Adding an Indoor Database

Insert an indoor database of a building on the imported aerial photograph.

The database created thus far is now ready for a standard urban simulation. However, we want to add an indoor database near the bottom of the image. Using a hybrid urban/indoor database, the urban database is solved using high simulation speed while the indoor database is solved using high accuracy.

  1. Import an indoor database (building) using one of the following workflows:
    • On the Objects menu, click the Import Indoor Database.
    • Press Alt+F6 to use the keyboard shortcut.
  2. Browse to the location of the file rooms_1.idb that was created in Example 1 and click Open.
    The CNP1 Building dialog is displayed.
    Figure 1. The CNP Building dialog.


  3. Click OK to close the CNP Building dialog.
    The Database to be imported must contain... message is displayed.
    Figure 2. The Database to be imported must contain... message.


  4. Click Yes to continue.
    The The imported database contains... message is displayed.
    Figure 3. The The imported database contains... message.


  5. Click OK to close the message.
    The The imported building is now in the clipboard... message is displayed.
    Figure 4. The The imported building is now in the clipboard... message.


  6. Click OK to close the message.
  7. Click to place the indoor database on the imported aerial photograph.
Figure 5. The indoor database is placed onto the urban environment.


1 Combined network planning (CNP) is the model that allows for the combination of urban and indoor predictions.