Manage neighborhoods in 3D view

A neighborhood is a collection of workspaces in an office neighborhood seating. Neighborhoods can go across several work areas and spaces on floor level and several floors in a building. Usually, neighborhoods are created for departments or project teams. Connected booking apps can support the booking of workspaces in dedicated neighborhoods and bring employees together who work together.

Note

You do not have access rights if the Add, Edit, or Delete buttons are inactive. To get the permissions, please contact your BuildingMinds administrator.

Add neighborhood

  1. Open the building's floor and the Workspace management. For more information, see Access workspace management.

    The 3D BIM model opens, and the floor plan for the selected floor. For more information on how to navigate the 3D model, see Navigate the model.

  2. Open the right-side panel by clicking Chevron_left.

    By default, the Work_areaWork areas tab opens, and a list of all work area types previously defined in the Workspace management settings is shown.

  3. To open the neighborhood section of the right-side panel, click on the BM_Icons__neighbourhood button.

    A list of all existing neighborhoods opens.

  4. Click +Add.

  5. Enter a name for the neighborhood and select a color.

    The new neighborhood is added to the list.

  6. Add workspaces to the neighborhood. For more information, see.

Assign workspaces to a neighborhood

  1. Open the building's floor and the Workspace management. For more information, see Access workspace management.

    The 3D BIM model opens, and the floor plan for the selected floor. For more information on how to navigate the 3D model, see Navigate the model.

  2. Open the right-side panel by clicking Chevron_left.

    By default, the Work_areaWork areas tab opens, and a list of all work area types previously defined in the Workspace management settings is shown.

  3. To open the neighborhood section of the right-side panel, click on the BM_Icons__neighbourhood button.

    A list of all existing neighborhoods opens.

  4. Select the neighborhood to which you want to add the workspace.

  5. Click on Add to model.

  6. Select the workspace in the model for the neighborhood.

    All workspaces not already assigned to a neighborhood have the default color grey. You can also assign workspaces already assigned to a neighborhood to a new one.

    1. To select a single workspace, click on the workspace in the model.

    2. To select several workspaces, hold the CTRL or Control until the mouse pointer changes to a cross. Select the workspaces by expanding the rectangle over the workspaces.

    The workspace is displayed in the color of the neighborhood.

Unassign workspaces from a neighborhood

Note

Unassigned workspaces are not deleted from the BuildingMinds Platform. They are just removed from the neighborhood.

  1. Open the building's floor and the Workspace management. For more information, see Access workspace management.

    The 3D BIM model opens, and the floor plan for the selected floor. For more information on how to navigate the 3D model, see Navigate the model.

  2. Open the right-side panel by clicking Chevron_left.

    By default, the Work_areaWork areas tab opens, and a list of all work area types previously defined in the Workspace management settings is shown.

  3. To open the neighborhood section of the right-side panel, click on the BM_Icons__neighbourhood button.

    A list of all existing neighborhoods opens.

  4. Open the neighborhood from which you want to remove the workspace.

  5. Open the workspace you want to remove.

  6. Click Delete.

    The workspace no longer belongs to the neighborhood and can be reassigned to another neighborhood.

Edit neighborhood

  1. Open the building's floor and the Workspace management. For more information, see Access workspace management.

    The 3D BIM model opens, and the floor plan for the selected floor. For more information on how to navigate the 3D model, see
    Navigate the model.

  2. Open the right-side panel by clicking Chevron_left.

    By default, the Work_areaWork areas tab opens, and a list of all work area types previously defined in the Workspace management settings is shown.

  3. To open the neighborhood section of the right-side panel, click on the BM_Icons__neighbourhood button.

    A list of all existing neighborhoods opens.

  4. Select a neighborhood from the list by clicking BM_icons_chevron down.

  5. Click Edit.

  6. Change the name or color of the neighborhood.

  7. Click Save.

Delete neighborhood

  1. Open the building's floor and the Workspace management. For more information, see Access workspace management.

    The 3D BIM model opens, and the floor plan for the selected floor. For more information on how to navigate the 3D model, see Navigate the model.

  2. Open the right-side panel by clicking Chevron_left.

    By default, the Work_areaWork areas tab opens, and a list of all work area types previously defined in the Workspace management settings is shown.

  3. To open the neighborhood section of the right-side panel, click on the BM_Icons__neighbourhood button.

    A list of all existing neighborhoods opens.

  4. Select a neighborhood from the list by clicking BM_icons_chevron down.

  5. Click Delete.

    The neighborhood is deleted, and all previously assigned workspaces to that neighborhood are unassigned and can be reassigned to another neighborhood.