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Place windows in exterior walls and reposition them.
Type:
Tutorial
Length:
10 min.
Tutorial resources
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Transcript
00:04
All parameters control the behavior of the family
00:07
and can also be extracted into a schedule
00:10
over in our browser. In our project browser, we already have a window schedule.
00:16
So if we double click on that,
00:18
we'll see that the schedule has already
00:20
extracted some information that's been preset.
00:23
Once again, we'll tile our views.
00:26
So if you go to the view tab up on the ribbon and click on view,
00:30
come across to the windows panel and select tile views. Again,
00:34
we click in one of the
00:36
views other than the schedule
00:39
and typing Z A that shortcut again
00:42
to zoom all the views to fit.
00:45
We'll now see that if I choose any of the windows within the schedule,
00:50
they actually highlight within the other three views.
00:54
So we can see in the elevation of view, that window is highlighted
00:58
within the 3d view, that window is highlighted.
01:01
And likewise within the level one floor plan,
01:04
we can see it's highlighted there.
01:06
So if I click one of the others, you'll see that again
01:09
is applied,
01:12
we will now click in level one floor plan twice,
01:16
once to activate
01:17
twice to deselect the window that was selected
01:21
and we'll go up to the view tab again
01:24
within the windows panel and choose tab views
01:28
to revert back to a single view.
01:31
We will right click and choose zoom to fit
01:34
to centralize the building within the view.
01:37
The windows tool can be found within the architectural tab build panel.
01:43
And when we select the window tool,
01:46
a contextual ribbon tab appears called modifier place,
01:50
window and the properties pallet type selector provides
01:53
us access to any window families and their types
01:57
that have been previously loaded.
01:59
We're going to select the 36 inch by 48 inch window
02:05
and we're going to place that along the wall at the top. Here,
02:09
we'll notice that as windows are hosted families,
02:13
they will only appear
02:15
once they discover their host or once they detect their host.
02:19
So
02:19
as we can see, we'll just panned down a little bit.
02:22
So we can see those temporary dimensions,
02:24
we can move our cursor
02:25
along the wall and determine where we're going to place it.
02:29
And when we are happy with its location,
02:31
we simply left mouse click that will place itself
02:34
within the wall and cut its own opening.
02:37
We could continue insert these manually along this wall.
02:41
But because I know we want to put these in evenly distributed,
02:45
instead, we'll use the
02:47
a
02:47
in fact the linear
02:49
oral.
02:50
So we'll now go up to the ribbon and click, modify
02:53
to cancel what we're doing.
02:55
And we'll select the window that we want to array.
02:59
And then within the modify windows, contextual ribbon tab,
03:04
modify pan
03:05
will choose array
03:09
and it's via the options bar that we're going to
03:11
tell this command what we want it to do.
03:13
So we're already set to linear array.
03:17
We're going to turn off group and associate
03:20
and here tell it how many windows we want along that wall.
03:24
So we want five including the one that we've inserted.
03:28
And we'll also tell the,
03:31
that we're going to specify the distance between the first and the second.
03:35
So we do that by selecting the middle of the first window
03:39
and then moving our cursor until we see five ft.
03:43
And then when we left mouse click,
03:45
that will now carry out that array. And there we have our five windows evenly spaced
03:51
at five ft.
03:53
We'll now insert two additional windows and zoom into them
03:57
using temporary dimensions to maneuver them.
03:60
So we go back up to the architecture tab and click on window
04:04
and the same window that we inserted earlier will now come across and
04:08
click in this position this location and click on the wall there.
04:13
And then we'll click a little bit further over and click on the wall there
04:17
and choose, modify to exit the tool. So up on the ribbon, we click, modify,
04:22
we'll position our cursor in the middle of those two windows
04:25
using the wheel mouse, we'll roll in to zoom in. So we can see clearly what we're doing
04:30
and we'll just hold it down to pan a little,
04:33
we'll select one of the windows and so that we can see the temporary dimensions
04:38
and we'll select the temporary dimension and change that to a value
04:43
of our choice.
04:43
And we can see straight away that we're actually manipulating that window
04:49
to a location of our choice. So if I do the same with the other window
04:53
and use temporary dimension again,
04:55
once again, type in three for three ft,
04:58
we can see how we can use the temporary dimensions
05:01
to maneuver our windows accurately.
05:04
So we'll click, modify to exit that maneuver.
05:09
We'll now right click and choose zoom to fit to centralize our model
05:14
and up on the view tab.
05:15
So we'll click on the view tab, we'll instruct rivet to close all inactive windows.
05:20
So if we click on there,
05:21
we can see that the only view we now have open
05:24
is level one.
05:26
We're going to finish this exercise by copying all of the windows on level one,
05:31
up to level two,
05:33
we're going to select all the windows by using the selection filter again,
05:37
copy it to the clipboard,
05:39
followed by copy and paste aligned to selected levels to level two.
05:45
So we'll start that by selecting everything.
05:47
So we click and drag and select everything that we see within the model.
05:51
Once again up on the ribbon, we'll choose within the selection panel, filter
05:58
deselect everything we don't want so we'll deselect everything, it's quicker
06:03
and then we'll choose windows
06:05
and then when we pick, OK,
06:06
we'll see that the only thing that we have highlighted are the windows.
06:11
We'll now go up to the ribbon again.
06:13
And within the clipboard panel, choose copy to clipboard,
06:18
the icon that appears next to it. We, the paste icon that is will choose the fly out
06:24
and choose aligned to selected levels.
06:27
And within the select levels di box, we'll select level two
06:31
and click. OK.
06:34
And to prove that we've been successful,
06:36
we'll now double click on the default 3d view.
06:42
And we will also open up one of our elevations. We'll open up west, let's say,
06:48
and again, we'll tile our views. We can't see those very well. So I go view
06:55
tile views
06:57
and use that shortcut Z A
07:01
to zoom all have used to fit.
07:02
So we can now see that that copy and paste maneuver of all our windows from level one
07:09
to level two
07:10
has been successful.
07:12
So to finish what we're doing, we'll choose modified deselect
07:16
and that is the end of our task.
Video transcript
00:04
All parameters control the behavior of the family
00:07
and can also be extracted into a schedule
00:10
over in our browser. In our project browser, we already have a window schedule.
00:16
So if we double click on that,
00:18
we'll see that the schedule has already
00:20
extracted some information that's been preset.
00:23
Once again, we'll tile our views.
00:26
So if you go to the view tab up on the ribbon and click on view,
00:30
come across to the windows panel and select tile views. Again,
00:34
we click in one of the
00:36
views other than the schedule
00:39
and typing Z A that shortcut again
00:42
to zoom all the views to fit.
00:45
We'll now see that if I choose any of the windows within the schedule,
00:50
they actually highlight within the other three views.
00:54
So we can see in the elevation of view, that window is highlighted
00:58
within the 3d view, that window is highlighted.
01:01
And likewise within the level one floor plan,
01:04
we can see it's highlighted there.
01:06
So if I click one of the others, you'll see that again
01:09
is applied,
01:12
we will now click in level one floor plan twice,
01:16
once to activate
01:17
twice to deselect the window that was selected
01:21
and we'll go up to the view tab again
01:24
within the windows panel and choose tab views
01:28
to revert back to a single view.
01:31
We will right click and choose zoom to fit
01:34
to centralize the building within the view.
01:37
The windows tool can be found within the architectural tab build panel.
01:43
And when we select the window tool,
01:46
a contextual ribbon tab appears called modifier place,
01:50
window and the properties pallet type selector provides
01:53
us access to any window families and their types
01:57
that have been previously loaded.
01:59
We're going to select the 36 inch by 48 inch window
02:05
and we're going to place that along the wall at the top. Here,
02:09
we'll notice that as windows are hosted families,
02:13
they will only appear
02:15
once they discover their host or once they detect their host.
02:19
So
02:19
as we can see, we'll just panned down a little bit.
02:22
So we can see those temporary dimensions,
02:24
we can move our cursor
02:25
along the wall and determine where we're going to place it.
02:29
And when we are happy with its location,
02:31
we simply left mouse click that will place itself
02:34
within the wall and cut its own opening.
02:37
We could continue insert these manually along this wall.
02:41
But because I know we want to put these in evenly distributed,
02:45
instead, we'll use the
02:47
a
02:47
in fact the linear
02:49
oral.
02:50
So we'll now go up to the ribbon and click, modify
02:53
to cancel what we're doing.
02:55
And we'll select the window that we want to array.
02:59
And then within the modify windows, contextual ribbon tab,
03:04
modify pan
03:05
will choose array
03:09
and it's via the options bar that we're going to
03:11
tell this command what we want it to do.
03:13
So we're already set to linear array.
03:17
We're going to turn off group and associate
03:20
and here tell it how many windows we want along that wall.
03:24
So we want five including the one that we've inserted.
03:28
And we'll also tell the,
03:31
that we're going to specify the distance between the first and the second.
03:35
So we do that by selecting the middle of the first window
03:39
and then moving our cursor until we see five ft.
03:43
And then when we left mouse click,
03:45
that will now carry out that array. And there we have our five windows evenly spaced
03:51
at five ft.
03:53
We'll now insert two additional windows and zoom into them
03:57
using temporary dimensions to maneuver them.
03:60
So we go back up to the architecture tab and click on window
04:04
and the same window that we inserted earlier will now come across and
04:08
click in this position this location and click on the wall there.
04:13
And then we'll click a little bit further over and click on the wall there
04:17
and choose, modify to exit the tool. So up on the ribbon, we click, modify,
04:22
we'll position our cursor in the middle of those two windows
04:25
using the wheel mouse, we'll roll in to zoom in. So we can see clearly what we're doing
04:30
and we'll just hold it down to pan a little,
04:33
we'll select one of the windows and so that we can see the temporary dimensions
04:38
and we'll select the temporary dimension and change that to a value
04:43
of our choice.
04:43
And we can see straight away that we're actually manipulating that window
04:49
to a location of our choice. So if I do the same with the other window
04:53
and use temporary dimension again,
04:55
once again, type in three for three ft,
04:58
we can see how we can use the temporary dimensions
05:01
to maneuver our windows accurately.
05:04
So we'll click, modify to exit that maneuver.
05:09
We'll now right click and choose zoom to fit to centralize our model
05:14
and up on the view tab.
05:15
So we'll click on the view tab, we'll instruct rivet to close all inactive windows.
05:20
So if we click on there,
05:21
we can see that the only view we now have open
05:24
is level one.
05:26
We're going to finish this exercise by copying all of the windows on level one,
05:31
up to level two,
05:33
we're going to select all the windows by using the selection filter again,
05:37
copy it to the clipboard,
05:39
followed by copy and paste aligned to selected levels to level two.
05:45
So we'll start that by selecting everything.
05:47
So we click and drag and select everything that we see within the model.
05:51
Once again up on the ribbon, we'll choose within the selection panel, filter
05:58
deselect everything we don't want so we'll deselect everything, it's quicker
06:03
and then we'll choose windows
06:05
and then when we pick, OK,
06:06
we'll see that the only thing that we have highlighted are the windows.
06:11
We'll now go up to the ribbon again.
06:13
And within the clipboard panel, choose copy to clipboard,
06:18
the icon that appears next to it. We, the paste icon that is will choose the fly out
06:24
and choose aligned to selected levels.
06:27
And within the select levels di box, we'll select level two
06:31
and click. OK.
06:34
And to prove that we've been successful,
06:36
we'll now double click on the default 3d view.
06:42
And we will also open up one of our elevations. We'll open up west, let's say,
06:48
and again, we'll tile our views. We can't see those very well. So I go view
06:55
tile views
06:57
and use that shortcut Z A
07:01
to zoom all have used to fit.
07:02
So we can now see that that copy and paste maneuver of all our windows from level one
07:09
to level two
07:10
has been successful.
07:12
So to finish what we're doing, we'll choose modified deselect
07:16
and that is the end of our task.
Place windows in exterior walls and reposition them.
The single view fits the window.
The windows are placed equally spaced 5'-0" apart.
To copy the windows to Level 2:
The windows are copied to Level 2.
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