This article is part of a sequential step-by-step tutorial covering material and hatching configuration, additional objects (user components, wall openings, wall segments), and a practical steel shaft example. Follow the steps in order — each later step builds on the result of the one before it. This first step combines project setup with the background knowledge you need before configuring any materials.
Prerequisites
DigiPara Liftdesigner installed.
Steps
1.) Create the practice elevator project. Using the Shaft Wizard, create a project with:
5 floors, typical floor-to-floor distance 3000 mm
Consider travel: No; Create building floor levels: No
Traction elevator, 2:1 roping
13 persons / 1000 kg, 1 m/s
Machine room: Top
Car roping: 2 pulleys below, without CW safety gear
Counterweight roping: 1 pulley top, counterweight right
Sheet template: LD A4 3D View
Car size: width 1600 mm, depth 1400 mm
Entrances: front on all floors, rear on the first and last level
Individual floor-to-floor distances: Pit 1200 mm; E1 2900 mm; E2 3000 mm; E3 3000 mm; E4 3800 mm
Save it under the file name LDTrainingMaterials.ld3.
2.) Understand where materials are configured. Material configurations are defined via the Group and Shaft Configurator for the entire elevator project.
3.) Understand classic material hatching and its two scaling modes. By default, all view frames use the same hatching setting: Type and scale by document. Activate the section plane to show the corresponding hatching. For individual settings on a single view frame instead, use Type and scale by sheet frame — this only changes the hatching display for that view frame; the underlying materials themselves are not affected.
Result
A practice elevator project exists, saved and ready to work in, and you understand where material configuration lives and the difference between document-wide and per-view-frame hatching display — the groundwork for every configuration step that follows.
Next Step
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