Assigning Risk Information¶

Use Project Risk Values and the Cladding tab to define the information written to walls when Risk Faces are processed.

The current tool assigns this information during Pick Walls. It does not yet provide the planned per-face scoring and confirmation grid.

Project Risk Values¶

Risk Matrix uses six E2 Risk Matrix factors:

• Wind Zone
• Number of Storeys
• Roof / Wall
• Eave Width
• Envelope
• Deck

Wind Zone is project-wide and read from Revit Project Information. The remaining five values are selected in Risk Matrix for the walls being processed.

Wind Zone¶

Wind Zone is read from:

Revit Project Information → Wind Zone

It is not independently editable in Risk Matrix.

Recognised standard values are:

• Low
• Medium
• High
• Very High
• Extra High

Use Refresh beside Wind Zone if Project Information has changed while Risk Matrix is already open.

Wind Zone Is Not Set¶

If the project Wind Zone cannot be resolved, Risk Matrix shows an unresolved state and Pick Walls is blocked.

Set the required value in Revit Project Information, return to Risk Matrix, and click Refresh.

SED¶

If Wind Zone is SED, Risk Matrix identifies the project as requiring Specific Engineering Design and blocks the standard E2 Risk Matrix processing workflow.

Other Project Risk Values¶

Before each Pick Walls operation, select the values applicable to the walls you are about to process.

Number of Storeys¶

Choose the applicable storey option from the Risk Matrix key schedule.

Roof / Wall¶

Choose the applicable roof-to-wall relationship.

Eave Width¶

Choose the applicable eave-width category.

Envelope¶

Choose the applicable envelope-complexity category.

Deck¶

Choose the applicable deck category.

Use the guidance button beside a value when you need to review its Risk Matrix guidance.

When Values Are Applied¶

When you click Pick Walls, Risk Matrix takes a snapshot of the current settings.

Those values are written to newly processed walls when the selection is completed and the wall groups are processed.

Already processed walls are protected from having their existing risk values silently replaced if they are selected again.

Cladding Information¶

Cladding information is managed on the Cladding tab and is project-wide.

Risk Matrix discovers applicable exterior wall types and uses the configured cladding rules to suggest a cladding description. Review this setup when first preparing the project and whenever the exterior wall-type strategy changes.

Project Cladding Legend¶

The project legend contains up to four coordinated cladding groups:

• Cladding 1
• Cladding 2
• Cladding 3
• Cladding 4

Unused slots are shown as N/A.

Wall Types to Include¶

Use Wall Types to Include to review the discovered exterior wall types.

For each wall type you can:

• include or exclude it from the project cladding configuration;
• review or edit its cladding description; and
• review or change its Cladding 1--4 group.

An excluded wall type is omitted from the cladding assignment passed into Risk Face processing.

Automatic and Manual Grouping¶

Wall types with the same cladding description are coordinated into the same project cladding group.

If a description is changed to match an existing description, the wall type can use that existing group. New unique descriptions use an available group where possible.

Groups can also be adjusted manually. The setup prevents one group from representing conflicting cladding descriptions.

Wall Type Cladding Mapping¶

Use Wall Type Cladding Mapping to review the resulting relationship between Revit wall types and project cladding descriptions.

The mapping is used automatically during Pick Walls. You do not select a cladding value separately for each Risk Face.

Project Cladding Health¶

Use Project Cladding Health to identify configuration that still requires attention before relying on the coordinated cladding information.

Saving the Project Cladding Setup¶

Changes to included wall types, descriptions and cladding groups are stored in the Revit project and restored when Risk Matrix is reopened.

A full Reset Risk Matrix clears this saved cladding configuration. A selected-face reset does not.

Automated Risk Scoring¶

The current version does not calculate and present a completed E2 score for each Risk Face.

Automated face-specific suggestion, confirmation and scoring is planned as a later development stage.

Related Help¶

• Risk Matrix
• Identifying Risk Faces
• Reviewing Risk Results
• Risk Documentation
• Troubleshooting