Sector Templates

Sectors are used to categorise buildings according to their use/activity.

A sector is located within a legislative region and can only be accessed if the building is situated within the region containing the sector.

The 'General' sector is an exception to this rule as it can be accessed from all regions if the 'List region data' Program Options setting is 'All or 'General+Local'.

You can also associate a holiday schedule with the sector.

Most of the sectors provided with DesignBuilder come from the UK NCM and are used for UK compliance and certification calculations. However users can create their own sectors if necessary, or otherwise simply use the generic "General" sector.

Template data can be accessed:

• from the Templates tab on the opening screen (if no file is open),
• from the Templates tab in the Navigator panel (if a file is open),
• by double-clicking on the template icon in the model data,
• by clicking on the Edit button when selecting templates from a list.