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Chapter 3

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

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Chapter 3

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  1. Chapter 3 Advanced Wall Features

  2. 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

  3. 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

  4. Wall Styles of the Design Tool Catalog

  5. Access Style Manager • Choose Manage tab • Choose Style Manager from the Style & Display panel

  6. Accessing Styles from the Style Manager • Select Manage tab • Choose Style Manager from the Style & Display panel. • Select Open Drawing • Select Content • Open the Styles\Imperial or Styles\Metric folders

  7. Wall Styles of the Imperial Category

  8. Creating Styles

  9. Commands of Style Manager Toolbar

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

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

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

  13. General Tab-Wall Style Properties

  14. Components Tab-Wall Style Properties

  15. Wall Style Components Browser

  16. Priority of a Wall Component

  17. Wall Priority Settings

  18. Autodesk Priority Settings

  19. Specifying Component Width

  20. Effects of Positive and Negative Edge Offset and Width Values

  21. Fixed and Variable Edge Offset

  22. Brick Veneer Wall Style

  23. Specifying Components Relative to Baseline

  24. Structural Function and Dimension Style Settings

  25. Component Positioned Using Bottom Elevation Values

  26. Controlling Height of a Component Using Top Elevation Offset

  27. Wall Component Added Using Auto Calculate Edge Offset

  28. Materials Tab

  29. Display of Materials in the Wall Style with Endcaps

  30. Wall Endcap Styles Assigned to Openings

  31. Assigning Endcap Stylesto Head, Sill, and Jamb

  32. 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.

  33. 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.

  34. Material Definitions of the Material Definition (Imperial) file

  35. Using the Material Tool • Right-click the Material tool of the Design palette to open the Tool Properties dialog. • Specify a material definition for the Material tool. Click OK to dismiss the dialog box. • 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.)

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

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

  38. Controlling Display of Wall Components in Display Properties

  39. Wall Hatch without Materials Display

  40. Controlling Display of Wall Based upon Cut Plane

  41. Other Tab-Controlling Wall Lines

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

  43. 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

  44. Wall Endcap Style Applications

  45. 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.)

  46. Applications of Endcaps to Walls

  47. Edit in Place of Wall Endcap

  48. 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 EditinPlace: WallCleanup tab • Select Objects(s) to Merge or None to pick rectangle: (Select closed polygon at p3) • Erase selected linework? [Yes/No] <No>: Y (Enter Y to erase linework.) • Choose Finish from the Edits panel shown below.

  49. Accessing Priority Overrides

  50. Priority Overrides Assigned

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