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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.
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)
- 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.
- 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:
- 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..."
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:
- 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
- Click Save
at the bottom of the window
- Now select from the
following methods:
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
- "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
- 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
Save to Server
- Reload the webpage and
color will appear
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