Touchstone Re 2023 API Reference
BuildingExteriorOpening Enumeration


Air.Services.Proxy Assembly > AIR.Services.Common.Exposure.Data Namespace : BuildingExteriorOpening Enumeration
Provides a set of descriptors to represent the percentage of exterior walls that are open (that is, that have windows or doors).
Syntax
Public Enum BuildingExteriorOpening 
   Inherits System.Enum
Dim instance As BuildingExteriorOpening
public enum BuildingExteriorOpening : System.Enum 
Members
MemberDescription
LessThan50PercentDefines the case in which less than 50 percent of exterior walls are open (that is, that have windows or doors) (1).
MoreThan50PercentDefines the case in which more than 50 percent of exterior walls are open (that is, that have windows or doors) (2).
UnknownDefines the case in which the percentage of open exterior walls (that is, walls that have windows or doors) is unknown (default) (0).
Remarks
A shear wall with many openings for windows and doors has less resistance to earthquake loads. Buildings whose walls are more than 50% open are evaluated as having less seismic resistance than they would otherwise.
Inheritance Hierarchy

System.Object
   System.ValueType
      System.Enum
         AIR.Services.Common.Exposure.Data.BuildingExteriorOpening

Requirements

Target Platforms: Windows 7, Windows Vista SP1 or later, Windows XP SP3, Windows Server 2008 (Server Core not supported), Windows Server 2008 R2 (Server Core supported with SP1 or later), Windows Server 2003 SP2

See Also

Reference

AIR.Services.Common.Exposure.Data Namespace