The Usage Editor is where you make changes to the Usages in your current Projects or Templates.

Usages can be edited and created from the Usage Editor.

To edit assumptions click on the Edit Usages button on the left hand side.

The Usages Editor flies out from the left palette.

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You can Open both the Properties palette and the Usage Editor at the same time to see the full story of a selected geometry.

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The Editor UI

The Usage Editor UI has the following sections:

1. Select Usage to edit
2. Delete usage
3. Clone Usage
4. Save changes
5. Add property
6. Edit defaults
7. Table View
8. Usage Types
9. Usage Type Properties (Building shown)
10. Dwellings (Residential Only)

1. Select Usage to edit - all usages in the project are displayed in this dropdown list

To change which Usage you're working on, click on the dropdown.

Edit the existing properties to match your company’s or project’s assumptions and graphics preferences.

Add more Properties by clicking “Add Property”

<aside> 💡 Note the efficiency and sell efficiency drive the GFA and the FSR, as well as the NSA in the data panel.

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2. Delete usage

Click the trashcan icon to delete a usage from your project.

Once a Usage is deleted from the project, it will no longer show as an option in the Drawing Toolbar or the Usage Table.

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Deleting a usage cannot be undone

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3. Clone Usage

Clone the currently selected usage to create a new one.

To create a new Usage, clone an existing Usage. Select that Usage from the dropdown, then click “Clone usage”.

Type the new Usage name and select “Okay”.

Add Properties by clicking “Add new property.”

Edit the properties to match your company’s or project’s assumptions and graphics preferences.

4. Save changes

Click the save icon to save your changes.