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Chapter 2. Creating Floor Plans. Objectives. Draw straight or curved walls using the Wall Add command and Properties palette Use the Close and Ortho Close options to close a polygon shape Identify the function of the wall grips Set the cleanup radius to display of graph lines
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Chapter 2 Creating Floor Plans
Objectives • Draw straight or curved walls using the Wall Add command and Properties palette • Use the Close and Ortho Close options to close a polygon shape • Identify the function of the wall grips • Set the cleanup radius to display of graph lines • Use the WallOffsetCopy, WallOff set Move, and WallOffset Set commands for adding walls • Merge walls with Join and Wall Merge commands • Reverse the direction of a wall using the Reverse command • Use Add Selected to execute the Wall Add command
Display of Wall Options with Pointer Input Toggled On in Dynamic Input
Design Basic General Description Style Bound Spaces Cleanup Automatically Cleanup group definition Segment type-arc/line Shadow display Dimensions A-Width B-Base Height C-Length Justify Baseline Offset Roofline offset from base height E-Roof and Floor Line F-Floor line offset from Baseline Location Rotation Elevation Additional Information Wall Properties- Basic
Style Overrides Starting end cap Ending end cap Priority overrides Worksheets Plan Modifiers Roof/Floor Line Cleanups A-Graphline position B-Cleanup radius Cleanup Radius Overrides Override start cleanup radius Override end cleanup radius Wall Properties -Advanced
Match Properties • Match Properties allows you to select an object to obtain the settings from the source object. The settings of the source object are then applied to the destination object.
Add Selected • Select a wall, choose Add Selected to add wall of the same style and settings.
Creating Straight Walls • (Select Wall from the Design palette, verify Style=Standard in the Properties palette.) • Start point or: (Click a location for p1 in the graphics screen.) • (Move the mouse to the right) • End point or: 8' ~EnterKey~ (p2 is specified.)
Creating Curved Walls • (Select Wall from the Design Palette and select the Arc Segment type in the Properties Palette.) • Start point or: (Click a location in the graphics screen to locate p1 as shown below.) • Mid point or: @-5’,3’6“ (Specifies p2 as shown below.) • End point or: @-5’,-3'6" (Specifies p3 as shown below.)
Using Ortho Close Option • Start point or: (Select p1 as shown below.) • End point or : (Select p2 as shown below.) • End point or : (Select p3 as shown below.) • End point or : (Right click and select Ortho close from the shortcut menu.) OR • Point on wall in direction of close: (Select a location near p4 as shown below.)
Reverse-In Place-Wall remains in original position with components reversed Reverse Baseline-Justification line remains in original position with components reversed WallReverse
Apply L Cleanup • Select Wall, right-click to display the context menu
Wall Cleanup L (Select a wall for editing at P1, choose L Cleanup from the Cleanup panel of the Wall Contextual tab.) Select the second wall: (Select the wall at P2.) Wall cleaned up as shown at right Note: Wall segment B is trimmed since it is shorter than A If walls do not cross, the wall will extend to intersection
Wall Cleanup T Procedure (Select a wall for editing at P1, T Cleanup from the Cleanup panel of the Wall contextual tab.) Select boundary wall: (Select the wall at P2 shown below.) (Wall cleaned up as shown below.) Note: Wall A is removed since it is shorter.
Wall Merge Add Command • Select wall at P1 shown at right and choose Add Wall Merge Condition from the extended Cleanup panel.) • Select walls to merge with: (Select the wall at P2 as shown below.) 1 found • Select walls to merge with: ~EnterKey~ (Press the ~EnterKey~ to end the command.) • (Walls merged as shown at right below.)
Wall Join Command (Select a wall segment and choose Join from the extended Cleanup panel.) Select second wall: (Select wall at p1 as shown below.) (Walls segments joined.)
Wall Offset Copy • Select a wall and choose Copy from the Offset fly-out in the Modify panel of the Wall contextual tab • Move the pointer over the wall component to specify reference for offset; the tip displays the name of the wall component under the pointer, click to select the component identified in the tooltip