formats.
- MBSLabel Opens the Label dialog. This dialog can be used to add and modify reference labels, results and solids to rooms, windows and amenities.
- MBSRenderGpu Opens the GPU Render dialog. This requires a compatible Nvidia Graphics card. This dialog can be used to render images, transient shadow and falsecolor image for Sky Component and Daylight Factor.
- MBSRenderCpu Opens the CPU Render dialog. This dialog can be used to render images, transient shadow and to run potential glare and glare dgp tests.
- MBSCutback Opens the Cutback dialog. This dialog can be used to facilitate a cutback.
- MBSViewTest Opens the view out assessment dialog. This dialog can be used to visualise view out tests.
- MBSSettings Opens the combined Project and Application Settings dialog.
- MBSLegends Opens the Legends dialog
- MBSMaterial Opens the Material dialog
All dialogs consist of menu to access general settings, project specific settings and software version information.
Scripts for dialogs
- MBSConvert Script to convert Groups. This command can be used to quickly convert the groups
- CalculationScript Script to run calculations from saved scripts. This command can be used to quickly run calculation if it is being run repeatedly. The script can be saved locally or
in a shared folder. - ExportScript Script to export Excel or CSV reports from saved scripts. This command can be used to quickly export results. The script can only be saved locally.
Utility Commands
- MBSInfo Command to show basic information about registered Room or Window. This command shows Room id, attached windows or Window id, attached room and setting values and calculation results
SubtractCutback Command to manually subtract Cutback objects from Proposed solids. Subtracted objects are put in CutbackInterference layer - SkyScanner Command to visualize the irradiance and sky component calculation from centre of the window
- SunAPSH Command to visualize APSH calculation from the centre of the window.
- HrSC Command to calculate ROL and DD for a given set of points under uniform and CIE overcast sky
- CalcIrrad Command to calculate daylight factor for given points. Settings are taken from Settings dialogue.
- CreateSectionLayers Command to create layers required for Sections. Default suffox is “Plans”. User can also provide custom Suffix.
This command can be used to automatically create layers for section. Layers will be created in the format of BuildingName_FloorName_Plans for all floors of all buildings in the model. User can change the _Plans suffix if needed. It also creates a layer property filter named plans
Error Fixing Commands
- SpinWindows Command to display Window normals and fix inside facing windows.This command can be used to rotate windows, which are facing towards the room, by 180 degrees to make them face away
from the room. - SlopeWindows Command to display Window which are inclined below certain angle and to remove the inclination.This command can be used to remove inclination from windows which are accidently inclined by few degrees.
- CExtDic Command to fix corrupted extension dictionary for windowsThis command is useful for example if waldram images are created but no results appear on report.
- CopyLinkW2R Command to fix Room to Window linkThis command can be used to fix Room-window link when Window-Room link is correct but Room-Window link is broken.
Debugging Commands
- MBSVersion Command to show current version of Waldram Tools Software.
This command shows Waldram Tools version, Company Code and last update date. - MBSJobFolder Command to open waldram job folder for the active model
This folder contains the exported report files, images, backup results, log file and model specific settings. - MBSConfigFolder Command to open waldram config/settings folder for the current user
This folder contains user specific settings, master copies of model specific settings, report templates and other software related files. - MBSLogFile Command to open the waldram log file for the active model
The log file contains debug information and error log related to the model. - DrawRoomGridPoints Command to draw grid points for rooms
This command can be used to draw grid points used for the calculation of contours. It is useful to check the grid points are in correct location in the model when the contour doesn’t appear after running calculation. - DrawAmenityGridPoints Command to draw grid points for amenities
This command can be used to draw grid points used for the calculation of contours. It is useful to check the grid points are in correct location in the model when the contour doesn’t appear after running calculation. - DrawModelGrid Command to draw grid points for the whole model
This command can be used to draw grid structure of the whole model created by the conversion process. - DrawRoomTri Command to draw triangles for rooms
This command can be used to draw triangles used for the calculation of contours. - DrawAmntTri Command to draw triangles for amenities
This command can be used to draw triangles used for the calculation of contours. - DrawModelTri Command to draw triangles for the whole model
This command can be used to draw triangles created by the conversion process. - MinBB Command to draw minimum bounding box for windows
- MBSTrace Command to visualize Raytracing and material behaviour
- NoResults Command to highlight entities with 0 or no result
Highlighting Room Interior Surfaces
The ExtractRoomSurfaces command is a utility command in AutoCAD that automatically extracts floors, walls and ceilings and put them in corresponding layers.
- Make sure rooms and windows are registered for the building that you want to assign material.
- Type the command name in command bar and press Enter.
- It asks to “select buildings, rooms and windows”. Select the building, together with all the rooms and windows on this building and press Enter
- Once the command is done, three layers “walls”, “floors” and “ceilings” in different colors are created which contains all corresponding objects.
Know issues and limitations with this command:
- any type of object is supported including solid, 3d face or mesh
- as it uses ray-casting approach to detect surfaces, it assumes the model has already been converted through the Run dialogue.
- assumes the model is light tied. That is internal walls between rooms, floors and ceilings do exist in the model. It does not create any walls or ceilings.
- A single object can only get one material for both back and front face. Therefore if there is no wall thickness, the object will go into indoor(wall, floor or ceiling) layer and would be assigned a material respectably.
- Window bars and frames are not detected and based on the orientation they would go in either of floor, wall or ceiling layers. A manual process is required to set frames and bars in correct layer.
Although this command does most of the job, there must be a QA process to review the output and to check if objects has been assigned to correct layer.
