Center doors in wall segments

Step-by-step guide

Apply constraints to doors and windows to create parametric relationships to walls.

1. Open the project DW-Arch-Center a Door_RVT2021.rvt. It opens in the Level 1 view.

2. Zoom in on the windows on the lower wall.
3. In the Annotate tab > Dimension panel, click Aligned Dimension.
4. In the Options Bar, select Wall faces from the drop-down.

5. Select the external face of the left wall, then the centers of each of the four windows, and finally, the interior of the door frame.
6. Pick a point outside the wall to place the dimensions.

7. Click the EQ control to toggle dimension equality. The windows are evenly spaced along the area defined by the dimensions.

8. Click Modify.
9. Select the left wall and drag it to see the change in the windows.

10. If you made a change, click Undo in the Quick Access toolbar.

To view the dimensions:

11. Select the dimension.
12. Click the EQ control. The exact dimensions display, but the EQ constraint is removed.
13. Change the location of the left wall, and only the left-most dimension changes.

14. Click Undo.
15. Select the dimension and click EQ to apply the constraint again.
16. Right-click and select EQ Display to deselect it.

Now, the values display, but the EQ constraint remains in effect.

17. Click Undo if you changed the location of the left wall.

To use the EQ constraint to center a door:

18. In the Architecture tab > Build panel, click Door.
19. Place the door along the wall above the windows.

20. Add a string of dimensions and set the EQ constraint.
21. Click Modify and drag one of the vertical walls.

22. Repeat with the other wall.

The door remains centered between the walls.

23. Save the project.