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A Ceiling is created automatically when a Zone is drawn and might be automatically Split and Connected to any Floors on Levels above on creation.
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Ceilings share the Select Parent context Context-menu item similar to most objects (or it’s 🖱 Double Left-Click mouse shortcut). In this case, the action selects the parent Zone of the Ceiling.
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E.g. In the Kitchen/Dining/Living Room below which is modelled as a single Zone, the Ceiling changes from an Attic type (i.e. Ceiling is adjacent to a Roofspace Zone), to a “Raked” Flat Roof Ceiling section (i.e. is not adjacent to a Roofspace).
To model this situation, we would split Split the Ceiling into two using the Split Drawing Mode feature (set to “Split Ceilings Only” Sub-Mode), and then assign the characteristics of the Flat Ceiling as required within the Ceiling Data-Grid.
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Automatic Splits
Ceilings are also split automatically Split Automatically by Hero when any adjacent Floors are detected on the Level above. This can occur after a new Zone has been created or when Floors or Ceilings are moved.
Offset Points
Ceilings can have Points added to their polygon shape after they’ve been created.
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These Ceiling Points are also created when Ceilings are automatically or manually split by Hero.
Moving
Ceiling Points can be moved around within the Visual View by left🖱 Left-clicking Clicking & dragging Dragging the Ceiling Points. If there is a floor Floor Point sharing this pointPoint, it will also be moved. Similar to many move Move actions, holding ⌨ Shift-key while moving will lock the move in a straight ↔ or ↕ direction.
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Auto-Merge Note that at the end of a moveMove, Hero performs a check for whether the Ceilings within aZone a Zone should Auto-Merge. This feature is required to reduce the number of Ceilings that get created through splits & moving points. A Ceiling will automatically merge back into other similar Ceilings if they share similar properties such as Assembly, Insulation, Colour & Adjacency type. If you have just split a Ceiling and then are trying to adjust the points of the Split, to avoid this Auto-Merging of similar Ceilings you should change the properties of the newly split Ceiling to the different properties that it represents before doing the move point, otherwise you’ll merge the newly split Ceiling and have to repeat yourself. |
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Property / Data-Grid Column | Description | Edited Within | ||||
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Assembly | Hero has a variety of Ceilings Assemblies that can be used, and these are visible within the Construction column of the Ceiling Data-Grid. The current Assemblies include assemblies of the following Types:
| Ceiling Data-Grid Assembly Column | ||||
Type | In addition to the Construction or Assembly of the Ceiling, the Ceiling Data-Grid also contains a Type column that is used for reference & information but that if changed in the combo-box drop-down, will may change both the Assembly and Adjacency Type to the relevant defaults for that Type as required. | Ceiling Data-Grid Type Column | ||||
Ceiling Insulation | A Ceiling has two Insulation Options, Ceiling & Roof, that are positioned accordingly. For a Roof | Ceiling Data-Grid Ceiling Insulation Column | ||||
Roof Insulation | The Roof Insulation of the Ceiling. See above Ceiling Insulation section for details. | Ceiling Data-Grid Roof Insulation Column | ||||
Ceiling Pitch | Area, Pitch & Pitched AreaFor raked or sloped ceilings within a Zone, the Pitch can be entered in the Pitch column of the Ceiling Data-Grid in degrees. This is the Internal Pitch of the Internal Ceiling Layer of the Ceiling, and not the pitch of the External Roof. The Pitch of the External Roof of a Ceiling is set by Hero automatically and cannot currently be adjusted. The Pitched Area of a Ceiling is shown in the Data-Grid Area column in square metres and represents gross area not accounting for any Skylight area. The Area is the Pitched Area, in that any Pitch entered in the Pitch column will automatically adjust the 2D area Area of the Ceiling to account for the increase in area by any slope or raked Ceiling. E.g. In a Zone with 100m2 floor area, if the Ceiling Pitch was entered in the Ceiling Pitch column as 30 degrees, then the Area automatically adjusts to 115.5m2 | Ceiling Data-Grid Type Pitch Column | ||||
Area (Pitched Area) | The Pitched Area (see above) of the Ceiling in Square Metres. Can only be adjusted as the Ceiling is moved & adjusted within the Visual View. | Visual View (not editable within Data-Grid) | ||||
External Colour | The External Colour (and it’s associated Solar Absorptance) of a Ceiling can be selected within the External Colour column of the Ceiling Data-Grid. | Ceiling Data-Grid Colour Column | ||||
Adjacency | The Adjacency Type of the Ceiling (see below for full details) | Ceiling Data-Grid Adjacency Column | ||||
Roofspace Ventilation | Ceilings with a Roofspace Adjacency can toggle the Ventilation Rate of that Roofspace Zone through the Ventilation column of the Ceiling Data-Grid. Roofpsace Zones & Ventilation Rates are described in further detail in the Zones section. | Ceiling Data-Grid Roofspace Ventilation Column |
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