Vertical levels

	Ribbon:	Tab SchüCad next > Group Label > Vertical levels
	Menu:	SchüCad next > Label > Vertical levels
	Toolbar:	SchüCad next Label Vertical levels
	Command input:	scc_hove

With this routine you create levels with automatic computation in the vertical direction.

You can also use vertical levels in conjunction with interrupted dimensions. The interruption definitions are taken fully into account.

Click an existing level or dimension with the mouse to supplement an existing definition.

Use the option Yes to define an alignment point for the levels.

Specify an alignment point which determines the vertical position of the levels; see illustration Vertical levels P1.

The first point means the definition level. Click a point, the height of which is known (see illustration Vertical levels P2).

Use the Option Settings to change the level settings in a dialog box.

Specify a point by clicking with the mouse or entering the co-ordinates to define the vertical position of the levels; see illustration Vertical levels P1.

Enter the height for the selected point. This value forms the basis of computation for the other levels; see illustration Vertical levels 1000.

Specify the next point from which a level is to be created (e.g. P3) or select an option. The input request is repeated until you enter ENTER to terminate the command.

In the dialog box you will find on the left side the display section with the preview. On the right side you will see the operating section. You can activate the individual function areas with register buttons.

The display section shows a schematic preview of the current level.

Below the preview you will find options for changing the display. You will find further information on this in the section Display options for labels.

The tick boxes in this region only affect the display settings (layer and scaling). All other settings have an effect on all levels in the dimension system.

Transfers the changes on editing a level to all levels of the dimension system.

Is always switched on and changes only the selected level.

Changes both the current (Current tick box is always active) and the new levels of the dimension system.

Defines the language for the optional additional texts (prefix/suffix).

Shows the dimension text of the current object. You can supplement dimension texts directly in the input line or use the methods described further below.

Below the input line the object type is displayed, e.g. level dependent (calculated level).

Converts a dependent level into a definition level. The previous definition level is converted in this way into a dependent level.

Opens the Dialog box Definition dimension. There, you can change the definition dimension and add additional definition dimensions for additional narratives. Individual floor heights are presented in a table and arranged in ascending order.

Positions the text selected in the value list before the current dimension text.

Restores the original dimension text.

Positions the text selected in the value list behind the current dimension text.

Shows the texts available for the selected object. Here, select the text for further use.
If you select a text, it is displayed in the input line. Here, you can modify the text and adopt it by pressing the Enter key.

Enables the input line for the definition of a new text. You write a text in the input line and press the Enter key to insert the text into the list.

Removes the selected text from the list.

Saves the texts of the value list.
If you do not save the list, the texts are only available for the duration of the drawing session.

Defines new texts or displays the text selected in the value list.

Opens the Dialog box Designation, where you can conveniently edit the designations for various languages. You will find further information in the Chapter Designation.

If you edit texts in the Designation dialog box, you must then save them with the Change button.

The pick list displays multilingual standard texts from the text database scc_user.rsx. Select a text and click the button [<] to insert the text into the list.
You will find further information about adapting the text database in the chapter Multilingual standard texts.

Defines the language for the optional additional texts for attributes.

In the three input lines you can directly define the additional texts for the relevant attribute field.

Transfers the text marked in the value list to the appropriate attribute line.

Opens the Dialog box Designation, where you can conveniently edit the designations for various languages. You will find further information in the Chapter Designation.

Shows the dimension texts available for the selected object. Here, select the text for further use.

Supplements the text from the input line in the list.

Changes the selected text.

Removes the selected text from the list.

Saves the texts of the value list.
If you do not save the list, the texts are only available for the duration of the drawing session.

Defines new texts or displays the text selected in the value list.

Opens the Dialog box Designation, where you can conveniently edit the designations for various languages. You will find further information in the Chapter Designation.

If you edit texts in the Designation dialog box, you must then save them with the Change button.

Displays the units set in the drawing.

You can change the units of the drawing with the AutoCAD command Units (_units).

Defines the accuracy (number of decimal places) for primary units.

Determines the rounding rules for the primary units.
If you enter the value 0.25 here, all distances are rounded to the nearest quarter level. If you enter the value 1.0, all distances are rounded to the nearest integer number. The number of figures after the decimal separator depends on the Precision setting.

Decimal separator
Defines the decimal separator.

Suppresses leading zeros in decimal dimensions. For example, 0.500 becomes .500.

Suppresses following zeros in decimal dimensions. For example, 0.500 becomes 0.5.

Suppresses stating feet for dimensions in feet and inches when the distance is shorter than one foot. For example, 0'-6 1/2" becomes 6 1/2".

Suppresses stating inches for dimensions in feet and inches when the distance is an integer in feet. For example, 1'-0" becomes 1'.

Defines the scale factor of the height dimension.

It is recommended that the default of 1.0 is not changed. For example, if you enter the value 2.0, the height dimensions of the dependent levels are doubled.

Switches on alternative units.

If you have set decimal units, units with inches are used as alternative units. If you have set units with inches, decimal alternative units are used.

Defines the accuracy (number of decimal places) for alternative units.

Determines the rounding rules for the alternative units.
If you enter the value 0.25 here, all distances are rounded to the nearest quarter level. If you enter the value 1.0, all distances are rounded to the nearest integer number. The number of figures after the decimal separator depends on the Precision setting.

Defines the decimal separator.

Suppresses leading zeros in decimal dimensions. For example, 0.500 becomes .500.

Suppresses following zeros in decimal dimensions. For example, 0.500 becomes 0.5.

Suppresses stating feet for dimensions in feet and inches when the distance is shorter than one foot. For example, 0'-6 1/2" becomes 6 1/2".

Suppresses stating inches for dimensions in feet and inches when the distance is an integer in feet. For example, 1'-0" becomes 1'.

Defines the block of level. If you select a block from the list, it is displayed as a preview.

You will find a detailed description of the functions of the manager in the Chapter Management of objects.

The display properties (e.g. the text height) depend on the scale and cannot be saved as default values.

Block assignments also cannot be saved as default. To change the standard level you have to adapt the file scc_level.dwg.

If you would like to integrate your own blocks, you must observe the following naming conventions:

A drawing is needed for each level.
Attributes for the height (attribute name = HKOTE) and three supplementary texts (attribute names = T1, T2 and T3) must be present.
The drawings must be saved in the folder SchüCad next\DataLocal under the following names.

File name:	Display in the menu:
scc_level_USER_LEVEL.dwg	USER_LEVEL

Determines the height dimension of the definition level. This is the basis for calculating the dependent levels.

Determines the suffix that follows the height measurement.

Adds a row to the table. There, you can specify the height and suffix for an additional narrative.

Removes the marked row from the table.

Closes the dialog box. The changes are adopted.

Closes the dialog box. The changes are discarded.

• The values list is saved in the file ath_obj_prop.dex. SchüCad next saves various object properties in this file - see also Chapters Assign layer, Assign hatch pattern and Label.

• Modifying levels:
You can change dimension texts of levels by a double click. To do this the Dialog box Change dimension text is started. You will find the functional description in the chapter Change dimension text.

• When you stretch, move, copy or mirror levels, the levels are automatically updated (recalculated).

• If you mirror the definition levels such that the arrow tips point in the opposite direction, the computation direction of the levels is changed and the levels are automatically updated (recalculated).

• The definition level is underlined in order to identify it as such.

• If you delete the definition level, the next created level automatically becomes the new definition level.

• The display size of the level depends on the current size of the dimension figure.

• When you move the position of the level, this applies to all scales. If you want to display the levels in different scales at different positions, you must create separate levels for each of the scales.

• In the 3D section the levels are projected into the current UCS.

• The level auxiliary line (line from the level to the defined point) is suppressed when the distance between the defined point and the level insertion point is less than the value of the system variable dimexo (distance from the dimension auxiliary line to the edge of the solid).

• If you have many level definitions in the drawing, you can show the levels which belong to a group with the command Highlight associated dimension objects.