Build the zone hierarchy

The zone tree is the spatial map of your project. Build it once at setup, then refine it as the project grows.

Required role: Manager or Collaborator to create and edit zones. Only a Manager can delete a zone.

Prerequisites: a project you're a member of.

Add a zone

1. Open the project's Zones area.
2. Select New Zone (or Add child on the zone you want to nest under).
3. Fill in:
   • Name — for example, "Building A", "Floor 2", "Apartment A-101".
   • Zone type — Building, Floor, Room, Area… Builddar suggests the type that normally comes next under the parent.
   • Parent zone — leave empty for a top-level zone.
4. Optionally set an external code (your own lot reference) and turn off public to restrict who can see it — see Share zones.
5. Save.

Result: the zone appears in the tree under its parent, and becomes selectable when creating an issue or uploading a drawing.

caution

A zone type can't contain a type that sits higher in the hierarchy — you can't put a Building inside a Floor. If you hit this, either change the zone type or classify the type differently in the project's zone-type settings.

Edit the outline

The outline is the whole-tree editing screen. You can create, rename, re-parent, reorder, and delete zones in one pass, then save everything at once.

1. Open the project's Zones area and switch to the outline.
2. Make your changes: add rows, rename zones, drag them to a new parent, reorder siblings, mark rows for deletion.
3. Review the preview of what will change.
4. Save.

Result: all changes are applied together. If any single change is invalid, nothing is saved and Builddar tells you which row is the problem.

tip

A saved outline batch can be undone as a unit, which restores the tree to how it was before the save.

note

New zones you add in the outline can be the parent of other new zones in the same save — you don't have to save the building first and then add its floors.

Move a zone

Moving a zone takes its whole subtree with it: move Floor 2 and every apartment under it moves too.

1. In the zone tree, select the zone.
2. Choose Move and pick the new parent zone.
3. Confirm.

Result: the zone and all its descendants sit under the new parent. Issues, drawings, and documents attached to those zones follow them.

note

A zone's reference does not change when you move or rename it — it's an identity, not a label. The zone's displayed path always shows where it is now.

To move many zones at once, select them and use the bulk move action; a bulk move is one batch and can be undone as a unit.

Reorder zones

Zones display in a set order under their parent. Drag a zone up or down among its siblings, or use the reorder action, to change how the tree reads.

Delete a zone

Required role: Manager.

1. Select the zone and choose Delete.
2. Confirm.

Result: the zone is removed from the tree.

caution

Deleting a zone is blocked while it still has issues attached. Move or resolve those issues first, or delete the zone together with its children using the cascade option in the outline.

Manage zone types for the project

Required role: Manager (or Organization Admin).

1. Open the project's zone settings and find Zone types.
2. Add a type, rename one, or set its hierarchy level so the tree validates and the type picker orders correctly.
3. Toggle unit on the type that represents what you deliver (apartment, shop, parking) to turn on lifecycle tracking.

Result: the project uses its own type list. Your organization's defaults are unchanged, and other projects are unaffected.

note

Two zone types in the same project can't share a name.

Next steps

• Import units in bulk
• Upload drawings
• Share zones and control access