Elements Overview

Elements formalize relationships between components, equipment, systems, subsystems, etc. Maintaining the thread of data from Design to Construction to Quality to Closeout; customizable based on project requirements and participating in an Advanced Work Packaging process.

The new Elements panel within InEight model provides the capability to create Material Components (individual or combined model objects). The Material Components created in Model are linked to the AWP process (Model <-> Plan and Model <-> Schedule) and to the Completions applications.

Within Completions, Assets have been transitioned into Elements, which provides a direct link from Completions to Model. In a general sense, Elements created in Completions are now visible within Model and Elements created in Model are visible in Completions

Elements are more flexible than Assets in that they can have a hierarchical relationship and display different data based on Element type or classification (system, subsystem, building intersection, engineered equipment, etc.) With this transition, users can access Elements data from Completions HQ, Mobile, and Model applications.

Elements Panel

To access the Elements Panel, select View from the menu bar at the top of the screen. Then, select Elements.

This will open the Elements Panel.

Elements created within the Model application or the Completions application will be displayed.

• Element Type: A dropdown selection to filter displayed Elements

• Add...: provides the ability to:

  • Create a single Component

  • Create multiple Components from a selection

• Settings...: provides the ability to:

  • Toggle on/off the Auto-select model elements feature

  • Toggle on/off the Show linked model elements feature

  • Toggle on/off the Drop from Object Tree creates single Material Component feature

  • Toggle on/off the Compact Mode feature