BuildingShape Enumeration

Provides a set of descriptors to represent the overall shape of the a building's footprint.

Syntax

Visual Basic (Declaration)
Visual Basic (Usage)
C#

Public Enum BuildingShape 
   Inherits System.Enum

Dim instance As BuildingShape

public enum BuildingShape : System.Enum

Members

Member	Description
Circular	Defines a circular building footprint shape (3).
Complex	Defines a complex building footprint shape (8).
HShaped	Defines an H-shaped building footprint shape (7).
LShaped	Defines an L-shaped building footprint shape (4).
Rectangle	Defines a rectangular building footprint shape (2).
Square	Defines a square building footprint shape (1).
TShaped	Defines a T-shaped building footprint shape (5).
Unknown	Defines an unknown (default) building footprint shape (0).
UShaped	Defines a U-shaped building footprint shape (6).

Remarks

Shape is critical for the performance of a structure, especially for large commercial buildings. In general, simple regular forms like squares and rectangles perform better than combinations of those, such as L and T shaped buildings. The sharp corners in these complex shapes are vulnerable.

Inheritance Hierarchy

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

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

Reference

AIR.Services.Common.Exposure.Data Namespace

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