Chapter 3 Advanced Wall Features

Objectives Create and modify a wall style Change the style of a wall Control the display properties of wall components to include materials Create wall endcap styles, wall modifier styles, and body modifiers to modify the properties of walls Use Edit In Place to edit wall endcaps, wall modifiers, wall components, and body modifiers Use the Project Navigator to develop additional floor plans and a foundation plan

Import Wall Styles Import wall styles from: –Design Tool Catalog-Imperial or Design Tool Catalog- Metric of the Content Browser –Style Manager from the Styles folder of Content in the Places panel –Existing AutoCAD Architecture drawings

Wall Styles of the Design Tool Catalog

Access Style Manager Choose Manage tab Choose Style Manager from the Style & Display panel

Accessing Styles from the Style Manager 1.Select Manage tab 2.Choose Style Manager from the Style & Display panel. 3.Select Open Drawing 4.Select Content 5.Open the Styles\Imperial or Styles\Metric folders

Wall Styles of the Imperial Category

Creating Styles

Commands of Style Manager Toolbar

Steps to Creating a New Wall Style 1.Select Manage tab. Choose Style Manager from the Style & Display panel 2.Select the (+) sign of the Architectural Objects folder in the Tree View of the Left Pane 3.Select the (+) of the Wall Styles folder 4.Select the Wall Style category, select the New Style button from the Style Manager toolbar as shown at left. 5.Overtype a new name in the left pane.

Inline Edit Toggle of the Style Manager Toggle between Viewer/List and Style Properties Tabs

Wall Style Properties Tabs General Components Materials Endcaps/Opening Endcaps Classifications Display Properties Version History

General Tab-Wall Style Properties

Components Tab-Wall Style Properties

Wall Style Components Browser

Priority of a Wall Component

Wall Priority Settings

Autodesk Priority Settings

Specifying Component Width

Effects of Positive and Negative Edge Offset and Width Values

Fixed and Variable Edge Offset

Brick Veneer Wall Style

Specifying Components Relative to Baseline

Structural Function and Dimension Style Settings

Component Positioned Using Bottom Elevation Values

Controlling Height of a Component Using Top Elevation Offset

Wall Component Added Using Auto Calculate Edge Offset

Materials Tab

Display of Materials in the Wall Style with Endcaps

Wall Endcap Styles Assigned to Openings

Assigning Endcap Styles to Head, Sill, and Jamb

Assigning Materials Materials are assigned per component of wall Materials are assigned from the list of materials included in the Material Definitions folder of the Style Manager. Materials can be imported and assigned to display components using the Materials tool of Design palette. Materials can be imported in the Style Manager from the Material Definitions (Imperial).dwg or Material Definitions (Metric).dwg of the Imperial and Metric folders in C:\ Documents & Settings\All Users\Application Data\Autodesk\ACA 2010\enu\Styles directory. The material definitions are located in the Multi-Purpose Objects folder of the Material Definition (Imperial).dwg file.

Procedure to Assign Material Definitions to a Wall Component Copy a material definition from the Material Definitions (Imperial) file in the Style Manager. Paste the material definition into the current drawing. Assign the material definition to the wall component in the Materials tab of the Wall Style Properties dialog box.

Material Definitions of the Material Definition (Imperial) file

Using the Material Tool 1.Right-click the Material tool of the Design palette to open the Tool Properties dialog. 2.Specify a material definition for the Material tool. Click OK to dismiss the dialog box. 3.Select the Material tool and respond to the workspace prompts as follows: Select a component or an object: (Move the cursor over a component to display the component name.) Apply the material to the style or [this Object]: (Press ENTER to assign the material definition in the style.)

Roll Over Tooltip Right-click over the command window, choose Options. Choose Display tab Check Show rollover Tooltips checkbox

Assigning Classifications Import classifications in the Style Manager from Document and Settings\All Users\Application Data\Autodesk\ACA 2010\enu\Styles\Imperial\Uniformat II Classifications (1997 ed).dwg Classifications can be created for fire rating or structural properties as shown above.

Controlling Display of Wall Components in Display Properties

Wall Hatch without Materials Display

Controlling Display of Wall Based upon Cut Plane

Other Tab-Controlling Wall Lines

Application of Inner Lines Display Foundation Wall Display Turning ON Display of Inner Lines Below Toggle OFF Hide Lines Below Openings at Cut Plane

Roof Line and Floor Line of Wall Select a wall choose from the Roof/Floor Line flyout in the Modify Panel Roof/Floor Line>Modify Roof Line or Roof/Floor Line>Modify Floor Line

Wall Endcap Style Applications

Using Automatically Calculate Endcap from Polyline Select a wall and choose Calculate Automatically from the Endcap panel; respond to the following workspace sequence: Select polylines: (Select a polyline.) 1 found Select polylines: ENTER (Press ENTER to end selection.) The highlighted polyline can be applied to more than one component. Press ENTER to apply to highlighted component or Tab to go to next possible component: (Press ENTER to apply the endcap to the highlighted component shown at p2.) (Edit the Wall Endcap Style dialog box.)

Applications of Endcaps to Walls

Edit in Place of Wall Endcap

Edit in Place Wall Cleanup Select walls at p1 and p2, choose Cleanup Edit in Place from the Cleanup panel of the Wall tab Select the CMU components at p1 and p2 to display grips. Choose Merge from the Modify panel of the Edit in Place: Wall Cleanup tab Select Objects(s) to Merge or None to pick rectangle: (Select closed polygon at p3) Erase selected linework? [Yes/No] : Y (Enter Y to erase linework.) Choose Finish from the Edits panel shown below.

Accessing Priority Overrides

Priority Overrides Assigned

Copy and Assign Style Select a wall choose Save As from the Wall tab or Select a wall, right click and choose Copy Wall Style and Assign Style Command creates a copy of the wall style and assigns the new style to the wall selected. The command opens the Wall Style Properties dialog box allowing you to specify a new name and other style properties.

Accessing Wall Modifiers Select a wall to display the Wall tab. Choose Add from the Plan Modifier flyout of the Modify panel. or Select a wall, right click and choose Plan Modifiers > Add

Creating Wall Modifiers

Examples of Wall Modifiers

Specifying a Wall Modifier

Wall Modifier Properties Modifier Styles- drop-down list shows defined wall modifier styles that have been created in the drawing. Component Name- drop-down list show the wall components of the selected wall Apply To drop-down list allows the wall modifier style to be applied to the Left, Right, or Both Faces of the wall Start Position Offset edit box allows you to set the position horizontally from the wall start, wall end or wall midpoint. Start Elevation Offset distance and the from list allows the distance to be defined from the wall top, wall base height, wall baseline, or wall bottom.

Creating a Wall Modifier in the Workspace (Select the wall choose Plan Modifier>Add from the Modify panel.) Select start point: (Select a point near p1 as shown at left.) Move the pointer to the right near p2 verify polar tracking tooltip angle=0.) Select end point: 24 ~EnterKey~ (Width of wall modifier specified.) Select the side to draw the modifier: (Move the pointer down and select a point near p3, polar tracking tooltip=270 as shown at left.) Enter wall modifier depth : 6 ~EnterKey~ (Specify distance for projection.) (Add Wall Modifier dialog box opens, select wall modifier style and elevations, then select OK to dismiss the Add Wall Modifier dialog box.) (Wall Modifier created as shown at left.)

In Place Edit of a Wall Modifier in the Workspace

Applying Bottom and Top Elevations to Wall Modifiers

Specify an Endcap Style Override in the Properties Palette

Specify Priority Overrides in the Properties Palette

Specifying Wall Modifiers from the Plan Modifier button of Properties

Wall Modifier Remove Select a wall which includes a wall modifier and choose Remove from the Plan Modifiers flyout of Modify panel. Select a modifier: (Select a wall modifier at p1 as shown below) Convert removed modifier to a polyline? [Yes/No] :N Enter (Wall Modifier is removed as shown below.)

Converting a Polyline to a Wall Modifier Open a drawing that consists of an open polyline and a wall Select a wall (p1 shown at right) and choose Convert Polyline to Wall Modifier from the Plan Modifier flyout of the Modify panel. Respond to the workspace prompts: Select a polyline: Select the polyline at p2, shown at right.

Converting a Polyline to a Wall Modifier continued Erase layout geometry?[Yes/No] : (Press Enter to retain polyline.) (Type a name in the New Wall Modifier Style Name dialog box.) Click OK to dismiss the dialog box and open the Add Wall Modifier dialog box, specify style and start and end elevations. Select OK to dismiss the dialog box.

Polyline Converted to Wall Modifier continued Wall Modifier is placed on the wall near the location where the polyline is drawn

Accessing Sweep

Create a Profile Definition to Form a Wall Select a closed polyline at p1, right click choose Convert to > Profile Definition Insertion point or [Add ring/Centroid]: (Specify point at p2.) Profile Definition [New/Existing] : (Press ENTER to open the New Profile Definition.)

AEC Profile Definition for a Sweep

Creating a Sweep Open a drawing that consists of an AecProfile Select a wall and choose Sweeps>Add from the Modify panel. Edit the Add Wall Sweep dialog box, specify the wall component and profile definition, and check Apply Roof/Floor Lines to Sweep and Miter Selected Walls.

Sweep Applied to Form Wall

Accessing Body Modifiers Select a wall choose Add from the Body Modifier flyout of the Modify panel

Adding a Body Modifier to a Wall Select a wall and select Add from the Body Modifier flyout. Select objects to apply as body modifiers: (Select a mass element)1 found Select objects to apply as body modifiers: (Press Enter to end selection.) Edit the Add Body Modifier dialog box Select OK to dismiss the Add Body Modifier dialog box

Body Modifier Added to Wall

Creating Additional Floors Using Projects Create the 1st floor plan as a construct drawing assigned to level 1 Select the Construct tab of the Project Navigator. Select the construct of the 1st floor, right click and choose Copy Construct to Levels. Assign new construct for the 2nd floor construct to level 2 Create a view drawing for each construct Create a model view drawing which includes construct drawings for levels 1 and 2 Process ensures vertical alignment of floors in the model view

Using a Common Baseline Location for Levels Define wall components for each level based upon a common baseline location for each level as shown above. RoofLine and FloorLine commands can be used to cover the floor systems in the model view

Converting an Open Drawing to a Construct Assigned to a Level

Plan View of Wall Styles Used for each Level

Creating a Foundation Plan for a Crawl Space Define level 1 for the foundation and level 2 for the floor plan Copy the 1st floor plan construct drawing to level 1 Define foundation wall style with a common baseline based upon the wall section Isolated piers can be created as walls or mass elements sharing the common center line of the bearing walls Wall modifiers can be created to support girders

Using the Project Navigator to Plot Sheets-Tools of the Sheets Tab

Specifying the Template and Page Setup Override

Steps to Plotting-1 1.Copy an Aec Sheet template from Document and Settings\All Users\Application Data\Autodesk\ACA 2010\enu\Template {Vista - ProgramData\Autodesk\ACA 2010\enu\Template} folder to the project folder. 2. Open the Project Navigator and select the Sheets tab. Select the Sheet Set View toggle, shown at left, to display the Sheet Set View. 3. Select the project sheet set icon as shown at p1, right-click, and choose Properties to open the Sheet Set Properties dialog box.

4. To specify a template file for storage of page setup overrides, click in the right margin of the Page setup override file field to display the Browse button p1, shown at left. Navigate to your current student project folder and choose the sheet template file that was copied to this folder as described in Step To specify the Sheet creation template, click the Browse button shown at p2 to open the Select Layout as Sheet Template dialog box. Select the Browse button shown at p3 to open the Select Drawing dialog box and select an Aec Sheet template with layouts. The layouts included in the template will be listed in the Select Layout as Sheet Template dialog box. Select a layout from the list and click OK to dismiss the Select Layout as Sheet Template dialog box. Steps for Plotting-2

Steps for Plotting-3 6. Click OK to dismiss the Sheet Set Properties dialog box. If the layout chosen constitutes a change, the Confirm Changes dialog opens. Choose Yes to apply this change to all subsets of the sheet set. 7. To create a new sheet expand Architectural, select the Plans subset, right-click, and choose New > Sheet. The New Sheet dialog box opens as shown at right, which allows you to specify a sheet number and name. Click OK to dismiss the dialog box.