Work with categories
Understand and work with categories.
Transcript
00:04
Each
00:04
that is placed into a rivet project will have a category,
00:08
the required categories defined in the family editor and
00:11
would automatically configure built in parameters and other options.
00:15
Relevant to that category.
00:18
In the example of the pile caps and piles,
00:20
the built in parameters will control the length, width and foundation thickness.
00:25
Whereas the beam will have the categories for structural framing applied.
00:29
And hence, we have a number of parameters to configure the ice section.
00:33
These would include the dimensions of the beam as
00:35
well as parameters to control the structural analysis.
00:39
If you are using a generic family template,
00:41
it is best practiced to set the category before creating additional parameters.
00:48
Let's now take a deeper look at family categories and parameters
00:52
on the creates ribbon. Go ahead and select family category and parameters.
00:57
You may remember that we switched our
00:59
category from generic model to structural foundation
01:03
when we did this rev it automatically created
01:05
built in parameters to support structural foundations.
01:09
But you'll also notice there's some family parameters that
01:11
we can also configure in this dialog box.
01:15
So we'll see things like workplace based,
01:17
always vertical.
01:19
And another one, we're going to set here is material for model behavior.
01:24
This is quite an important setting within the structural context.
01:28
This controls how elements join.
01:31
So for example, if we have a steel beam coming up to a column,
01:35
there'll be naturally a gap between that it won't physically join.
01:39
And the same would be true for precast and also timber.
01:42
However, if that was set to concrete,
01:45
the object would then be able to merge together and form a monolithic structure.
01:49
So this defines how the family will join
01:51
to other families in the project environment.
01:55
In this case here, we want to set this to concrete because of course,
01:58
this is cast in place concrete.
02:01
Let's go ahead and select, OK. To family category and parameters,
02:06
we can now continue by setting up our parametric framework
02:10
on the create ribbon.
02:11
Let's start by selecting reference plane
02:16
on the draw panel, I'll go ahead here and select pick lines
02:20
and on the options bar. I'm going to set my offset to 3 ft.
02:26
We can then go over to the vertical reference
02:28
plane and create an offset to the left hand side
02:31
and an offset to the right
02:34
move over the horizontal plane
02:35
and create an offset to the top
02:38
and also an offset to the bottom.
02:41
Let's now release the command by clicking, modify or pressing escape.
02:46
We'll now set up aligned dimensions and make those equal
02:50
as a recap.
02:51
What you'll notice is if we select the two center planes here,
02:54
they are pinned and they define the origin of this family.
02:58
So these can't move these ones here, of course, can move.
03:03
So let's now go ahead and create the aligned dimensions.
03:07
Click the annotate ribbon and then select aligned.
03:11
I'm going to begin by placing the line
03:13
dimensions on these three vertical reference points,
03:17
place them down and then select EQ
03:20
we'll do the same for the three horizontal planes,
03:24
place them down. And again, select EQ
03:29
if we then press escape or select, modify,
03:32
we can now test this. If I select this reference plane on the left hand side,
03:37
I'm just going to hold down the shift key and press the
03:40
right hand arrow or the left hand arrow key on the keyboard.
03:44
And you can see we are now flexing this family
03:48
notice as I move the reference plane to the left and the right,
03:52
the center plane is staying static because it's pinned
03:55
and the EQ dimension there is forcing the right hand plane to move at the same rate.
04:01
So I have symmetry around this.
04:04
And of course, if I do the same for this particular plane here,
04:07
hold the shift key down.
04:09
And this time I'm going to use the up and down arrow keys.
04:12
Again, you can see that changing.
04:17
So we now assign our parameters to these reference planes.
04:22
Let's go and select the annotate ribbon. And again, select aligned dimension
04:28
I'll place in a line dimension here.
04:30
This is going to control the length of the foundation
04:33
and another one here which will control the width.
04:38
We'll go ahead and select, modify or press escape.
04:42
And now if I select this dimension here
04:45
on the context driven, you'll notice we have label dimension.
04:49
Now here, I'll need to create a new parameter.
04:52
So I'll select create parameter.
04:55
And you'll see now we're in the parameter properties dialogue.
04:59
Now, of course, in this video, we are using shared parameters.
05:02
So we'll select the shared parameter option
05:04
and then go ahead and select our shared parameter
05:08
here. You can see that we have our shared parameters that we created earlier.
05:11
And I'm looking here for F length. So we can select, OK,
05:16
notice now that we've assigned this,
05:18
that all these areas are grayed out because
05:20
this is defined in the shared parameter file.
05:22
And we're gonna group this under dimensions.
05:25
Let's go ahead and click. OK.
05:29
We did a similar thing for the width.
05:31
So again, on the ribbon, we can select to create parameter,
05:36
select shared parameter,
05:38
go ahead and select that shared parameter. In this case, it's F width.
05:44
Again, it's going to be a T parameter.
05:46
And all of this is defined in the shared
05:48
parameter file and we'll group this under dimensions.
05:52
And finally, here we'll think about the thickness of our foundation
05:56
to do that in the project browser. We'll go ahead and open up front innovation.
06:02
The reference level is the top of my foundation.
06:06
So I'm going to need to create an additional
06:07
reference plane to set the underside of the foundation
06:11
to do that. I'll go ahead and select the create ribbon
06:14
and select reference point.
06:17
And here I can now create my new reference plane.
06:25
I'm then going to select the annotate ribbon and click aligned dimension.
06:30
We place our dimension.
06:34
I'll select, modify, I'll press escape.
06:37
And once again, I'll create a new parameter
06:39
and assign that to my shared parameter that's
06:42
gonna control the thickness of the foundation.
06:45
So up on the context ribbon, we can select create parameter
06:50
here. We can set up the shared parameter option
06:55
and go ahead and select F thickness
06:58
again. All the settings will stay the same in here
07:01
and click. OK.
07:04
So we now have all of our shared parameters configured and set up.
07:10
We'll now switch back to our ref level.
07:12
We can now physically define the geometry for our pad foundation
07:16
to do this. We can select and create ribbon
07:19
on the create ribbon. I'll select extrusion
07:24
on the context ribbon in the draw panel.
07:26
In this example, I'm going to select rectangle
07:30
and we'll then sketch the rectangle around these reference planes.
07:36
It's very important that we constrain these lines.
07:40
So what's now happening is each of these four
07:42
lines is now constrained to those reference planes.
07:46
I'll then go up to the context ribbon and select finish edit mode.
07:53
We'll open up our front elevation.
07:56
Here's our extrusion if I select the extrusion,
07:60
I'm going to use the shape handles here
08:02
just to control the start and end position vertically for this extrusion.
08:08
So here I can drag this down
08:10
and notice it will then snap onto the reference level
08:14
and I can again constrain that
08:17
I'll do the same for the lower shape handle.
08:20
Again, I've constrained it here
08:22
and I must block the padlock to constrain the extrusion
08:26
to the reference plane.
08:30
We can now test this in the project environment.
08:33
So up on the ribbon, let's go ahead and select load into project and close.
08:38
I'll click. Yes, to save changes to my pad foundation
08:44
again here. You'll notice. Now we're in level two.
08:48
Ideally, I'd want to place this on level one.
08:50
So in the project browser, we'll just double click on structural plans,
08:53
level one to open this up.
08:56
So we now have to go ahead and create our foundation.
08:59
So let's go ahead and select the structure ribbon
09:02
on the structure ribbon. We'll select isolated foundation
09:07
notice in the properties pallet.
09:09
In our type selector, we have our pad foundation active.
09:12
If I move my cursor into the model here,
09:15
we can then go ahead and place down these foundations.
00:04
Each
00:04
that is placed into a rivet project will have a category,
00:08
the required categories defined in the family editor and
00:11
would automatically configure built in parameters and other options.
00:15
Relevant to that category.
00:18
In the example of the pile caps and piles,
00:20
the built in parameters will control the length, width and foundation thickness.
00:25
Whereas the beam will have the categories for structural framing applied.
00:29
And hence, we have a number of parameters to configure the ice section.
00:33
These would include the dimensions of the beam as
00:35
well as parameters to control the structural analysis.
00:39
If you are using a generic family template,
00:41
it is best practiced to set the category before creating additional parameters.
00:48
Let's now take a deeper look at family categories and parameters
00:52
on the creates ribbon. Go ahead and select family category and parameters.
00:57
You may remember that we switched our
00:59
category from generic model to structural foundation
01:03
when we did this rev it automatically created
01:05
built in parameters to support structural foundations.
01:09
But you'll also notice there's some family parameters that
01:11
we can also configure in this dialog box.
01:15
So we'll see things like workplace based,
01:17
always vertical.
01:19
And another one, we're going to set here is material for model behavior.
01:24
This is quite an important setting within the structural context.
01:28
This controls how elements join.
01:31
So for example, if we have a steel beam coming up to a column,
01:35
there'll be naturally a gap between that it won't physically join.
01:39
And the same would be true for precast and also timber.
01:42
However, if that was set to concrete,
01:45
the object would then be able to merge together and form a monolithic structure.
01:49
So this defines how the family will join
01:51
to other families in the project environment.
01:55
In this case here, we want to set this to concrete because of course,
01:58
this is cast in place concrete.
02:01
Let's go ahead and select, OK. To family category and parameters,
02:06
we can now continue by setting up our parametric framework
02:10
on the create ribbon.
02:11
Let's start by selecting reference plane
02:16
on the draw panel, I'll go ahead here and select pick lines
02:20
and on the options bar. I'm going to set my offset to 3 ft.
02:26
We can then go over to the vertical reference
02:28
plane and create an offset to the left hand side
02:31
and an offset to the right
02:34
move over the horizontal plane
02:35
and create an offset to the top
02:38
and also an offset to the bottom.
02:41
Let's now release the command by clicking, modify or pressing escape.
02:46
We'll now set up aligned dimensions and make those equal
02:50
as a recap.
02:51
What you'll notice is if we select the two center planes here,
02:54
they are pinned and they define the origin of this family.
02:58
So these can't move these ones here, of course, can move.
03:03
So let's now go ahead and create the aligned dimensions.
03:07
Click the annotate ribbon and then select aligned.
03:11
I'm going to begin by placing the line
03:13
dimensions on these three vertical reference points,
03:17
place them down and then select EQ
03:20
we'll do the same for the three horizontal planes,
03:24
place them down. And again, select EQ
03:29
if we then press escape or select, modify,
03:32
we can now test this. If I select this reference plane on the left hand side,
03:37
I'm just going to hold down the shift key and press the
03:40
right hand arrow or the left hand arrow key on the keyboard.
03:44
And you can see we are now flexing this family
03:48
notice as I move the reference plane to the left and the right,
03:52
the center plane is staying static because it's pinned
03:55
and the EQ dimension there is forcing the right hand plane to move at the same rate.
04:01
So I have symmetry around this.
04:04
And of course, if I do the same for this particular plane here,
04:07
hold the shift key down.
04:09
And this time I'm going to use the up and down arrow keys.
04:12
Again, you can see that changing.
04:17
So we now assign our parameters to these reference planes.
04:22
Let's go and select the annotate ribbon. And again, select aligned dimension
04:28
I'll place in a line dimension here.
04:30
This is going to control the length of the foundation
04:33
and another one here which will control the width.
04:38
We'll go ahead and select, modify or press escape.
04:42
And now if I select this dimension here
04:45
on the context driven, you'll notice we have label dimension.
04:49
Now here, I'll need to create a new parameter.
04:52
So I'll select create parameter.
04:55
And you'll see now we're in the parameter properties dialogue.
04:59
Now, of course, in this video, we are using shared parameters.
05:02
So we'll select the shared parameter option
05:04
and then go ahead and select our shared parameter
05:08
here. You can see that we have our shared parameters that we created earlier.
05:11
And I'm looking here for F length. So we can select, OK,
05:16
notice now that we've assigned this,
05:18
that all these areas are grayed out because
05:20
this is defined in the shared parameter file.
05:22
And we're gonna group this under dimensions.
05:25
Let's go ahead and click. OK.
05:29
We did a similar thing for the width.
05:31
So again, on the ribbon, we can select to create parameter,
05:36
select shared parameter,
05:38
go ahead and select that shared parameter. In this case, it's F width.
05:44
Again, it's going to be a T parameter.
05:46
And all of this is defined in the shared
05:48
parameter file and we'll group this under dimensions.
05:52
And finally, here we'll think about the thickness of our foundation
05:56
to do that in the project browser. We'll go ahead and open up front innovation.
06:02
The reference level is the top of my foundation.
06:06
So I'm going to need to create an additional
06:07
reference plane to set the underside of the foundation
06:11
to do that. I'll go ahead and select the create ribbon
06:14
and select reference point.
06:17
And here I can now create my new reference plane.
06:25
I'm then going to select the annotate ribbon and click aligned dimension.
06:30
We place our dimension.
06:34
I'll select, modify, I'll press escape.
06:37
And once again, I'll create a new parameter
06:39
and assign that to my shared parameter that's
06:42
gonna control the thickness of the foundation.
06:45
So up on the context ribbon, we can select create parameter
06:50
here. We can set up the shared parameter option
06:55
and go ahead and select F thickness
06:58
again. All the settings will stay the same in here
07:01
and click. OK.
07:04
So we now have all of our shared parameters configured and set up.
07:10
We'll now switch back to our ref level.
07:12
We can now physically define the geometry for our pad foundation
07:16
to do this. We can select and create ribbon
07:19
on the create ribbon. I'll select extrusion
07:24
on the context ribbon in the draw panel.
07:26
In this example, I'm going to select rectangle
07:30
and we'll then sketch the rectangle around these reference planes.
07:36
It's very important that we constrain these lines.
07:40
So what's now happening is each of these four
07:42
lines is now constrained to those reference planes.
07:46
I'll then go up to the context ribbon and select finish edit mode.
07:53
We'll open up our front elevation.
07:56
Here's our extrusion if I select the extrusion,
07:60
I'm going to use the shape handles here
08:02
just to control the start and end position vertically for this extrusion.
08:08
So here I can drag this down
08:10
and notice it will then snap onto the reference level
08:14
and I can again constrain that
08:17
I'll do the same for the lower shape handle.
08:20
Again, I've constrained it here
08:22
and I must block the padlock to constrain the extrusion
08:26
to the reference plane.
08:30
We can now test this in the project environment.
08:33
So up on the ribbon, let's go ahead and select load into project and close.
08:38
I'll click. Yes, to save changes to my pad foundation
08:44
again here. You'll notice. Now we're in level two.
08:48
Ideally, I'd want to place this on level one.
08:50
So in the project browser, we'll just double click on structural plans,
08:53
level one to open this up.
08:56
So we now have to go ahead and create our foundation.
08:59
So let's go ahead and select the structure ribbon
09:02
on the structure ribbon. We'll select isolated foundation
09:07
notice in the properties pallet.
09:09
In our type selector, we have our pad foundation active.
09:12
If I move my cursor into the model here,
09:15
we can then go ahead and place down these foundations.
