Advanced Wall Features

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Chapter 3

• Advanced Wall Features

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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

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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

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Wall Styles of the Design Tool Catalog
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Access Style Manager

• Choose Manage tab
• Choose Style Manager from the Style Display
  panel

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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

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Wall Styles of the Imperial Category
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Creating Styles
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Commands of Style Manager Toolbar
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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.

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

• General
• Components
• Materials
• Endcaps/Opening Endcaps
• Classifications
• Display Properties
• Version History

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General Tab-Wall Style Properties
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Components Tab-Wall Style Properties
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Wall Style Components Browser
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Priority of a Wall Component
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Wall Priority Settings
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Autodesk Priority Settings
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Specifying Component Width
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Effects of Positive and Negative Edge Offset and
Width Values
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Fixed and Variable Edge Offset
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Brick Veneer Wall Style
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Specifying Components Relative to Baseline
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Structural Function and Dimension Style Settings
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Component Positioned Using Bottom Elevation
Values
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Controlling Height of a Component Using Top
Elevation Offset
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Wall Component Added Using Auto Calculate Edge
Offset
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Materials Tab
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Display of Materials in the Wall Style with
Endcaps
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Wall Endcap Styles Assigned to Openings
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Assigning Endcap Stylesto Head, Sill, and Jamb
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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.

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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.

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

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Roll Over Tooltip

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

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Assigning Classifications

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

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Controlling Display of Wall Components in Display
Properties
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Wall Hatch without Materials Display
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Controlling Display of Wall Based upon Cut Plane
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Other Tab-Controlling Wall Lines
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Application of Inner Lines Display

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

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Roof Line and Floor Line of Wall

• Select a wall choose from the Roof/Floor Line
  flyout in the Modify Panel
• Roof/Floor LinegtModify Roof Line
• or
• Roof/Floor LinegtModify Floor Line

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Wall Endcap Style Applications
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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 select
  ion.)
• 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.)

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Applications of Endcaps to Walls
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Edit in Place of Wall Endcap
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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 ltNogt Y (Enter
  Y to erase linework.)
• Choose Finish from the Edits panel shown below.

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Accessing Priority Overrides
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Priority Overrides Assigned
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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.

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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 gt Add

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Creating Wall Modifiers
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Examples of Wall Modifiers
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Specifying a Wall Modifier
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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.

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Creating a Wall Modifier in the Workspace

• (Select the wall choose Plan ModifiergtAdd 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 angle0.)
• 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 tooltip270 as shown at left.)
• Enter wall modifier depth lt8 5/8"gt 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.)

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In Place Edit of a Wall Modifier in the Workspace
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Applying Bottom and Top Elevations to Wall
Modifiers
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Specify an Endcap Style Override in the
Properties Palette
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Specify Priority Overrides in the Properties
Palette
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Specifying Wall Modifiers from the Plan Modifier
button of Properties
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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/NoltNogtN Enter
• (Wall Modifier is removed as shown below.)

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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.

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Converting a Polyline to a Wall Modifier
continued

• Erase layout geometry?Yes/NoltNogt (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.

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Polyline Converted to Wall Modifier continued

• Wall Modifier is placed on the wall near the
  location where the polyline is drawn

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Accessing Sweep
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Create a Profile Definition to Form a Wall

• Select a closed polyline at p1, right click
  choose Convert to gt Profile Definition
• Insertion point or Add ring/Centroid (Specify
  point at p2.)
• Profile Definition New/Existing ltNewgt (Press
  ENTER to open the New Profile Definition.)

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AEC Profile Definition for a Sweep
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Creating a Sweep

• Open a drawing that consists of an AecProfile
• Select a wall and choose SweepsgtAdd 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.

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Sweep Applied to Form Wall
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Accessing Body Modifiers

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

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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

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Body Modifier Added to Wall
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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

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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

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Converting an Open Drawing to a Construct
Assigned to a Level
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Plan View of Wall Styles Used for each Level
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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

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Using the Project Navigator to Plot Sheets-Tools
of the Sheets Tab
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Specifying the Template and Page Setup Override
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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\AC
  A 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.

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Steps for Plotting-2

• 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 1.
• 5. 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.

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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 gt 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.