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Time Settings

Onuma and 4D Settings

In the settings of individual projects, you can define a construction start, end and even demolition dates which can be used to analyze an individual project or an entire city model with a 4D model. This can be visualized automatically in Google Earth by exporting from Onuma. In Google Earth you can play a time based animation with time based color or drag a slider that shows the sequence of construction. This feature is useful for scenario planning and visualizing projects from a historical point of view.

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This help topic covers:


Start, End, and Demolition Dates

There are two ways to edit your Start/End dates in Onuma:

Start / End Date Export and Import: Recommended as a way to edit multiple buildings and site components.

  • Go to Export
  • Select Export Start / End Dates
  • Select your version of MS Excel
  • Click Export
  • Edit the excel using numerical entry for the Day (1-31), Month (1-12), and Year (xxxx, e.g. 2018)

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  • Save the excel as a CSV file type
  • Go back to Onuma and select Import
  • Select Update Start / End Dates of Buildings and Site Components
  • Browse for your file and open it
  • Select your version of MS Excel
  • Click Import

Ctrl + Click or Double-Click: Recommended as a way to edit a singular building or site component.

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  • Ctrl + Click or Double-Click on any building or site component
  • Select its start / end / demolition dates using the calendar
  • Click Save

NOTE: On Buildings, start / end / demolition dates can also be edited in the Building Settings

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Time Based Color

For Buildings:

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  • Go to Settings > General Settings > Custom Settings
  • Select Set Color Before and After "End of Construction"
  • Pick your colors for Before and After End of Construction by typing in a color hex code, or, for the hex code impaired, pick one from the pull-down menu or your own under "More Colors..."

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  • Click Save Settings


For Site Components:

There are two ways to edit your Start/End Colors for Site Components in Onuma; both methods require the following as a first step:

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  • First go to Settings > Site Settings > Site Components Attrib.
  • Select a Site Component Type
  • On 1 for the Column Headers for Site Components Attributes type in Color2

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Site Component Attributes Import and Export:

  • Go to Export
  • Select Export Site Component Attributes
  • Select the Type
  • Select your version of MS Excel
  • Click Export
  • You will now see "Color" and "Color2" as separate column headers in the Site Component Attribute spreadsheet

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  • "Color" is for Before End of Construction Date and "Color2" is for After End of Construction Date
  • For "Color" or "Color2" entry is limited to the following six colors:
    • red
    • orange
    • yellow
    • green
    • blue
    • purple
  • Edit the spreadsheet and save as a CSV file type
  • Go back to Onuma and select Import
  • Select Update Site Component Attributes
  • Browse for your file and open it
  • Select your version of MS Excel
  • Click Import


Ctrl + Click or Double-Click: 

  • Ctrl + Click or Double-Click on any site component which you have set custom header 1 to: Color2
  • Go to Attributes tab

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  • Select Color from pull-down menu (Before Color)
  • Type in a following color in Custom 1 (After Color):
    • red
    • orange
    • yellow
    • green
    • blue
    • purple
  • Click Save
  • Click savenow.jpg Save to Server
  • Reload the webpage and color will appear

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2012-03-30 15:54:57