Navigation:  Working With Beam Calculations > Beam Design Rules > Changing Design Rules in ENERCALC

Once a beam calculation has loaded in the ENERCALC interface, the various design properties driven by beam design rules are exposed to view and modification by the user in various locations.  The precise location of these controls may vary from one beam module to the next.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

If any of these values are manually modified in the ENERCALC interface, the changes will impact ONLY the current beam element.  Changes made to an individual beam's design rules within ENERCALC will NOT propagate to other beams designed using the same rule definition.  If the user does wish to modify many beams at once, refer instead to Modifying Rules.  Once beam design rule values have been changed in a particular calculation, the new values will be applied to the Revit model in one of two ways:

 

 

1.)  If any existing rule definition found in the Revit project has properties that match the revised settings on the beam, then the matching definition will be found and applied to the Revit beam element on "Save and Close".  The rule definition previously assigned to the beam will NOT be modified, and no other Revit beam elements will be affected by the rule change.

 

 

2.)  If there is no existing rule definition found in the Revit project with properties that match the values assigned in ENERCALC, then a new rule definition will be created and applied to the Revit beam element on "Save and Close".  The rule definition previously assigned to the beam will NOT be modified, and no other Revit beam elements will be affected by the newly created rule.