202 — Slab Dowels, in cv-web¶
The cv-web companion to tutorial 102. Same feature, same panel, in the browser.
Note
This lesson also exists in the browser. Work it in ConstructiVision on the web — same steps, same values, so you can follow either and end up with the same panel.
Before you start¶
Open cv-web, load the ConstructiVision Sample Building sample project, and switch to Panel mode in the top bar. The properties panel on the right is where a panel’s features live.
Where it is¶
In AutoCAD, Slab Dowels has its own dialog — you reach it from Main Panel Details or from the ConstructiVision menu. In cv-web there are no modal dialogs: every feature is a group in the properties panel, and you open it in place.
Scroll to Slab Dowels and click the group header. The number beside a group is how many rows it currently holds.
Same six values¶
Tutorial 102 sets a dowel run from six columns, and they mean the same thing here:
column |
what it means |
|---|---|
Enable |
whether the row draws at all |
Intersect |
how the bar meets the slab |
Elevation |
Finished Floor to the centre of the row |
Max Spacing |
the widest gap allowed — the run fills in at this spacing or closer |
Length |
how far the bar extends beyond the panel |
Inset |
how far in from the panel face |
The two readings worth repeating, because they are the ones people get wrong in either product: elevation is to the centre of the row, and length is the part beyond the panel, not the whole bar.
Watch the review markers¶
As values change, a small ● or ▲ may appear beside a figure — cv-web comparing it against every panel in the corpus. Neither one blocks you; an unusual panel is not a wrong panel. Hover to see the observed range and how many panels it was measured from.
Slab dowels feed that check indirectly: they are part of what the panel carries, and the derived figures beside them — weight, load per brace, load per pick — are all flagged the same way.
Honest differences¶
No modal dialog. cv-cad opens Slab Dowel Details; cv-web expands a group in place.
No sheet border. The browser shows the panel, not a shop drawing sheet.
Everything the two products both expose should agree exactly. A value that differs between them is a defect worth reporting, not a difference to work around.
What to take away¶
Same feature, same six numbers, different frame. If you have done tutorial 102, you already know what these rows mean — only where you find them has changed.