Page 1 AUTODESK ® ARCHITECTURAL DESKTOP 2006 Imperial Tutorials Update August 2005...
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Page 3: Table Of Contents
Contents Chapter 1 Introduction ..........................1 Using This Tutorial ..............................2 Printing the Tutorial ............................2 Accessing the Tutorial Files and Datasets ......................2 Extracting Datasets ............................2 Learning VIZ Render 2006 ..........................3 Overview: Working in Architectural Desktop ......................3 Designing with Objects ............................
Page 4 Exercise 1: Versioning, Validating, and Updating Project Styles and Definitions .......... 67 Exercise 2: Modifying a Standard Style and Updating the Project ..............70 Chapter 3 Developing Your Building Model Design ................. 73 Lesson 1: Designing the Building Shell ........................ 74 Exercise 1: Adding a Curtain Wall ........................
Page 5 Exercise 3: Adding Braces to the Structural Frame ..................223 Exercise 4: Creating Roof, Ceiling, and Floor Slabs ..................228 Lesson 2: Creating a Roof Enclosure and a Screen ..................... 234 Exercise 1: Creating Structural Members from a Roof Slab ................
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Page 7: Chapter 1 Introduction
Introduction ® This tutorial shows you how you can use key features of Autodesk Architectural Desktop to complete your architectural projects. By completing this tutorial, you learn how to use Architectural Desktop to: facilitate the design of a small office building.
Page 8: Using This Tutorial
Imperial project datasets are have an _I suffix and metric project datasets have an _M suffix. Within a project, exercise files have an X- prefix. Depending on your level of experience with Autodesk Architectural Desktop, you may want to take a different approach to the tutorial: If you are a new user, begin by reading this introduction to familiarize yourself with the concepts of working in Architectural Desktop and the process of creating a building model.
Page 9: Learning Viz Render 2006
Double-click the project folder. NOTE: If you have been working with non-tutorial projects, you may need to browse to my documents\autodesk\my projects. 11 Double-click the project name - for example, Small Office Building_I.
Page 10 If you add a door to the wall and then move the wall, the door will automatically move with the wall. If you view the wall with the door in the previous plan view, the change in location that you made in the isometric view is automatically updated in the plan view.
Page 11: Designing With Objects
Designing with Objects ® Before you begin a project, it is helpful to understand some of the main features in Autodesk Architectural Desktop that allow you to work with the architectural objects included in the application. The following example demonstrates how to draw a wall that includes a door.
Page 12 The wall tools on the Walls tool palette in the Design tool palette group Before you begin to draw the wall, the properties of the wall are displayed in another palette below the Tool palette, called the Properties palette. You can change some of these properties, such as the width or base height of the wall, before you draw the wall.
Page 13 Next, as you move your cursor to specify the length of the wall, the value in the Length field in the Properties palette changes. When the length field reports the desired length of the wall, you can specify the wall endpoint in the drawing. Alternatively, you can click the dynamic input option (DYN) on the application status bar to use a direct entry method to specify the endpoint of the wall.
Page 14 High Detail display representation of a house Reflected display representation of the same house Most objects are made up of individual display components within a display representation. The properties of each component, such as visibility, layer, linetype, and lineweight, can be configured in the display representation to change how the object displays in a drawing.
Page 15 Different object display representations are grouped in display sets. Display sets group display representations according to the type of view the objects need to display in. For example, the Plan display set includes the Plan display representations of walls, curtain walls, doors, stairs, railings, and roofs. Display sets are then assigned to view directions in display configurations, which can be changed for the drawing area and can be attached to viewports in a sheet layout.
Page 16: Completing A Project
You can edit or change the style of either the wall or door to change its appearance. Object styles are the main way to differentiate between building components. You would have, in a project, multiple styles for objects such as walls, doors, and windows.
Page 17 ® design. At this point, you are ready to start a project in Autodesk Architectural Desktop. A project in Architectural Desktop is not just a job name or number; it stores, organizes, and manages the drawings that make up both your building model and the plotting sheets.
Page 18 Constructs are the main building blocks of the model. They define unique portions of the building and are assigned to a location (level and division) within the building. For example, assume an existing commercial building with multiple floors and one division (the existing building or main division). The first floor of the building could consist of an exterior shell construct, a first-floor construct with lighting, and a first-floor interior partitions construct.
Page 19: Integrating Viz Render In Your Project Workflow
You can plot the sheets or electronically publish the sheet set ® ® to a DWF (Design Web Format) file that can be viewed by anyone using Autodesk DWF Viewer or Autodesk Composer.
Page 20 After you click the link, VIZ Render is opened automatically, and the geometry and materials that comprise your current Architectural Desktop model are displayed in VIZ Render in a DRF file. A live data link between the current Architectural Desktop drawing and the VIZ Render DRF is established. This link will load any changes in the geometry or material of the Architectural Desktop model into VIZ Render for as long as you retain the file link.
Page 21: Understanding The User Interface
The workspace is displayed when you start Architectural Desktop. The workspace and its components support you through your project workflow, allowing you to move seamlessly from creating a project and designing a building model to producing construction documents. The Autodesk Architectural Desktop workspace Understanding the User Interface | 15...
Page 22: The Workspace
VIZ Render, the separate 3D visualization application that is included with Architectural Desktop, has its own user interface that you can use to produce photo-realistic images and animations of your building designs. The VIZ Render user interface is displayed when you export an Architectural Desktop design to VIZ Render, or when you start VIZ Render from the VIZ Render icon on your desktop.
Page 23: Title Bar
You can load and use four additional pulldown menus: Design, Documentation, CAD Manager, and 3D Solids. ® The Design and Documentation menus are similar to those included in releases prior to Autodesk Architectural Desktop 2004, in that they include design and documentation object commands. Use these menus as an alternative to accessing object commands from tools.
Page 24: Toolbars
To load the additional menus, on the Window menu, click Pulldowns, and click the menu you want to load. After you load these menus, you can display the equivalent Design, Documentation, CAD Manager, and Solids toolbars. Toolbars Toolbars, located directly under the menu bar, contain groups of commands that you access frequently in a drawing session.
Page 25: Drawing Window Status Bar
A general context menu is also available when you right-click in the drawing area without selecting an object. This menu contains all modify tools, viewing commands, and the Properties command. Drawing Window Status Bar The drawing window status bar is located under the drawing window. It reports the following information about the current project and drawing: the name of the current project the type (construct, element, view, or sheet) and name of the current drawing...
Page 26: Command Palette
You can also access the Communication Center , an in-product notification system that keeps you up to date on ® service pack availability and provides information for Autodesk Subscription Program members. When new updates are available, the Communication Center icon displays with a yellow exclamation mark.
Page 27: Project Navigator Palette
The Project Browser After you create a new project or set a project current and close the Project Browser, the Project Navigator palette is displayed. Project Navigator Palette To display the Project Navigator palette: Close the Project Browser. On the Window menu, click Project Navigator Palette. On the Navigation toolbar, click Press CTRL + 5.
Page 28: Tools And Tool Palettes
Constructs tab in the Project Navigator. ® You can drag drawings from previous projects, AutoCAD drawings, and Autodesk Building Systems drawings into the Project Navigator from Windows Explorer to be added to the project as elements, constructs, views, or sheets. This ®...
Page 29 The Design tool palette Three default tool palette groups - Design, Document, and Detailing - provide instant access to a complete inventory of Architectural Desktop tools. The three tool palette groups correspond to stages in the architectural design process and contain palettes that feature relevant tools. For example, the Design palette group contains Design, Massing, Walls, Doors, and Windows palettes.
Page 30: The Properties Palette
Tools grouped on a custom palette New projects contain project-specific tool palette groups that have the same name as the project in which they are created. You can create project-specific tools and store them in such a palette group. If you open a project that was created in an earlier release of Architectural Desktop, no project tool palette group is displayed.
Page 31: Content Browser
Content Browser runs independently of Architectural Desktop, allowing you to exchange tools and tool palettes with other Autodesk applications, such as VIZ Render. Architectural Desktop tools and content are shared in the Content Browser using tool catalogs and websites. Content that was only accessible from the DesignCenter in previous releases, is now available as tools stored in the Content Browser.
Page 32: Designcenter
The Content Browser DesignCenter To display the DesignCenter: On the Insert menu, click DesignCenter. On the Navigation toolbar, click Press CTRL + 2. ™ The DesignCenter provides another location where you can browse and share content, such as blocks and symbols, between drawings.
Page 33: Detail Component Manager
You can drag content from the DesignCenter directly into a drawing or onto a tool palette to create a tool, but you cannot drag tools directly from the Content Browser into the DesignCenter. Instead, drag tools that you create from DesignCenter content from the tool palette into a catalog in the Content Browser.
Page 34 lock and unlock the position of the toolbars in the workspace, you can click on the application status bar at the bottom of your screen. On the menu that is displayed, you can lock or unlock all docked toolbars, all floating toolbars, or all toolbars.
Page 35: Chapter 2 Getting Started With Projects
Getting Started with Projects ® The Drawing Management feature of Autodesk Architectural Desktop software provides you with tools for creating large building projects that are distributed among many drawing files. Drawing Management formalizes and automates the organization and management of external reference files, letting you work with the logical pieces of a building, as opposed to managing the file system.
Page 36: Understanding The Tutorial Project
Understanding the Tutorial Project Autodesk Architectural Desktop and the tutorial dataset feature powerful tools to assist you in the creation of projects and the design of a five-story office building. The office building consists of approximately 25,000 square feet per floor, a three-story atrium area with an angled staircase, a centralized bank of elevators, and two emergency exit stairwells.
Page 37 TIP: Use the drop-down list for the project folder location to browse to the installed projects. The Small Office Building project, by default, is installed to \my documents\autodesk\my projects. If you are using Architectural Desktop in a network environment, the tutorial files may have been installed in a different location.
Page 38 The right window of the Project Browser is the project bulletin board. It is an HTML page that is linked to the project. When you create a project, you can link it to an Internet home page, such as your company s home page or a project Web site.
Page 39 Create, edit, and organize constructs on the Constructs tab 8 Under the Constructs folder, locate the Architectural folder and the Structural folder at the next level in the hierarchy. The Architectural folder and the Structural folder represent construct categories. In this sample project, the constructs are categorized by discipline: Architectural and Structural.
Page 40 12 Right-click 02 Floor Partitions, and click Properties. 13 Under Assignments, notice that the 02 Floor Partitions construct is assigned to Division 1, Level 2. Most projects require that each level and division be represented by multiple constructs. For example, the second floor of the sample project is made up of the 02 Floor Partitions construct, the Typical Floor Shell construct, and the 02 Floor Slab construct.
Page 41 Any number of constructs may be assigned to the same portion of the building. The more complex your building project, the more beneficial proper categorization becomes in organizing and managing the building model data. By describing each portion of your building model as a unique construct, you can easily create specific views of your building project.
Page 42 Create, edit, and organize specific views of the building model on the Views tab 19 Under Interior, click 02 Floor Plan. 20 Click to display a preview of the 02 Floor Plan view. Views reference the appropriate constructs according to their location within the building. When you create a view of the building model, you select the level or levels for which you want to create the view, and all constructs assigned to that level are referenced into the view drawing automatically.
Page 43: Exercise 2: Creating A Set Of Project Tools
Exercise 2: Creating a Set of Project Tools ® In Autodesk Architectural Desktop, you can use tools to add architectural objects, annotation, and documentation to your drawings. The tools are organized on tool palettes, which are groups of tools that support particular tasks or processes.
Page 44 Add a tool palette for the sample project 1 If you have not already launched Architectural Desktop, double-click the Autodesk Architectural Desktop 2006 icon on your desktop. 2 Verify that the tool palettes set is displayed.
Page 45: Lesson 2: Setting Up Your Project Template
The Scheduling palette is added to your existing tool palettes. You can use the Content Browser to access additional content and tools that are not displayed in the default tool palettes. It is also an option to share palettes. Managing shared tool palettes ensures that all project team members use the most current tools created or modified for a particular project or function.
Page 46: Exercise 1: Creating A Project Template
1 On the File menu, click Project Browser or click on the Navigation toolbar. Use the default project folder c:\my documents\autodesk\my projects. 2 In the lower left corner of the Project Browser, click 3 On the Add Project worksheet, specify the following information: Enter ADT101 for Project Number.
Page 47 You have just created a project folder with a file to track project drawings (*.apj), a file to manage project sheets (*.dst), and folders for different drawing types. These files and folders for storing project drawings were created automatically: you did not have to work outside Architectural Desktop to create them. View the current project in the Project Browser 5 The project is now using the locations of the installed product for the bulletin board, project image, and templates.
Page 48 9 Click in the Tool Palette File Location field and click the browse icon that is displayed. 10 In the Browse for Folder dialog box, navigate to the My Documents/Autodesk/My Projects/Small Office Building folder and view the folder structure. With Small Office Building folder selected, click OK. This is where you will keep project-specific tool palettes - within your project.
Page 49 12 Click in the Tool Palette Storage Type field and select Shared Workspace. The Per User option will allow you to change your palettes without affecting anyone else. The Shared Workspace option is used where changes to the tools will affect everyone using the project tools. Typically the CAD Manager will decide on an appropriate option for your application.
Page 50 TIP: The folders do not need to be in your project, and you can have multiple locations for project standards. Wherever your standards are, they can be applied to all project drawings. For example, you can ensure that any specific window style with its materials is the same in all project drawings.
Page 51 25 Click Open. 26 In the Modify Project dialog box, click OK. Verify the project library is connected 27 On the Project Navigator, click the Content Browser icon. This is an empty library where you can add content. By creating the separate library, you control the content seen by the project team.
Page 52 35 On the Project tab, click in the Project title bar. 36 In the Bulletin Board field, click the Browse icon. 37 In the Bulletin Board dialog box, browse to the my documents\autodesk\my projects\small office building\supplemental folder and select Small Office Building.htm. 38 Click Open.
Page 53: Exercise 2:Adding Legacy Drawings To The Project
45 Click Open. 46 In the Default Model View Template field, click the Browse icon. 47 In the Default Model View Template dialog box, navigate to the my documents\autodesk\my projects\small office building\templates folder and select AEC Model (Imperial.Stb).dwt. 48 Click Open.
Page 54 4 In Windows Explorer, press and hold CTRL, select both drawings, and drag them to the Elements folder. 5 On the Add Element worksheet, click OK to add the first drawing to the project as an element. 6 Click OK again to add the second drawing to the project as an element. Both drawings are now added to the project as elements.
Page 55 (division 1) within the project. Add a drawing with object styles 9 Open Windows Explorer and copy the Styles_STD.dwg file in the my documents/autodesk/my projects/small office building_I/standards/object styles folder to the my documents/autodesk/my projects/small office building/standards/object styles folder. You will use the styles in this drawing to configure standards and to generate project tools.
Page 56: Exercise 3: Configuring Project Standards
Exercise 3: Configuring Project Standards In this exercise, you define drawing files for project standards. In this example we are using our project standard Styles_STD.dwg file for all AEC objects. Open the Small Office Building Project 1 If the Small Office Building project is not already open, on the File menu, click Project Browser to open the Project Browser dialog box.
Page 57 TIP: You can specify multiple drawings for standards. You can define which AEC styles you see in the list (All Objects, Architectural Objects, Documentation Objects, and Multi-Purpose Objects), and you can select the style in the displayed list. In practice you could be more granular in how you organize the standards, for example having a Walls_STD.dwg and a Structural_STD.dwg.
Page 58 TIP: You can locate standard files in the project folder or anywhere on your network. Since you can define multiple standards drawings, you can combine office standards from a location on your network with project-specific standards, in this case, located in the project folder. Make sure that the standards files are not located on a mapped network drive; the Drawing Management feature cannot use files from a mapped network drive.
Page 59: Exercise 4: Generating Project Tools From A Project Standards Drawing
Generate project tools 1 On the File menu, click Open. 2 Browse to the my documents/autodesk/my projects/small office building/standards/object styles folder, select the Styles_STD.dwg file, and click Open. This is the standards drawing that contains the styles that you will use for your project tools. You created this from a legacy drawing for the building type.
Page 60: Exercise 5: Defining Building Levels
9 Under Content Source, select Create from drawing. 10 Under Content Source, click Browse. 11 In the Browse drawings in folder for styles dialog box, navigate to the my documents/autodesk/my projects/small office building/standards/object styles folder, select Styles_STD.dwg, and click Open.
Page 61 Create new levels 1 With the Project Navigator open, click the Project tab. 2 Click in the Levels title bar. As a default, the first level is already present in each new project. The first level has a floor elevation of zero and represents the first floor.
Page 62: Exercise 6: Categorizing Portions Of Your Project
11 Click OK. 12 If you are prompted to regenerate views in the project, click Yes. This ensures that the views are based upon the updated level information. In this exercise, you added the levels for your building project. You defined the number of levels, their names, IDs, and descriptions, their floor-to-floor heights, and their floor elevations.
Page 63 The Architectural subcategory under the Constructs category 5 Follow the same process to add another category under Constructs, and enter Structural for the name of the category. 6 Select the Architectural folder, and add a category named Building Outline. 7 Add two more categories under Architectural, and name them Partitions and Shell. 8 Select the Structural folder, and add a category named Column Grid.
Page 64: Exercise 7: Creating A Project From A Project Template
3 Select Create from template project. 4 Browse to my documents\autodesk\my projects\small office building and select Small Office Building.apj. 5 Click OK twice. A new project is created and it is ready for the design phase as it has configured standards, a project Content Browser library and project tools for the office building type.
Page 65: Exercise 8: Creating The Core And Shell From A Sketch Using Tools
Exercise 8: Creating the Core and Shell from a Sketch Using Tools In this exercise, you use the linework sketches that you added to the project in a previous exercise to create the typical building core element and shell construct. It is not required that you start with a line drawing, but this technique shows how you can leverage your existing AutoCAD skills and move quickly from a line drawing to generic or fixed object styles.
Page 66 12 Draw in a clockwise direction and pick the remaining corner points, closing on your start point. 13 Click in the right viewport and zoom in on the new walls. 14 Select the new walls and press Delete. Convert the core plan sketch linework to walls 15 Click the left viewport, and zoom to extents.
Page 67 20 Press ESC. View the new walls in the right viewport. 21 In the left viewport, zoom in on the left side of the floor plan. Use project tools 22 Right-click on the tool palette bar and select Commercial Office. TIP: If you had a project group but were unable to see it listed that would be because the project group contains no palettes.
Page 68 31 Right-click on the tool and select Properties to confirm that the tool is delivering a style from project standard object styles. Draw doors using dynamic dimensions 32 You create three doors 6” from the room corners beside the stair shaft. On the Design palette, click the Door tool.
Page 69 33 Select the wall segment, then use the TAB key to change focus to the dimension you want to be active. When you have the dimension to the left of the door, enter 6. You control the door swing direction with the location of the cursor as you place the door but you can also easily change this at any time with grips.
Page 70 Reposition existing doors, windows or openings 39 The location of doors, windows and openings are easily changed. One drafting technique is to place multiple doors approximately, then define style and location by editing each. Select the door on the right and right-click. 40 Select Reposition Along Wall.
Page 71 Convert remaining linework to walls 48 Zoom to extents, and select all the small rectangular shapes above the diagonal line in the drawing. 49 Click the diagonal line. 50 On the Design tool palette, click the Wall tool and select Apply Tool Properties to Linework.
Page 72 58 In the Properties Palette, change Base height to 12 6 (Floor to Floor Height). This standard curtain wall is already in the drawing with assignments of doors for an infill panel. TIP: To make any object available in a drawing, you can use a tool to create the object and the style is saved within the drawing.
Page 73: Lesson 3: Managing Project Standards
71 Close and save the drawing. In this lesson, you explored project structure looking at categories and the drawing types (elements, constructs, views and sheets) that together constitute a project. You added a palette and tools to your default tool palettes from the Content Browser.
Page 74 Open the Steel-Framed Residence_I project 1 On the File menu, click Project Browser. The Project Browser is displayed. 2 Double-click Steel-Framed Residence_I. The bulletin board and the project information in the browser updates for the project. 3 Click Close to exit the Project Browser. Use the Style Manager to apply a version to project object styles 4 On the Format menu, click Style Manager.
Page 75 Validate manually 16 In the Constructs tab, double-click to open any construct. 17 On the AEC Project Standards toolbar, click Synchronize Drawing 18 Select Synchronize Drawing. The Synchronize Drawing with Project Standards dialog box opens. 19 Review the dialog box. You have older versions of styles in your current drawing because you applied a version to the standards today.
Page 76: Exercise 2: Modifying A Standard Style And Updating The Project
24 Click OK to accept the default settings, updating the project drawings from the standard styles and skipping styles in the current drawing that are not standard. Skip ensures they are listed with validation while Ignore drops them from the list. 25 The Synchronizing Project dialog box opens and the changes are completed.
Page 77 10 Under Render Material, select WHITE PAINT. NOTE: You changed the material for the High Detail display representation. 11 Click OK three times. Use the style manager to update the standards with the edited style 12 On the Format menu, click Style Manager. 13 Expand the House Structure, Multi-Purpose Objects category.
Page 78 17 Click OK. The dialog box opens to complete the update. The star icon which indicated a newer version, has returned to normal. 18 Click OK. 19 Click Yes to save the changes to the standard file. Update all project drawings 20 On the CAD Manager menu, click AEC Project Standards Synchronize Project with Standards.
Page 79: Chapter 3 Developing Your Building Model Design
Developing Your Building Model Design ® Autodesk Architectural Desktop provides three-dimensional (3D) design objects, such as walls, doors, slabs, and stairs, for you to use in creating a building model. These objects are organized as tools on palettes. Design objects have several inherent graphical representations, allowing them to be depicted in different views such as a reflected ceiling representation or with detail as appropriate for a high detail plan view.
Page 80: Lesson 1: Designing The Building Shell
Lesson 1: Designing the Building Shell In part 2 of this tutorial, you used the Project Navigator to set up the structure of your project. In part 3, you work in the Project Navigator to create constructs for your building model. In part 4, you create construction drawings and schedules from the model.
Page 81 10 Using on the Zoom flyout on the Navigation toolbar, zoom in to the left end of the new curtain wall to view it with the referenced building outline. The building outline runs along the interior edge of the curtain walls. Review the curtain wall 11 Click on the Zoom flyout on the Navigation toolbar, and zoom in to the area around the left end of the new...
Page 82: Exercise 2:Adding An Entrance Using A Tool
Corrected condition 14 Click the curtain wall. 15 Click the lengthen grip and move it to the outline or outside of the brick wall. The lengthen grip maintains the wall segment orientation. 16 Press ESC to exit grip mode. 17 Click the brick wall. 18 Click the lengthen grip and move it back to the outline.
Page 83 4 Right-click on any toolbar, and click Object Snap. 5 On the Door/Window Assembly Styles palette, click Tutorial-Entrance. 6 Select the curved wall. 7 Click on the Object Snap toolbar. 8 Click on the Object Snap toolbar to snap to an intersection. 9 Move the cursor over the intersection of the curved wall and the short wall segment at the exterior corner, and select the Intersection snap point that displays.
Page 84: Exercise 3: Creating An Entrance From A Sketch
In this exercise, you added an entrance to the front of the building using a door/window assembly tool, and then used the Flip grip to reverse the door swing. Next, you add an entrance to the rear of the building, using a sketch as the basis for creating a door/window assembly object.
Page 85 The two cells are merged. 9 Press ENTER to repeat the last command. 10 Select the cell marker for the merged cell, and then select the cell marker to its right. 11 Repeat steps 9 and 10 five more times to merge a total of eight cells. Sketch the linework for the entrance 12 Select the curtain wall, right-click, and click Isolate Objects Isolate Objects.
Page 86 18 In the rectangle, add seven vertical lines to represent the divisions of the window assembly 3 feet apart: Right-click, and click Basic Modify Tools Explode. Select the rectangle, and press ENTER. The Explode command breaks a compound object (the rectangle) into its component objects (lines). You can now select and use the individual line segments to continue creating the sketch.
Page 87: Exercise 4: Modifying A Curtain Wall
25 Select the curtain wall, right-click, and click Infill Show Markers. Save the design rules to a style 26 Select the door/window assembly which is currently Tutorial-Entrance, right-click, and click Design Rules Save to Style. 27 In the Save Changes dialog box, click New. 28 In the New Door/Window Assembly Style dialog box, enter Custom for New Name.
Page 88 The assembly created in the previous exercise was not inserted into the curtain wall. It was created in-place, using the curtain-wall as a template for the sketch but it is not yet part of the curtain wall. You now isolate the assembly for easier editing.
Page 89 19 On the Infill Assignment Override worksheet, specify the properties: Select Double Door for the Infill Element Definition. Because the Tutorial-Entrance tool you used to convert the sketch has a double door defined as an infill in its style, the Double Door infill is displayed on this list. Under Frame Removal, select Bottom to remove the bottom frame of the window assembly where the door is being added.
Page 90: Lesson 2: Laying Out The Building Core
Assign an override to insert the door/window assembly 29 Select the curtain wall, right-click, and click Infill Override Assignment. 30 Select the cell marker for the merged cell, and press ENTER. 31 On the Infill Assignment Override worksheet, select Tutorial-Entrance for Infill Element Definition. 32 Under Frame Removal, select Bottom to remove the bottom frame of the curtain wall from where the door/window assembly is being added, and click OK.
Page 91 This segment of the polyline was drawn first, so it becomes the baseline edge of the slab Create the Floor Slab construct 1 With the Project Navigator open, click the Constructs tab. The finished slab constructs are provided so you can view the completed project. You recreate the drawings in an exercise file (prefix X#-).
Page 92 Generate the first floor slab 4 On the Slab Styles tool palette, right-click Tutorial-Slab, and click Apply Tool Properties to Linework and Walls. 5 In the drawing area, select the building outline polyline, and press ENTER. 6 Enter y (Yes) to erase the layout geometry, and press ENTER. 7 Enter d (Direct) for Creation mode, and press ENTER.
Page 93 Generate the floor slab 15 Double-click X-02 Floor Slab to open it in the drawing area. 16 Repeat steps 4-12 to generate the floor slab. The floor slab is created on layer A-Slab with a Thickness of 10". 17 Right-click, and click Deselect All to turn off the grips. 18 Close and save the drawing.
Page 94: Exercise 2: Modifying The Edge Of A Slab
20 Modify the properties of the copies of the X-02 Floor Slab construct: In the Project Navigator, right-click X-02 Floor Slab(3), and click Properties. Enter X-03 Floor Slab for Name. Enter Floor Slab 3rd Floor for Description. Under Assignments, verify that level 2 is cleared, and that level 3 is selected. IMPORTANT: Each copy of the 02 Floor Slab construct has a unique name with numbers in parentheses.
Page 95 Create an edge condition 1 With the Project Navigator open, click the Constructs tab. 2 Open the X-Modifying a Slab Edge drawing. 3 Click on the View flyout on the Navigation toolbar. 4 On the Format Menu, click Style Manager. 5 In the left pane of the Style Manager, under X-Modifying a Slab Edge.dwg, expand Architectural Objects.
Page 96: Exercise 3:Adding Interior Partitions
10 Click OK to close the Style Manager. Modify the edges 11 In the drawing area, select the roof slab, right-click, and click Properties. You can also double-click the roof slab to open the Properties palette. 12 On the Properties palette, under Dimensions, click Edges. 13 On the Slab Edges worksheet, select all edges: Verify that Edge 1 is selected, and scroll to the bottom of the list.
Page 97 This exercise shows how to use the wall tools provided on the Tutorial tool palette to add interior partitions to your building model. Wall tools can be created based on customized wall styles. After you add walls to a drawing using tools, you can modify them using the Properties palette or applying new styles.
Page 98 Externally reference the typical core element to the X-02 Floor Partitions construct 5 In the Project Navigator, double-click X-02 Floor Partitions to open the file. 6 Under Elements, select X-Adding Interior Partitions, and drag the element icon into the drawing area. The element is referenced into the X-02 Floor Partitions construct and is displayed in the drawing area.
Page 99 14 Use an existing wall and the Object Snap toolbar to add walls to create additional interior partitions for the closets and bathrooms: Right-click one of the newly created walls, and select Select Similar. In the Properties palette, under Dimensions, select Center for Justification. Add two horizontal walls, as shown in the following illustration.
Page 100 Use grips to adjust wall lengths 17 Select the lower horizontal wall you added to display its grips, and hover the cursor over the wall grips to locate the Lengthen grips. Lengthen grips exist at both ends of the wall segment and can be used to shorten the length of the wall. TIP: The AutoCAD commands such as Break, Trim, Extend, and Fillet work with walls.
Page 101: Exercise 4: Creating A Pilaster
21 On the Wall Styles palette, right-click CMU-8, and click Apply Tool Properties to Wall. 22 Select the four boundary walls of the emergency exit stairwell, and press ENTER. 23 Right-click, and click Deselect All to turn off the wall grips. The wall style is changed.
Page 102 This exercise shows how to use wall modifiers to add pilasters to interior partitions. Wall modifiers use the two-dimensional (2D) geometry of a polyline to customize the shape of a wall or wall component. To create a wall modifier, you draw a polyline that represents the shape of the pilaster at the point where you want to modify the wall, and then create a wall modifier style from the polyline.
Page 103 Select a second point to add the construction line. Press ENTER. Select the center of column 2, move the cursor up, and select a second point. Press ENTER twice. Two construction lines are added to help in locating the pilasters. Construction lines are infinite in length and do not plot.
Page 104 With Ortho on, move the cursor toward the top of the drawing. Enter 1', and press ENTER. Move the cursor to the right, enter 2', and press ENTER. Move the cursor toward the bottom of the drawing, enter 1', and press ENTER twice. The polyline is added.
Page 105 Add a pilaster to a wall 15 Select the lower wall, right-click, and click Plan Modifiers Add. 16 Select a point at the intersection of the right construction line and the lower wall for the pilaster start point. 17 With Ortho on, move the cursor to the right, enter 2', and press ENTER. 18 Move the cursor up toward the top of the drawing, and click to specify the right side of the wall to place the modifier.
Page 106: Lesson 3: Refining The Building Core
24 Click to save the changes made to the wall. 25 If the drawing does not regenerate, click Regen All on the View menu. 26 Select the construction lines, right-click, and click Basic Modify Tools Delete. 27 Save and close all open project drawings. In this exercise, you sketched a pilaster with a polyline, and then converted the polyline into a plan modifier with a unique name (Tutorial-Pilaster), making the modifier an integral part of the wall.
Page 107 This exercise shows you how to create a niche, specifically a cutout in a wall to accommodate a projector screen, by subtracting a 3D object from an existing wall. Unlike wall modifiers, which only apply to a selected wall component in walls with multiple components, interference conditions with a 3D object and a wall apply to all wall components having a shared volume with the 3D object.
Page 108 A rectangular mass element is created. Create an interference 11 Verify that Otrack, Polar, and Osnap are on, and that only the Midpoint osnap is selected. TIP: Use object snap tracking to track along alignment paths that are based on object snap points. Acquired points display a small plus sign (+), and you can acquire up to seven tracking points at a time.
Page 109 14 Select the midpoint of the left face of the right wall of the room for second point. Subtract the interference to create a niche 15 Select the wall to which you added the mass element, right-click, and click Interference Condition Add.
Page 110 Modify the interference 18 Click on the View flyout on the Navigation toolbar. 19 Click on the Shading flyout on the Navigation toolbar. 20 Zoom in to the area around the wall with the interference condition. 21 Select the interference object. 22 Select the Height grip at the top of the interference object.
Page 111 24 Press ENTER. In addition to using grips to modify the dimensions of the interference object, you can use the values on the Properties palette. 25 On the Properties palette, under Location, click Additional Information. 26 On the Location worksheet, under Insertion Point, enter 3' for Z, and click OK. 27 In the drawing area, right-click, and click Deselect All to turn off the grips.
Page 112: Exercise 2: Placing Doors
28 Click the Isolate Objects icon, and click Hide Objects. 29 Click on the mass element, which represents the niche, and press ENTER. 30 Click on the Views flyout on the Navigation toolbar to switch to a top view. 31 Save all open project drawings. In this exercise, you created an interference object using a 3D mass element and applied a subtractive interference condition to the mass element, resulting in the creation of a niche in the wall.
Page 113 5 On the Project tools Door Styles palette, click Tutorial-Single Door. 6 Add two doors for the bathroom entrances: On the Properties palette, verify that the Design tab is displayed. Under Location, select Offset/Center for Position along wall. Enter 6" for Automatic offset. Select the left face of the wall at location 1.
Page 114 7 On the Small Office Building Door Styles palette, click Tutorial-Double Door, and add a door to the conference room to the right of the bathrooms: On the Properties palette, enter 3' for Automatic offset. Click in the drawing area. Select the top face of the wall at location 3.
Page 115: Exercise 3: Changing A Door Style
14 Right-click, and click Deselect All to turn off the door grips. 15 Repeat steps 12 through 15 for the door at location 2. Both doors open inward and as shown. 16 Select the doors at locations 1 and 2. 17 On the Properties palette, under Dimensions, enter 45 for Swing angle, and press ENTER.
Page 116 Grips display on the door, and the Properties palette displays. The door style is changed to Hinged - Double - Full Lite. 4 In the drawing area, right-click, and click Deselect All to turn off the door grips. Change the style of a door on the Properties palette 5 Select the door at location 2.
Page 117 The door style is changed to Hinged - Double - Full Lite. 7 In the drawing area, right-click, and click Deselect All to turn off the door grips. Dynamically view the door styles 8 Click on the Views flyout on the Navigation toolbar. 9 Click on the Zoom flyout on the Navigation toolbar, and zoom in to the area around the door at location 2.
Page 118 11 Select the door at location 2, click the Flip grip in the center of the door opening to flip the door swing to open into the bank of elevators. The doors should open in the direction of the building exit for fire safety. 12 Right-click, and click Deselect All to turn off the door grips.
Page 119: Exercise 4: Creating Wall Openings
17 Click on the Views flyout on the Navigation toolbar. 18 Save all open project drawings. In this exercise, you applied the properties of the door tool to an existing door in the drawing to change its style. You changed two instances of a door style by modifying the properties unique to each door on the Properties palette. You then modified a door style and saw all the changes applied to all doors of the same style.
Page 120 5 On the Project tools group, under the Openings palette, click Tutorial-Opening. 6 On the Properties palette, under Location, enter 0" for Sill height. 7 In the drawing area, select the wall at location 1. 8 Press TAB twice to cycle between the available offset distances, and enter 0. 9 Press ENTER twice.
Page 121 11 On the Doors Styles palette, click Tutorial-Cased Opening. 12 On the Properties palette, verify that Position along wall is Offset/Center and that Automatic offset is 3'. 13 Move the cursor along the wall, and select a point to locate the opening near location 2. 14 Move the cursor down along the wall, and select a point to locate a second opening for location 4.
Page 122 View the wall openings dynamically 19 Click on the View flyout on the Navigation toolbar. 20 Zoom in to the wall openings you added. Notice the frames around the cased openings in locations 2, 3, 4, and 5 compared to the standard opening at location 1, which appears as a hole in the wall.
Page 123: Exercise 5:Adding Endcaps To A Wall
In this exercise, you added wall openings for the hallway leading to the bathrooms and additional cased openings for the elevator doors. You used dynamic dimensions to place the hallway opening precisely and the offset/center option to place the openings for the elevator doors. The cased openings are examples of a door style in which the door panel and swing are turned off.
Page 124: Lesson 4: Finishing The Building Core
Add an endcap by applying an override automatically 7 Select the horizontal wall near location 2. 8 Right-click, and click Endcaps Calculate Automatically. 9 Select the curved polyline at the end of the wall, and press ENTER. 10 Enter y (Yes) to erase the polyline, and press ENTER. 11 Enter o (Override) to apply the endcap as a style override, and press ENTER.
Page 125 7 Click on the Zoom flyout on the Navigation toolbar, and zoom in to the stairwell area at location 1. 8 Select Tutorial-Stair on the Tutorial tool palette. 9 On the Properties palette, under General, verify that the following properties are selected: U-shaped for Shape 1/2 landing for Turn type Counterclockwise for Horizontal Orientation...
Page 126: Exercise 2:Adding Railings
14 On the Modify toolbar, click 15 Click on the stair at the outside corner of the landing. 16 Click on the stairwell inside corner to position the landing. 17 Save all open project drawings. In this exercise, you added one of the rectangular emergency exit stairwells in the building model. Next, you complete the stairwell by adding railings and handrails.
Page 127 5 Click Tutorial-Rod Guardrail+Handrail tool on the Railings Styles tool palette. 6 On the Properties palette, under Location, select Stair for Attached to. This selection anchors the railing to the stair, so that when it is moved the railing will move with the stair. 7 Enter 1"...
Page 128 A guardrail and handrail are automatically added to the inside of the stairs wrapping around the landing. Adding a railing to a single flight of stairs 11 Click Tutorial-Rod Handrail tool on the Railings Styles tool palette. 12 On the Properties palette, under Location, select Stair flight for Attached to. This selection anchors the handrail to the individual stair flights.
Page 129: Exercise 3: Modifying Stairs And Creating The Stair Tower
17 Save all open project drawings. In this exercise, you added a guardrail and handrail to the inside of the stair and to the landing that is anchored to the stair. You also added two handrails on the outside of the stair against the wall. Because the stairwell is enclosed by interior partitions by design, no handrail is required around the outside of the landing.
Page 130 4 Click OK. 5 Double-click X-Modifying Stairs to open the construct. 6 Click on the Object Snap toolbar to display the Drafting Settings dialog box. 7 On the Object Snap tab, select Object Snap On, and then select only Endpoint. 8 Click OK.
Page 131 13 Click on the Zoom flyout on the Navigation toolbar, pan over to the stairwell area at location 2, and press ESC. 14 Using the End osnap, select the end of the upper right corner of the interior partitions that surround the stairwell area.
Page 132 The copied stair and railings are oriented for proper placement within the interior partitions at location 2. 19 Press ESC to exit grip editing. 20 Use the End osnap and move the stair into place so the corner of the landing is located on the inside corner of the stairwell.
Page 133 25 Verify the landing length is 2 9”. 26 Click OK. The starting and ending treads of the flights are aligned at the landing. Because the landing modifications are style-based, the changes are applied to both emergency stairs automatically, and the railings are adjusted accordingly. 27 Verify that changes to values have not modified the location of the stair.
Page 134 Generating the stair tower 28 Select the stair at location 2, right-click, and click Stair Tower Generate. 29 Select the railings, and press ENTER. 30 In the Select Levels dialog box, verify that all levels are selected except R (Roof). 31 Select Include Anchored Railings.
Page 135: Exercise 4:Adding Elevators
Edit the display properties of the stairs 38 Click on the Views flyout on the Navigation toolbar to return to a top view. 39 Select one of the stair towers, right-click, and click Edit Stair Style. 40 In the Stair Styles dialog box, click the Display Properties tab. 41 Click 42 In the Display Properties dialog box, click the Other tab.
Page 136 Lines are drawn between the jambs of cased openings at locations 2,3, and 4 to help locate the opening midpoints when you place the elevators. 7 Draw a line between the cased opening at location 1: On the Shapes toolbar, click On the application status bar, turn on Ortho.
Page 137 Locate the elevator shafts 12 In the Project Navigator, under Constructs\Structural\Slabs, double-click X-02 Floor Slab to open it in the drawing area. 13 Drag the Typical Core element icon from the Elements tab into the drawing area. Typical Core opens as a referenced file in X-02 Floor Slab. 14 Drag the Stair Tower construct icon from the Stairs category into the drawing.
Page 138 19 Draw rectangles or closed polylines for the stairwells to enclose the start and end of the stair and its landing. 20 On the Insert menu, click Xref Manager. You can also click at the bottom right of the drawing area to display the Xref Manager dialog box. 21 In the Xref Manager dialog box, select Typical Core, press and hold CTRL, and select Stair Towers.
Page 139: Exercise 5: Inserting Fixture Layouts
Exercise 5: Inserting Fixture Layouts ™ The DesignCenter contains AEC content that you can drag into your project drawings. This exercise shows how to use the DesignCenter to drag pre-constructed fixture layouts into your typical core drawing. You can also drag the fixture layouts onto a tool palette to create custom tools.
Page 140 11 Select the bathroom layout, and click the grip. 12 Press ENTER four times to Mirror the layout. 13 Drag the cursor up to the top of the bathroom area, and select a point. 14 Right-click, and click Deselect All to turn off the grips. The layout for the mens bathroom is added.
Page 141 18 Lengthen the partition wall in the mens bathroom: Select the partition wall for the accessible stall in the mens bathroom. Select the Lengthen grip on the left end of the wall. Click on the Object Snap toolbar, and stretch the wall to the right edge of the left interior partition of the bathroom.
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Page 143: Chapter 4 Producing Construction Documents
® With Autodesk Architectural Desktop, you can generate views, such as sections and elevations, from your building model. You can create plot sheets and drag views directly onto the sheets. By inserting schedules and annotation symbols in your drawings, you can easily communicate design decisions and construction requirements.
Page 144: Lesson 1: Creating A Floor Plan, An Elevation, And A Section
Lesson 1: Creating a Floor Plan, an Elevation, and a Section When you are ready to present your designs, you prepare drawings to convey your ideas. You can create floor plans, elevations, and sections. When you create floor plans, you can adjust the cut plane to control the display of your plan view.
Page 145 4 Click Content. When a level is selected, all constructs assigned to the level are automatically selected. All selected constructs are included in the view. You can clear constructs that you want to exclude from the view. When this model view was created, the building outline constructs and column grid constructs were excluded.
Page 146 8 On the View menu, click Regen. Assign a global cut plane to isolate a level 9 On the Format menu, click Display Manager. 10 In the left pane of the Display Manager, under Model.dwg, expand Configurations, and click Medium Detail. 11 In the right pane, click the Cut Plane tab.
Page 147 15 Click OK. Level 2 is now isolated. The display configuration cut plane is a useful tool for creating a view range that is determined by the cut planes. However, within the Project Navigator is a more efficient way to do the same task for your floor plan drawings.
Page 148 19 Double-click X-02 Floor Plan to open it in the drawing area. 20 Click on the Zoom flyout on the Navigation toolbar to zoom to the extents of the drawing. Create a Model Space View 21 In the Project Navigator, right-click the view name icon X-02 Floor Plan. 22 Select New Model Space View.
Page 149 29 Select the stair, right-click, and click Edit Stair Style. 30 In the Stair Styles dialog box, click the Display Properties tab. 31 Under Display Representations, verify that Plan is selected, and click 32 Click the Other tab. 33 Under Cut Plane, select Override Display Configuration Cut Plane. 34 Enter 10'-0"...
Page 150: Exercise 2: Using Callouts To Create A 2D Elevation View
39 Click OK. The view is updated to include the changes to the stair display. 40 Save all open project drawings. In this exercise, you explored a predefined model view to examine how a view is defined. You also adjusted a predefined global cut plane to isolate one level of the building model.
Page 151 4 Double-click X-Elevation to open it in the drawing area. 5 Click on the Zoom flyout on the Navigation toolbar to zoom to the extents of the drawing. 6 Click on the Zoom flyout on the Navigation toolbar, zoom out to show space around the building model, and then press ESC.
Page 152: Exercise 3: Changing Materials Within An Elevation
15 Click to the right of the plan view to specify the location of the 2D elevation. The elevation and title mark are placed in the drawing. A model space view with the elevation name is automatically created. This is for annotation and can be dropped onto a sheet. 16 Click on the Zoom flyout on the Navigation toolbar, and zoom in to the elevation to explore the details of the elevation and the assigned materials.
Page 153 This exercise shows how to modify the surface hatching assigned to the elevation view of the building model. Specifically, you change the material of the brick wall in the shell drawing for the entry level and the hatch pattern of the concrete columns.
Page 154 Modify the column material hatch pattern 16 In the Project Navigator, under Constructs\Architectural\Partitions, double-click 01Floor Partitions to open it in the drawing area. 17 Select one of the round columns at the bottom of the drawing, right-click, and click Edit Wall Style. 18 On the Materials tab, verify that the column cover (Column_Cover) component of the wall is selected and the material Concretet.Cast-in-Place.Flat.Grey is selected, and click to edit the material.
Page 155: Exercise 4: Modifying And Updating A 2D Section
TIP: The hatch pattern names are displayed at the end of the content location paths. Resize the dialog box, if necessary, to view the hatch pattern names. Concrete_C.pat is listed above General_Texture.pat in the ...\support\pats content location. In the Display Properties dialog box, enter 1" for the Surface Hatch Scale/Spacing. Click OK three times to close the Wall Style Properties dialog box.
Page 156 5 Zoom in to the larger of the section views. Modify door styles and locations 6 In the Project Navigator, click the Constructs tab. 7 Under Elements, double-click Typical Core to open it in the drawing area. 8 Click on the Zoom flyout on the Navigation toolbar to zoom to the extents of the drawing. 9 On the Tutorial tool palette, right-click Tutorial-Double Door, and click Apply Tool Properties to Door.
Page 157: Exercise 5: Creating A 3D Section
12 Save and close Typical Core.dwg. Update the section view 13 Verify that 2D Sections.dwg is displayed in the drawing area. If you closed the section drawing, click the Views tab in the Project Navigator. Under Views\Interior, double-click 2D Sections to open it in the drawing area. 14 In the communication bubble in the lower right corner of the screen, click Typical Core.
Page 158 the section boundary keep their individual display components, while the parts of the objects outside the section line can be displayed or hidden. This exercise shows how to create a 3D live section through the building model. You modify the location of the live section and the display of the objects outside the section boundary.
Page 159 When you have finished rotating the model, right-click, and click Exit to end the 3D Orbit function. 11 On the View menu, click Hide. Notice the bold shading at the edge of objects to show where the section cut was made through the building model. 12 On the View menu, click Shade Flat Shaded.
Page 160 19 Click , and rotate the model to reorient the view as in previous steps. Right-click, and click Exit to end the 3D orbit function. 20 On the View menu, click Hide. The objects or parts of objects outside the section boundary are collectively called the sectioned body. The sectioned body can be displayed or hidden.
Page 161: Lesson 2:Working With Details
NOTE: If the transparent objects display with undesirable results, you can change the display quality of the transparency or adjust hardware acceleration. These 3D graphics display options are controlled from the System tab of the Options dialog box. 24 Save and close all open project drawings. In this lesson, you created a view for a floor plan and worked with cut planes to control the floor plan display.
Page 162 Add a detail view 5 With the Door and Window folder selected, click 6 In the Add View dialog box, select Detail View, and click OK. 7 On the Add Detail View worksheet, enter X-Door Jamb at Brick Wall for Name, and click Next. 8 On the Context page, verify that no levels are selected, and click Next.
Page 163 14 Verify that the Detailing tool palettes are displayed, and click the Exterior tool palette. 15 Select Standard Brick - 3/8" Jt. 16 On the Properties palette, click Description, and then click the down-arrow icon to display the list of sizes. Later in this lesson, you access the same size list through the Detail Component Manager.
Page 164 17 Click the down-arrow icon to hide the list. 18 Verify that Standard - 3/8" Jt is selected for Description. 19 Select Plan for View. TIP: When using a tool to insert an object, verify the object properties on the Properties palette. Modify the object properties, if necessary, before placing the object in the drawing.
Page 165: Exercise 2: Using Detail Component Manager
28 Verify that Osnap is on and that the Endpoint osnap is selected. 29 On the Interiors tool palette, select 7/8" Hat Channel. If the Interiors tool palette is not visible, right-click the stacked tabs on the tool palette, and click Interiors. 30 On the Properties palette, select Elevation for View.
Page 166 Explore the Detail Component Manager 1 Continue with the drawing created in the previous exercise or open X-Using the Detail Manager under Views\Architectural\Details\Door and Window. 2 Click on the Navigation toolbar to display the Detail Component Manager. The current detail component database is identified in the upper-left corner of the Detail Component Manager. The detail components that are available for selection are determined by the database that is selected.
Page 167 9 Select Double Rabbet Door Frames. 10 In the component list, select 6 3/4"Double Rabbet HM Door Frame, and click Insert Component. 11 Enter r (Rotate), and press ENTER. 12 Move the cursor vertically, and select a point in the drawing to rotate the door frame vertically. 13 Enter x (Xflip), and press ENTER to change the insertion point.
Page 168 24 Select the rectangle. 25 On the Properties palette, select A-Detl-Medm for Layer. 26 Right-click, and click Deselect All. Use the filter to locate a component 27 Click on the Navigation toolbar to display the Detail Component Manager. 28 Under Filter, enter gwb as the keyword to search for in the detail components database. You can filter the database of detail components.
Page 169 36 To cover the end of the brick and stud with gypsum wallboard: Press ENTER to repeat the Add command. Enter x (Xflip), and press ENTER to change the justification of the wallboard. Select the lower-right endpoint of the gypsum wallboard as the first point. Press SHIFT + right-click, and click Perpendicular.
Page 170: Exercise 3: Modifying Details
insert bricks, you have the option of specifying a number of courses. When you insert a variable-length material, such as the hat channel and gypsum wallboard, you need to specify start and end points. For other products, such as screws and bolts, you may want to flip or rotate the image to change its default orientation.
Page 171 Enter s (Stretch), and press ENTER. Use a crossing window to select the small piece of gypsum wallboard near the top. The brick to the left is selected as well. Hold down the SHIFT key and select the brick to remove it from the selection set. Four objects are selected.
Page 172 24 With the hatch selected, right-click, and click Set Origin. 25 Press SHIFT + right-click, and click Midpoint. 26 Select the midpoint of the left side of the rectangle. Trim the door polyline and hatch 27 Select the rectangle and hatch. 28 Right-click, and click AEC Modify Tools Trim.
Page 173: Exercise 4:Adding Reference Keynotes To Details
All linework is cropped to the boundary, including the block definitions of the brick and truss ties. 36 Save all open project drawings. In this exercise, you used in-place editing tools on context menus to modify the details in your drawing. You began by replacing the door frame with a smaller-sized component and stretching the GWB to meet the new frame.
Page 174 9 Repeat steps 7 and 8 to keynote the vapor barrier, hat channel, and gypsum wallboard. Add reference keynotes manually 10 Press ENTER to repeat the add keynote command. 11 Select the linework or hatch for the door. 12 In the Select Keynote dialog box, browse to and select 08110.B1 - 1 3/4" Metal Door. 13 Click OK.
Page 175 16 Press ENTER to repeat the add keynote command. 17 Select the wire frame anchor. 18 In the Select Keynote dialog box, select 08110.A1 - Jamb Anchor, and click OK. 19 Select points for the start point, second point, and endpoint of the leader line, and press ENTER. 20 Press ENTER to accept the default text width.
Page 176: Exercise 5:Adding A New Detail Component
Generate a reference keynote legend 29 On the Annotation tool palette, click Reference Keynote Legend. 30 In the drawing area, select each of the eight keynotes, and press ENTER. 31 Select a point to the right of the detail drawing to insert the legend. 32 Save all open project drawings.
Page 177 Create a new component 1 Continue with the drawing created in exercise 1, or open Views\Architectural\Details\Door and Window\Door Jamb at Brick Wall. 2 Click on the Navigation toolbar to display the Detail Component Manager. 3 Under Current detail component database, select AecDtlComponents (US).mdb. 4 Expand Division 08 - Doors and Windows, 08100 - Metal Doors and Frames, and 08110 - Steel Doors and Frames.
Page 178: Lesson 3: Scheduling Your Building Model
19 On the Properties palette, click the Extended Data tab. Notice that the values you entered in the Detail Component Manager are displayed under Dimensions. 20 Save and close all open project drawings. In this lesson, you used the Detailing tool palettes and the Detail Component Manager to create a detail drawing. After creating the drawing, you used the Replace Selected tool to modify the size of the door frame component.
Page 179: Exercise 1:Tagging Doors For A Schedule
IMPORTANT: This lesson requires that you complete each exercise in the lesson. Exercise 1:Tagging Doors for a Schedule This exercise shows how to tag doors in the firstfloor of the building model in preparation for creating a door schedule in the next exercise. You begin by adding spaces to the 01 Floor Partitions construct so that project-based room tags can be added.
Page 180 The spaces are added to the drawing. You can tag spaces as you generate them, or you can place the tags in a view drawing. In this exercise, you place the tags in the view drawing you create next. 6 Click on the Standard toolbar to save the 01 Floor Partitions drawing.
Page 181 Double-click X-01 Floor Plan to open it in the drawing area. 12 Click on the Zoom flyout on the Navigation toolbar to zoom to the extents of the drawing. Next, you add project-based room tags to this view. Add project-based room tags 13 Click on the Navigation toolbar to open the Content Browser.
Page 182 21 At the Select object to tag prompt, enter m (Multiple) to add room tags to the untagged spaces. 22 Select all the spaces in the drawing, and press ENTER. If you use a crossing window to select all spaces, the software notifies you that you have already selected one of the spaces.
Page 183 35 On the Edit Property Set Data worksheet, click OK to accept the default property set information. The door tag is added to the door in the electrical room. The door tag displays the value specified in the schedule data attached to the electrical space. 36 Add door tags to the other doors in the drawing: At the Select object to tag prompt, enter m (Multiple).
Page 184: Exercise 2:Adding A Project Schedule
Associate a door with a defined space 38 On the Refedit toolbar, click NOTE: If you did not turn on the Refedit toolbar, turn on the toolbar by right-clicking in the toolbar area, and clicking Refedit. 39 Select the door at the left side of the foyer. 40 In the Reference Edit dialog box, click OK to accept 01 Floor Partitions as the reference to edit.
Page 185 13 In the Advanced section, under External Source, select Yes for Schedule external drawing. 14 Next to External drawing, click the down-arrow icon, and click Browse. 15 On the Select a drawing file worksheet, browse to the project folder C:\My Documents\Autodesk\My Projects\Small Office Building_I\Views\Exterior 16 Select Model.dwg, and click Open.
Page 186: Exercise 3: Editing Schedule Data
In this exercise, you created a sheet for the project-based door schedule, and you referenced the Model view drawing as the source for door schedule data. The Model view drawing contains all the referenced floors with the tagged objects you need for the schedule. You used the Layer wildcard property of the schedule to limit the selection set to doors having “door”...
Page 187 View the updated schedule table 7 In the Project Navigator, click the Sheets tab. 8 Under Architectural\Schedules and Diagrams, double-click X-A603 Door Schedule to open it in the drawing area. 9 Click on the Zoom flyout on the Navigation toolbar, and zoom in to the schedule table. 10 If the fire rating you added is not displayed, select the schedule table, right-click, and click Update Schedule Table.
Page 188 The fire rating you added for stairwell doors is displayed. The head detail and jamb detail properties in the DoorObjects property set, for which you added values, are style-based properties that have not been assigned to columns in the schedule table. In the next exercise, you modify the column layout of the schedule table to display the head detail and jamb detail values.
Page 189: Exercise 4: Changing The Appearance Of A Schedule
Exercise 4: Changing the Appearance of a Schedule You can modify the appearance of a schedule table by changing the overall format of the table and the format of individual components, such as columns, text, and lines. Two sets of parameters control the appearance of a schedule table: schedule table properties and schedule table style.
Page 190 The DoorObjects:Remarks column is the Notes column in the schedule table. By selecting it, you insert the Head Detail column before the Notes column. Click OK. Repeat the process for adding a column to insert the Jamb Detail column before the Notes column. Click OK to return to the drawing and view the changes.
Page 191 The schedule table is split. The schedule header is duplicated for each section of the table. Change the table size and spacing 10 Select the schedule table, right-click, and click Properties. 11 On the Properties palette, under General, enter 1.25 for Scale. 12 Under Table Breaks, enter 3/4"...
Page 192: Lesson 4: Using Callouts
Modify line styles 18 Select the table, right-click, and click Edit Schedule Table Style. 19 In the Schedule Table Style Properties dialog box, click the Display Properties tab. 20 Click 21 Under Display Component, select Outer Frame, and click its assigned plot style. 22 In the Select Plot Style dialog box, select Wide for Plot style, and click OK.
Page 193 2 Under Views\Interior, expand 2D Sections and click on the model space name Section A to open the drawing area at the location of the model space view. 3 Verify that Polar is on and Osnap is off. 4 On the Zoom flyout of the Navigation toolbar, click 5 Draw a window around the left side of the upper section.
Page 194 8 Move the cursor approximately 3', and click to specify the radius of the circle. 9 Move the cursor to the left and down at 45 degrees below horizontal, and click to select the first point of the leader line. 10 Move the cursor to the left, click to select the endpoint of the leader line, and then press ENTER.
Page 195: Exercise 2: Creating A Callout And A View
14 Position the cursor next to one of the grips, and then drag the callout to the Entry Threshold model space view in the Project Navigator. This model space view of the detail was previously dropped onto a sheet. You can also select a callout and drop it on a sheet view name. In this case the sheet A512 Door Details and the view 2 Entry Threshold.
Page 196 4 Click OK. 5 In the Project Navigator, click the Views tab. 6 Under Views\Interior, double-click 02Floor Plan to open it in the drawing area. Add a callout 7 On the Callouts tool palette, select Detail Boundary B. 8 Click outside the lower left corner of the mens restroom to specify the first corner of the detail box. Your drawing may only show rooms without plumbing fixtures or room tags if you did not complete previous exercises.
Page 197 10 Move the cursor to the right and up at 45 degrees above horizontal, and click to select the first point of the leader line. 11 Move the cursor to the right, click to select the end point of the leader line, and then press ENTER. 12 In the Place Callout dialog box, specify the callout properties: Enter Enlarged Restroom for New Model Space View Name.
Page 198 15 Click Next. 16 On the Context sheet, verify that only level 2 is selected. 17 Click Next. 18 On the Content sheet, clear the following folders and drawings: Building Outline Shell Site Stair Structural Any exercise file with the X- prefix. 192 | Chapter 4 Producing Construction Documents...
Page 199 When you clear a folder, the entire branch below it is cleared. 19 Click Finish. On the command line, you are prompted to specify the first corner for the model space view. 20 Select two opposite corner points just outside the boundary you created with the detail boundary tool. The titlemark will be placed within the model space view area.
Page 200: Exercise 3: Copying Views With Title Marks
The necessary constructs are externally referenced into the new view, and the referenced drawings are clipped according to the boundary you specified when creating the view. The active scale is set for documentation at the enlarged scale, which you assigned to the model space view. 24 Save and close 02 Floor Plan.dwg and X-Enlarged Plans Typical.dwg.
Page 201 6 Select Views\Interior\Enlarged Plans Typical and Enlarged Restrooms, and drag it onto the A401 sheet. 7 Under Views\Interior, double-click 02 Floor Plan to open it in the drawing area. The callout for these two views is now linked to the sheet data for the views. Copy a callout to another drawing 8 Under Views\Interior, Double-click 03 Floor Plan to open it.
Page 202 11 Right-click and select Clipboard Copy. 12 Click in the drawing area of the 03Floor Plan.dwg, right-click and select Paste to Orig Coords. The detail boundary and title mark are copied into the drawing at their original coordinates. 13 Repeat steps 10-12 for the detail boundary, title mark, and leader for the restroom. 196 | Chapter 4 Producing Construction Documents...
Page 203 14 Save your drawings. Renumber a sheet to update a callout 15 In the Project Navigator, click the Sheets tab. 16 Under Architectural\Large Scale Views\A401 Elevator Lobby and Restrooms, right-click on the viewport name and click Rename and Renumber. 17 Enter 3 for Number, and click OK. 18 Click in 03Floor Plan.dwg to make it active.
Page 204: Lesson 5:Annotating And Keynoting Your Project
In this lesson, you used a callout tool to add only a callout to a drawing, and then used a similar tool to add a callout that included a new view drawing. The new view contained all necessary referenced drawings, and a model space view was created for inclusion on a sheet.
Page 205 9 Under By Component, select Panel, and click Select Keynote. 10 In the Select Keynote dialog box, expand Division 08 - Doors and Windows, expand 08200 - Wood and Plastic Doors, and expand 08210 - Wood Doors. 11 Select 08210.A2 - 1 3/4" Solid Core Door. Lesson 5:Annotating and Keynoting Your Project | 199...
Page 206 12 Click OK twice. 13 Click near the restroom entrance door to select the first point of the leader line. 14 Move the cursor to the right and up at 45 degrees above horizontal, and click to select the second point of the leader line.
Page 207: Exercise 2:Working With Keynote Databases And Style-Based Keynotes
19 Select 10800.C1 - Grab Bar, and click OK. 20 Select points for the start point, second point, and endpoint of the leader line. The keynote you specified is added to the grab bar. Place a keynote manually 21 On the Annotation tool palette, click Sheet Keynote. 22 Press ENTER to select a keynote manually.
Page 208 View default keynote databases 1 On the Format menu, click Options. 2 In the Options dialog box, click the AEC Content tab. 3 Next to Keynote Databases, click Add/Remove. There are at least two databases installed by default: the keynote database and the keynote assemblies database. You can also add databases to the project that are project-specific.
Page 209 12 On the General tab, click Select Keynote. The assemblies database is opened to the current keynote for the selected object. You can specify a different database, or you can select a different keynote within the default database. 13 Click Cancel twice. Change the keynote assigned to a style 14 Select the countertop in the womens restroom, right-click, and click Edit Wall Style.
Page 210 18 Select 06400.A1 - Plastic Laminate, and click OK twice. You have changed the keynote assigned to the countertop style. 19 Select the countertop in the mens restroom, right-click, and click Edit Wall Style. On the General tab, notice that the keynote is 06400.A1 because this countertop is the same style as the countertop you modified.
Page 211: Exercise 3:Adding A Keynote Legend
Exercise 3:Adding a Keynote Legend This exercise shows how to create a sheet keynote legend in a drawing. When the legend is created, the keys are numbered in the drawing, and the corresponding notes are listed in the legend. Create a sheet keynote legend 1 With the Project Navigator open, click the Views tab.
Page 212 10 Optional: To create a model space view of the sheet keynote legend, do the following: In the Project Navigator, click the Views tab. Under Views\Interior, right-click Enlarged Plans Typical, and click New Model Space View. In the Add Model Space View dialog box, enter Sheet Keynote Legend for Name. Click , and draw a window around the keynote legend.
Page 213: Chapter 5 Creating A Steel-Framed Residence
® To complete the exercises in the tutorial lessons, you use many of the new features in Autodesk Architectural Desktop 2006.
Page 214: Understanding The Tutorial Project
Understanding the Tutorial Project A project, Steel-Framed Residence_I, is provided with this part of the tutorial. The project contains the project drawings (elements, constructs, views and sheets) that support the design of the residence. You work in exercise drawings that are included in the project to complete the exercises in each lesson.
Page 215 When the roof is complete, you create a louvered screen between two of the columns of the frame, and add it to the project. Sharing Design Data In the third lesson, you explore different methods of communicating your design to others. You use a site plan to create a terrain model that depicts the uneven topography of the residence site.
Page 216: Opening And Exploring The Project
DWF files, or Design Web Format files, are the Autodesk method of publishing 2D or 3D design data to the Internet or to an intranet. You can generate DWF files of your three-dimensional models with nearly the same visual fidelity as your original DWG files.
Page 217: Lesson 1: Developing The Steel-Framed Residence
Lesson 1: Developing the Steel-Framed Residence In this lesson, you create the structural steel frame and floor, ceiling, and roof slabs of a small residence. You create the residence frame in such a way that its structural members are connected and can be refined as the design progresses. In the first three exercises in this lesson, you learn how to work with Architectural Desktop structural members to create the residence frame.
Page 218 Attach Standard style columns to a structural grid 1 With the Project Navigator open, click the Constructs tab. 2 Under Elements, double-click X-Structural to open it in the drawing area. A small structural grid is displayed in two viewports in the drawing. The left viewport contains a plan view of the grid, and the right viewport, an isometric view of the grid.
Page 219 Place trimmed beams between the columns 5 On the Design tool palette, click Structural Beam, and draw a beam between the columns on the right side of the grid: On the Properties palette, under General, verify No is selected for Trim Automatically. Under Dimensions, enter 0 for Roll.
Page 220 Move the grid to test connectivity between the grid, beams, and columns 8 Select the structural grid, select a location grip on one of the outer grid lines, and move the grid. The grid uses manual spacing, so you can individually move the grid lines. The structural members remain attached to the grid and move with it because the justification line grips are coincident.
Page 221 Substitute a finished structural member for the generic Standard style beams 9 Right-click the tool palettes set title bar, and click Steel-Framed Residence_I. This palette group contains a palette of project-specific tools named Structural Member Styles. The tools on this palette contain an I-Beam style that you want to apply to the standard style beams.
Page 222 17 Repeat the two preceding steps to miter the remaining three beam connections. Place an array of secondary beams and test connectivity between members 18 On the Structural Member Styles palette, select Beam Roof W12x5.5, and array secondary beams between two of the existing beams: On the Properties palette, under General, select No for Trim Automatically.
Page 223 If you move a column, the connected beams move. 22 On the drawing window status bar, click the display flyout, and click Diagnostic. Grips within the green circles are connected. NOTE: The radius for the connection circle is the unit size for the drawing. This is an inch in an imperial drawing and a millimeter in a metric drawing.
Page 224: Exercise 2: Developing The Structural Frame From Linework
Exercise 2: Developing the Structural Frame from Linework In this exercise, you create the structural steel frame of the residence by converting linework to structural members. You begin by adding columns to a sketched grid. After you add the columns, you convert the outer grid lines to a roof edge assembly. You change the elevation of the roof assembly to locate it at the tops of the columns.
Page 225 Add columns to the grid 1 With the Project Navigator open, click the Constructs tab. 2 Under Constructs, double-click X-Structure from Sketch to open it in the drawing area. 3 Click on the Views flyout on the Navigation toolbar to display the top view of the grid. 4 On the Format menu, click Drafting Settings.
Page 226 8 On the Structural Member Styles palette, click Column W8x31, and add four columns to the bottom of the grid: On the Properties palette, under Dimensions, enter 10'6'' for Logical Length. Select No for Specify roll on screen. Enter 0 (degrees) for Roll. Select Top Center for Justify.
Page 227 Justification lines meet to connect structural members 12 On the Structural Member Styles palette, right-click Roof Edge Assembly, and click Apply Tool Properties Linework. 13 Select the four outer lines of the grid, and press ENTER. 14 On the Convert to Beam worksheet, verify Erase Layout Geometry is cleared, and click OK. You use the retained linework in a later step to create the floor.
Page 228 Test connectivity between structural members 23 Select the long roof edge beam assembly, and move the central square location grip. The secondary roof beams move with the roof beam edge assembly. 24 On the Standard toolbar, click to restore the original position of the beam assembly. The individual justifications of the roof edge beam assembly (baseline) and secondary roof beams (middle center) are coincident.
Page 229: Exercise 3:Adding Braces To The Structural Frame
NOTE: The linework has a direction. Lines have a start and end point. To be consistent, linework should be drawn in the same direction, clockwise, for example, to ensure that the structural shape justification is the same for all lines. 32 Press ESC.
Page 230 To more easily add the braces to the frame, you use the Isolate Objects command to display temporary elevation views of the front and back of the frame model. These views, like the one shown above, include only the objects that you need to work with: the front columns, the floor edge beams, and the roof edge beams.
Page 231 An elevation view of the front columns and the roof edge beam is displayed, accompanied by an Edit in View toolbar. You use the toolbar button to return to the isometric view of the complete frame later in the exercise, after you add the braces.
Page 232 Add braces between the left side of each column and the roof edge beam 14 On the Structural Member Styles palette, click Brace, and specify another method of adding the braces to the frame: On the Properties palette, under Dimensions, select Middle Right for Justify. Under Rise, select Distance for Method.
Page 233 23 Delete the brace that you just created. Close the temporary view and view the member justification 24 On the Edit in View toolbar, click 25 Click on the Zoom flyout on the Navigation toolbar to zoom the extents of the drawing. 26 Click on the Views flyout on the Navigation toolbar to display the top view of the frame.
Page 234: Exercise 4: Creating Roof, Ceiling, And Floor Slabs
Exercise 4: Creating Roof, Ceiling, and Floor Slabs In this exercise, you create roof, ceiling, and floor slabs for the steel-framed residence. You create the slabs above and below the glass skin of the residence, which is provided in the dataset. After you create the slabs, you apply materials to them to differentiate between the three slab types, making them look more realistic.
Page 235 2 Under the Constructs folder, double-click X-House Skin to open it in the drawing area. The drawing contains the residence skin, which is composed of beams, columns, and a glazing material. A rectangular polyline outline is displayed under the skin. You will use this outline to create roof, ceiling, and floor slabs for the residence.
Page 236 Create a floor slab 13 On the Design palette, right-click Slab, and click Apply Tool Properties to Linework and Walls. 14 In the drawing area, select the rectangular slab outline, and press ENTER. 15 Enter y (Yes) to erase layout geometry, and press ENTER. 16 Enter d (Direct) for Creation Mode to create the slab directly on the layout geometry.
Page 237 23 On the Design palette, click Material, and select the floor slab. 24 On the Apply Material to Components worksheet, under Select component(s) to apply the material, select Finishes.Flooring.Stone.Marble.White. 25 Under Apply to, select Object Override, and click OK. The marble flooring is applied to only to the floor slab. Apply a material to the ceiling and roof slabs 26 On the Design palette, click Material, and select the ceiling slab.
Page 238 29 On the Design palette, click Material, and select the roof slab. 30 On the Apply Material to Components worksheet, under Select component(s) to apply the material, select Site Construction.Planting.Groundcover.Gravel.Mixed. 31 Under Apply to, select Object Override, and click OK. Apply an ash material to the lower glazing members 32 Click on the Zoom flyout on the Navigation toolbar, and zoom in to the area around the front corner of...
Page 239 Update the project standards with the new material definitions 34 On the File menu, click Save to save the drawing with its new material definitions. 35 In the Style Manager, select Material Definitions, right-click, and click Update Standards from Drawing. The Update Project Standards worksheet is displayed.
Page 240: Lesson 2: Creating A Roof Enclosure And A Screen
The upper and lower glazing members all have an ash material applied to them. 47 To redisplay the roof and ceiling slabs, click on the drawing window status bar, and click End Object Isolation. 48 On the File menu, click Save to save the materials change to the upper glazing members. The new Materials tool palette is now part of the project tool group and will be available if you open another project drawing.
Page 241 4 Select the roof, right-click, and select Convert to Roof Slabs. TIP: The roof was created to control properties for the slope. You convert this roof to roof slabs, because roof slabs are objects on which you can create an array of structural members. 5 On the Convert to Roof Slabs worksheet, select Erase Layout Geometry, and click OK.
Page 242 10 On the Properties palette, specify the edge option and the beam justification: Under Dimensions, select Edge for Layout type. Select Bottom Left for Justify. 11 On the application status bar, if the OSNAP button is selected, click it to turn off all Osnap settings. 12 Move your cursor over the roof edge, and when the beam displays along the inside of the roof edge, click to place 13 TIP: Justification depends on the direction in which objects are drawn.
Page 243: Exercise 2:Trimming Structural Members
23 Press ESC. 24 Press ENTER to repeat the command and place some members as bracing using a node snap and clicking near the midpoint of each rafter. 25 Press ESC. TIP: Because you can define properties in a tool, you could copy the member tool (right-click on tool and copy, then paste) and make an array member tool with tool properties such as the specified bay size.
Page 244 4 With the beams selected, right-click, and click Trim Planes Add Trim Plane. 5 On the application status bar, turn off OSNAP. 6 Select the ridge line at the top of your screen. 7 Press ESC to exit the command. 8 Select any one of the arrayed beams, right-click, and click Select Similar.
Page 245: Exercise 3: Create An Array Of Structural Members For A Screen
18 Select the ridge member. 19 Click the inside arrow, drag your cursor to the left, and enter 12” to offset the ridge line from its end. 20 Press ESC. Trim to the face of the ridge beam 21 Select the hip member. Trimming always begins by selecting the member or members to trim.
Page 246 You create the initial design of the screen by using the Fill and Array layout options to add standard style beams between the two columns. To complete the louvered screen, you assign new styles and roll values to selected louvers. When the louvers are complete, you change the element drawing in which you create them to a construct.
Page 247 4 Right-click the tool palettes set title bar, and click Design. 5 On the Design palette, click Structural Beam. 6 On the Properties palette, specify the beam properties: Under Dimensions, enter 0 for Roll. Select Fill for Layout type. Under Layout, select Yes for Array. Select Repeat for Layout method.
Page 248: Lesson 3: Sharing Design Data
Change the element to a construct and assign a division and a level 15 On the Edit menu, click Xref Manager. 16 With House Structure selected, click Detach. 17 Click OK. 18 On the Standard toolbar, click , and save the drawing. 19 Close the drawing.
Page 249: Exercise 1: Creating A Terrain Model
DWF files, or Design Web Format files, are the Autodesk method of publishing 2D or 3D design data to the Internet or to an intranet. With 3D DWF Publishing, you can generate DWF files of your three-dimensional models with nearly the same ®...
Page 250 You begin with a site plan that contains sketched polyline contours. The contours are assigned elevations to depict the topographical features of the site, such as a hill and a pond. To create the terrain model, you use the Drape tool on the Massing palette. You select the elevated contour lines, and then use the tool to ''drape'' a Free-Form mass element over the contours.
Page 251 3 In the left viewport, click on the Zoom flyout on the Navigation toolbar to zoom the extents of the drawing. 4 Right-click the tool palettes set title bar, and click Design. 5 On the Massing palette, click Drape. 6 Select all the contour lines in the drawing, and press ENTER. 7 Press ENTER to retain the contour lines in the drawing.
Page 252 13 Click on the Shading toolbar to Gouraud shade the terrain model. 14 You can view the depth of the depression and the elevation of the hill. 15 In the right viewport, select and delete the terrain model. Create a more detailed terrain model 16 In the left viewport, on the Massing palette, click Drape, and recreate the terrain model: Select all the contour lines, and press ENTER.
Page 253 17 The terrain model has a thicker base and is more articulated than the previous model, resulting from the larger base thickness and meshing values that you specified. The larger meshing values yielded a finer mesh. 18 In the right viewport, select and delete the terrain model. Deepen the pond and elevate the crest of the hill 19 On the command line, enter point, and press ENTER.
Page 254 28 In the right viewport, delete the terrain model. 29 On the command line, enter dispsilh (Display Silhouette Edges). 30 Enter a value of 0. 31 In the left viewport, on the Massing palette, click Drape, and recreate the terrain model: Select the contour lines, the point, and the hill crest line, and press ENTER.
Page 255 33 Click on the Shading toolbar to Gouraud shade the terrain model. 34 In the right viewport, select and delete the terrain model. Create a terrain model with finer meshing 35 With the left viewport current, on the Massing palette, click Drape, and recreate the terrain model: Select the contour lines, the point, and the hill crest line, and press ENTER.
Page 256 37 In the left viewport, click on the Zoom flyout on the Navigation toolbar, and zoom in to an area around the pond. 38 In the right viewport, select and delete terrain model. Create a site-shaped terrain model 39 On the command line, enter dispsilh (Display Silhouette Edges). 40 Enter a value of 1.
Page 257: Exercise 2:Analyzing The Site For Flooding
By specifying a non-regular and non-rectangular mesh, the extents of the contour lines were used to form the boundary for the terrain model. The resulting terrain model is shaped like the site. Exercise 2:Analyzing the Site for Flooding In this exercise, you analyze the flooding effect that a rise in the water table would have on the residence site. You begin by creating a new view drawing that includes the structure of the house and one of the deck design options.
Page 258 Create a new view of the model 1 With the Project Navigator open, click the Views tab. 2 Right-click the Model folder, and click New View Dwg General. 3 On the Add General View worksheet, enter Model for Name, and click Next. 4 Under Division, select House Floor and Deck for Option 1, and click Next.
Page 259 5 Clear Constructs, and select Deck 01 and House Structure, and click Finish. 6 In the Views tree, double-click Model. 7 On the application status bar, click GRID to turn off the drawing grid. A top view of the residence frame and deck is displayed. Reference the terrain model in the Model view 8 On the Project Navigator, click the Constructs tab.
Page 260 Export the model to VIZ Render 13 On the drawing window status bar, click , and click Link to VIZ Render. VIZ Render opens automatically, and displays the model that you exported from Architectural Desktop. 14 If the File Link Settings dialog displays, click OK. 15 In VIZ Render, on the Viewport Navigation toolbar, click , and zoom in closer to the model.
Page 261 The completed rendering is displayed in a separate window. 28 In the Rendering window, click 29 In the Browse Images for Output dialog, browse to c:\my documents\autodesk\my projects\steel-framed residence_I\supplemental, and save the file as a BMP file. Create an animation that shows the site flooding caused by the rising water table 30 In VIZ Render, on the Viewport Navigation toolbar, click , and zoom out to view the entire scene.
Page 262 48 Under Output Size, click 800x600. 49 In the Render Output rollout, click Files. 50 In the Render Output dialog, browse to c:\my documents\autodesk\my projects\steel-framed residence\supplemental, and save the file as Flooding and the type as AVI. 51 In the AVI File Compression Setup dialog, click OK.
Page 263: Exercise 3: Creating Elevations For A Sheet
To learn how to create realistic animations that include materials and lighting, see the VIZ Render tutorials. You can access the tutorials from the Help menu in VIZ Render. Exercise 3: Creating Elevations for a Sheet In this exercise, you create a view drawing for exterior elevations with title marks, and then you place the elevations on a sheet.
Page 264 Create a view drawing for sections or elevations 1 With the Project Navigator open, click the Views tab. 2 Under the CD Set folder, right-click Elevations, and click New View Dwg Section/Elevation. 3 On the Add Section/Elevation View worksheet, enter X-House Option 01 for Name, and click Next. 4 Under Division, select 01 for all three levels, and click Next.
Page 265 6 Click Finish. The drawing has now been created with external references. 7 In the Views tree, double-click X-House Option 01 to open the drawing. Use a callout tool to create all four exterior elevations 8 Right-click the tool palettes set title bar, and click Document. 9 On the Callouts tab of the Document tool palettes group, click Exterior Elevation Mark A3 10 Click diagonally opposite corners of an area enclosing the model.
Page 266 12 Select Generate Section/Elevation and Place Titlemark. 13 For Scale, select 1/8"=1'-0". This value controls the correct sizing of the titlemark. 14 Click Current Drawing. The callout symbols are displayed on all four sides of the model. 15 In the drawing window, specify an insertion point for the 2D elevation, and then specify a second point to establish the spacing and direction.
Page 267 16 Save the drawing before creating the sheet. Views with added model space views must be saved before the views are available for use in a sheet. 17 On the Project Navigator, click the Sheets tab. 18 In the Sheet Set View tree, under Architectural, right-click Elevations, and click New Sheet.
Page 268: Exercise 4: Updating Elevations
26 Optionally, you can repeat the steps in this exercise for X-House Option 2, in which other constructs are assigned. Exercise 4: Updating Elevations In this exercise, you identify the view drawing as a collection of external references. You unload unwanted external references—Screening 01 (screening curtains for privacy) and Glass Skin 01—and update the elevations so that the building interior is revealed for the elevations in the view and on the sheet.
Page 269: Exercise 5: Creating A Section For A Sheet
NOTE: The Refresh option is only available where objects, in this case xrefs, that were used for the elevations have been removed from the original list of objects. If new objects are added, then the elevations would be regenerated. 9 On the Standard toolbar, click , and close the view drawing.
Page 270 5 Clear any of the constructs that you do not want referenced to the view drawing (in this case, any exercise file prefixed with an X), and assign it to Option 01. NOTE: The list includes constructs that were assigned to Option 01 when they were created. Construct properties, including the assignment to a location (level/division), can be left blank or re-assigned at any time.
Page 271 8 On the Project Navigator, click the Constructs tab. 9 Under the Constructs folder, select Terrain, and drag it to the drawing area. An external reference to the Terrain construct is added to the view, and you can see the Terrain model in the drawing.
Page 272 19 Save the drawing before creating the sheet. Views with added model space views must be saved before the views are available for use in a sheet. Create a sheet 20 On the Project Navigator, click the Sheets tab, right-click the Sections node, and click New Sheet.
Page 273: Exercise 6: Updating A Section
27 When the 2D section is positioned and scaled as desired on the sheet, click the Callouts tab of the Document tool palettes group, and click Title Mark (with number) 28 Below the 2D section on the sheet, specify two points to insert the title mark. 29 Select the entire title mark and drag it onto the sheet view 1-Deck and House Section in the tree view on the Sheet tab.
Page 274 3 On the Navigation toolbar, click to open the Content Browser. This Content Browser icon accesses a library of all Architectural Desktop tools. It is different from the Content Browser icon on the Project Navigator, which accesses a library of project tools (in this case, the Steel-Framed Residence tools).
Page 275 8 Drag Elevation Label (2) from the Content Browser into the drawing again, and specify an insertion point at the edge of the house floor as shown. The text is sized correctly for the active drawing scale. 9 On the Add Elevation Level worksheet, enter Finished Floor - House for Prefix, and click OK to insert the annotation into the drawing.
Page 276 12 Save the X-House Option 01 drawing with its correctly scaled annotation. 13 On the Sheets tab of the Project Navigator, under Sections\A-104 Building Sections, double-click the 1 Deck and House Section viewport. 14 When the External Reference File Has Changed message is displayed, click the link to update the sheet. 15 On the Views tree, right-click Deck and House Section, and click Properties.
Page 277 16 On the Modify Model Space View worksheet, double-click the Scale value to display the drop-down list of values you can select, then click OK. Do not change the scale. TIP: Active scale only affects annotation you create it. Existing annotation does not resize when the active scale is changed. 17 Double-click the A-104 Building Sections sheet to open it in the drawing area.
Page 278 21 Click OK. 22 On the Standard toolbar, click to save the drawing, and then close it. NOTE: This section is not up to date. Update all sections and elevations in the entire project 23 On the Views tab, under Sections\House Option 01, double-click Building with Pond. You can use any drawing in the project.
Page 279: Exercise 7: Publishing Model And Detail Views To 3D Dwf
In this exercise, you publish a model view of the structural frame and a 3D roof detail to 3D DWF. After you publish each view, you view the 3D DWF files in the Autodesk DWF Viewer. The model is displayed in the right pane of the DWF Viewer, where you can change the viewing direction and shade the model.
Page 280 Publish the frame model to a 3D DWF file 1 With the Project Navigator open, click the Constructs tab. 2 Under the Constructs folder, double-click House Structure to open it in the drawing area. This construct contains the steel frame of the house that you completed in the previous exercise. 3 On the drawing window status bar, verify High Detail is displayed on the display configuration flyout.
Page 281 9 Click Yes. The Autodesk DWF Viewer is displayed. The 3D House Structure DWF is displayed in the right pane of the viewer. The object types in the drawing are listed in a tree structure in the left pane, the Navigation pane. A toolbar near the top of the viewer contains tools for printing and viewing DWF files.
Page 282 13 Right-click Column Grid, and click Hide. In the Navigation pane, the column grid icon is displayed as white to indicate the column grid is hidden in the view in the right pane. 14 Expand Structural Member. 15 Expand one of the styles listed under Structural Member. Because beams, braces, and columns are sub-objects of the structural member object type, and their types are set in their styles, you can view and hide the members by type (beams, braces, and columns) or by instance in the drawing.
Page 283 17 Under Beam Roof W12x5.5, select one of the roof beams. The roof beam is highlighted in the model view in right pane. 18 With the same member selected, right-click and click Hide. The member is hidden in the model view in the right pane. In the Navigation pane, notice the icon next to the member name in the tree view has changed from blue to white, to indicated that the member is hidden.
Page 284 Publish a detail view to a 3D DWF file 20 In Architectural Desktop, with the Project Navigator open, click the Views tab. 21 Under CD Set\Details, double-click Section Details. The view drawing contains three model space detail views. The details were created using industry standard 2D detail components and keynotes accessed from the Detail Component Manager.
Page 285 A progress meter is displayed. When publishing is complete, you are asked if you want to view the DWF. 26 Click Yes. The Autodesk DWF Viewer is displayed. The 3D Detail DWF is displayed in the right pane of the viewer. 27 In the Navigation pane, expand Mass Elements to display the detail components at the style level.
Page 286: Lesson 4: Updating And Modifying Project Tools
Lesson 4: Updating and Modifying Project Tools In this lesson, you learn how to update and modify project-specific tools. This project contains a tool palette group, Steel-Framed Residence_I, that includes a tool palette named Structural Member Styles. This tool palette contains the structural members tools (beams, braces, and columns) that you used to complete the exercises in this tutorial.
Page 287 NOTE: Do not access the Content Browser by clicking the icon in the Project Navigator. The icon in the Project Navigator accesses a project-specific library only. You want to access the general library to locate a column that is not in the current project.
Page 288 31 Select Append to Catalog and Ignore duplicate styles. 32 Under Content Source, select Create from drawing, and click Browse. 33 Browse to c:\my documents\autodesk\my projects\steel-framed residence_I\standards\object styles, select Styles_STD.dwg, and click Open. To ensure consistent standards in the project, you want to be careful to create tools from the project standards style drawing, not from any of the individual project drawings.
Page 289: Exercise 2: Modifying Structural Member Tools
NOTE: Notice that all the tool images for the structural members styles all have the same orientation. The tool images for columns are oriented as if they were beams. Because structural members are the same object type, all structural members tools are created as beams by default. You need to modify them, which you will do in the next exercise. 45 On the File menu, click Save, and continue to the next exercise to make some modifications to the structural member tools that you created.
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