Issue with rule 240, effective area coverage

[czoog]

Hi All,

I am trying to create a rule that checks that wall mount fire extinguishers are accessible (no more than 200 feet from every point in every space on a given floor). Rule 240 looks perfect for this, but I am having an issue getting the “effect” to propagate to connected spaces, even though I have that option checked.

In the first image below, I have set the parameters to 100 feet and 100% converge required just to check if the rule is working as expected, and it is, you can see that the corridor has area that is outside the radius.

However, in the second image, the restroom right off the corridor, through an intermediate vestibule space, is also showing as an issue even though it is connected to the corridor. In this case that restroom space is well within the 100’ radius if you are considering connected spaces.

Obviously this is not the result I am expecting. Do I have this setup incorrectly? Is there a way to verify the “connected spaces” that this rule is looking at? What exactly is a connected space in solibri’s view?

Thanks for any advice.

[john.lipp]

Hi @czoog

I setup a similar check, and it doesn’t appear that the checkbox T/F value set is actually being used in the rule.

This rule is actually an API example, and looking at the code, the checkbox in the UI EffectiveCoverageAreaRuleUIDefinition sets a rpPropagateToConnectedSpaces variable in the EffectiveCoverageAreaRule.java, but this variable isn’t used in any of the other .java sources.

• https://solibri.github.io/Developer-Platform/9.12.7/effectiveCoverageAreaRuleExample.html

• https://github.com/Solibri/api-examples/blob/master/rule-examples/src/main/java/com/solibri/smc/api/examples/effectivecoveragearearule/EffectiveCoverageAreaRule.java

• https://github.com/Solibri/api-examples/blob/master/rule-examples/src/main/java/com/solibri/smc/api/examples/effectivecoveragearearule/EffectiveCoverageAreaRuleUIDefinition.java

This rule was developed to check for ventilation coverage within rooms (travel distance occuluded)

You use I assume would be for travel distance between rooms and would travel between rooms through doors?

If you would like, you can send an email to [email protected] and I’ll pick it up to send to our R&D.

Best regards

• John Lipp