Master Properties for Hotlinked modules

[Sedak]

We should have the possibility to use and set certain properties for hotlinks as a whole, similar to how there are properties for building materials specifically.

We have master ID - we should also have master properties.

For example:

I am using the iceberg method to create apartment modules (let’s name them M1, M2, M3, M4...). These apartments are placed in my building in different positions. To create a schedule that lists the number of apartments using module M1/M2/M3... in only part of my building (for example, dilatation 1), I currently need to either create a module of the whole dilatation (an extra step) or manually edit the master IDs of my hotlinks te somehow represent that distinction (and that is just one distinction - we often have a dozen of them that are something that is only a property change). This would be much easier if we had an option to set a property for the whole module.

With such an option, you could also have, for example, a hotlink module M1 with the property “fire zone 1” and another with the property “fire zone 2,” without the need to create two separate hotlinks.

[PVBergkrantz]

Even better would be a feature that allows you to mark some properties in the hotlink as editable in the host file. Like that you could use the same apartment-module including a zone in multiple places, but give each of them a unique apartment number. Or even put the exterior walls with windows as a module but give the windows unique values for acoustic rating and so on.

It is a balancing act between having the modules be the same in every way or making them so flexible that they are no longer modules, but being able to change some properties would be extremely useful, without it having to involve modeling.