DCH 2.0 Documentation
Core Docs
Core Docs
  • Welcome to DCH
  • What's New
  • DCH Registration
  • Concepts and UI Features
    • Organisations
    • Sidebar
      • Home (Sites and Buildings)
      • Search
      • Apps
      • Sites
      • Data
      • Tools
      • Settings
      • Help
  • Admin
    • Permissions Overview
    • Managing Users
      • Inviting Users
      • Changing an existing User's Permissions
    • Managing Rolesets
      • Creating Rolesets
      • Changing roles (permissions) of an existing Roleset
      • Deleting Rolesets
      • Managing list of users who have been directly assigned a Roleset
      • Managing the set of User Groups a Roleset is in
    • Managing User Groups
      • Creating User Groups
      • Changing Rolesets in an existing User Group
      • Deleting User Groups
      • Managing user membership of User Groups
  • Data Management
    • Find Points and view data
    • Export data
    • Adding a new data source
  • Site and Building Management
    • Creating a Site
    • Creating a Building
  • DCH and the BRICK schema ontology
    • Overview
    • BRICK Model Process Flow
    • BRIQL Query Language
    • DCH BRICK Extensions
    • Valid Names, Values, Character sets in DCH
    • DCH BRICK Modelling Norms
      • Electrical Modelling Norms
      • PV Modelling Norms
      • Mechanical and Misc. Modelling Norms
  • Changelog
  • Security
    • Platform Security Summary
  • FAQs
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  1. Site and Building Management

Creating a Building

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Last updated 9 months ago

In DCH, a Building is a BRICK entity representing an independent unit of the built environment with a common spatial structure.

To create a new Building:

  1. Hover on Sites in the sidebar and select Add New Building

  2. Select which Site your Building is on

  3. Give your Building an ID

  4. Give your Building a Name and Description (Optional)

  5. Press Create Building Information

For a more detailed and technical understanding of what this action does to your Site and Building's BRICK Model, visit .

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