Add Main Frame
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Frame Floor – frames selected floors or parts from the model according to predefined configuration.
Note: frame direction depends on the Span Direction in the Floor Boundary:
The first time you click Frame Floor in a new project, you will get a message that the framing families are not loaded. You can load them directly from here:
Just click OK:
Framing families can be also loaded using Floor+ → Settings → Load Families:
Read more about Load Families here
Floor+ checks the status of selected floors. If there is something wrong with the floors, you will get a detailed report. In the image below, you can see possible report messages.
Let's solve the problem of the Standard Timber-Wood Finish floor type:
To fix these kinds of problems, you usually need to go to Link Floor and check the situation:
Standard Timber-Wood Finish has framing possibility disabled, so you just need to select the checkbox near the Frame column. You can also assign Framing Layer and Framing Configuration for every layer:
There is no problem if framing configuration in not assigned to the layer. You can assign it in the Link Floor dialog, or Floor+ will give you this option during the Frame Floor process:
Selected a sample framing configuration, which automatically comes with Floor+, and click OK:
Result:
Read more about Link Floor here