Working with the Locations Tree and the Devices List

Once you are done and click <OK>, a Confirm dialog box to open the created location appears. Alternately, click <Cancel> to discard action.

Cross Floor Location folder

When you create a location folder with the Consider Cross Floor Spillage checkbox enabled, then information of all the nodes is bundled and stored in one single .spm file. By default, the name of the .spm file is the name of the first node that you create.

It is possible to add a location node under a Cross Floor location folder. However, you cannot add a location folder under a Cross Floor location folder.

The dimensions of all the nodes in a Cross Floor folder are the same. For example, while defining Node‐1, you specify a = 500 and b = 600. Then, Planner uses the same dimensions for all the nodes created thereafter in that folder. Since Planner extracts the dimensions automatically in case of an AutoCAD file, these extracted dimensions must match the dimensions of the first node that was created. Otherwise, Planner does not allow the import of the AutoCAD file.

Additionally, when you create the second node under the Cross Floor location folder, you cannot change the regulatory domain.

Note: To modify the dimensions of a node under a Cross Floor Location folder, right‐click a node and select Load Location Node. Planner automatically applies these dimensions to rest of the nodes under this folder.

The Cross Floor location folder is represented by the icon.

Non‐Cross Floor Location folder

When you create a location folder without the Consider Cross Floor Spillage checkbox enabled, information of each node is stored in separate .spm files. You can add a Cross Floor location folder under a Non‐Cross Floor location folder.

The Non‐Cross Floor location folder is represented by the icon.

4.1.3Managing Layers

The Manage Layers dialog box displays details of layers in an AutoCAD file. When you select and import an AutoCAD file for a location node, the Manage Layers dialog box appears.

Figure 11. Managing Layers of an AutoCAD file

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