Working with Rubia – Planworks Support Center

Load rooms, assign build-ups and create the elements in the model.

In this article

1. Load rooms

In the Rooms group you decide which rooms you want to work with:

Tip

On larger projects it's easier to work one storey at a time: open the floor plan and use In Current View.

Click the relevant cell in the room list and pick a value from the drop-down.

Column	Meaning
Floor Type	The structure for this room. `<No Finishing Floor>` means no floor.
Floor Reference Level	The level the floor is based on.
Floor Offset	Height offset from the reference level.
Door Profile	On = the floor runs into door openings. Off = it stops at the room boundary.
Lateral offset	Moves the floor edge relative to the room boundary.

Column	Meaning
Ceiling Type	The ceiling structure. `<No Finishing Ceiling>` means no ceiling.
Ceiling Reference Level	The level the ceiling is based on.
Height offset from level	How high the ceiling sits above the reference level.
Lateral offset	Moves the ceiling edge relative to the room boundary.

Column	Meaning
Wall Type	The wall finish, e.g. plaster or tiles. `<No Finishing Wall>` means no finish.
Bottom Level / Bottom Offset	Where the wall finish starts at the bottom.
Upper Limit / Top Offset	Where the wall finish ends at the top.

If many rooms get the same build-up, e.g. all offices on a storey, use Multi-Edit:

Select rooms

Select all rooms you want to change in the list (Ctrl/Shift + click).
Open Multi-Edit

Click Multi-Edit. At the top you'll see how many rooms are selected.
Set values

On the Floor and Ceiling tabs, set type, reference level, offset, door profile and lateral offset. Fields showing <varies> have different values in the selected rooms. If you don't touch them, each room keeps its own value.
Confirm

Click OK to apply the values to all selected rooms.

Up to this point nothing has changed in the model. Rubia only creates elements when you apply.

Check the preview

Check the room in the Preview.
Choose how to apply

In the Apply group you have three options:
- All: all rooms in the list
- Filtered: only the rooms shown by the current filter
- Selected: only the selected rooms
Wait

Rubia calculates the profiles, creates the elements and runs the parameter mapping if one is set up. With many rooms this can take a while; progress is shown.
Read the report

Afterwards Rubia shows a report: what was created, edited or deleted, and any warnings.

Good to know

Rubia remembers which elements belong to which room. If you apply again later, existing elements are updated instead of being created twice.

Heads up

In workshared projects, Rubia skips rooms you can't currently edit. They get the status “Not in the workset”.