Editing project standards

Creating A Standard#

1. Click Project Standards directly on the Acouso ribbon.
2. Alternatively, open Acouso-ROOM, open Project Standards, and click Edit beside the standard dropdown.
3. Click Add Standard.
4. Enter or edit the standard name and description.
5. Save the standard.

Adding An Occupancy#

1. Select the standard.
2. Click Add Occupancy.
3. Enter the occupancy name and description.
4. Set the reverberation target.
5. Set the sound-level target where required.
6. Assign default floor, wall, and ceiling finish materials.
7. Save the occupancy.

Default surface materials are used when a room or construction does not have a more specific material assignment. This is useful for early-stage or lightly detailed models that do not yet contain complete finish information.

Advanced Reverberation Target Basis#

Enable Advanced when the reverberation target needs a specific assessment basis.

Available bases can include:

• Mid-frequency average using 500 Hz and 1000 Hz.
• Mid-frequency average including 2000 Hz.

Use the basis required by the selected standard or project brief.

Standards Catalogue#

From the standards editor, click Cloud Catalogue to browse standards made available by Acouso.

1. Open Project Standards directly from the Acouso ribbon.
2. Alternatively, open it by clicking Edit beside the standard dropdown in the Acouso-ROOM main window.
3. Click Cloud Catalogue.
4. Review the available standards.
5. Select the required standard.
6. Add it to the local standards library.
7. Review its occupancies and targets before applying it to the project.

Catalogue standards are installed as read-only local references. To customise one:

1. Select the installed catalogue standard.
2. Click Duplicate.
3. Edit and save the new user-created copy.

Only user-created standards can be modified.

Window walkthrough#

Use it to create or adapt acoustic standards, occupancy types, targets, and default materials.

1. Click Project Standards directly on the Acouso ribbon.
2. Alternatively, open Acouso-ROOM and click Edit beside the standard dropdown.
3. Click Add Standard, or duplicate an existing standard to use as a starting point.
4. Add occupancy types and set their reverberation and sound-level targets.
5. Assign default floor, wall, and ceiling materials where required.
6. Use Cloud Catalogue to browse standards supplied by Acouso.
7. Duplicate an installed catalogue standard when an editable copy is required.