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ModelHouse 2190 - Create the Project

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Fig. 1.1 Project Browser

Fig. 1.2

and define the project

'modelhouse2190'.

To do this :

Create in your PC the follow folder :

C:\ACAtutorials

Inside this folder C:\ACAtutorials\ ,

create another folder with the name

modelhouses,

On the Quick Access Tool Bar (QAT),

click the Project Browser icon

On the Project Browser worksheet, which will open, locate the modelhouses folder, right-click

on it, and click

the New Project icon (see Fig. 1.1).

Alternatively, you can click the New Project icon in the toolbar at the down-left corner, bellow

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ModelHouse 2190

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Create the Project

the project selector (see Fig. 1.1).

The Add Project dialog worksheet will appear (see Fig. 1.2)

In the Project Number field , type 2012.1.

In the Project Name field , type ModelHouse 2190

In the Project Description field , type Step by step tutorial for Model House 2190

Select the ' create from template project' checkbox, and click the browse button to navigate

to the follow APj file:

C:\ProgramData\Autodesk\ACA 2012\enu\Template\Template Project (Metric)\Template Project

(Metric).apj

Click Close to close the Project Browser and return to the ACA (AutoCad Architecture).

Closing the Project Browser you go to the next phase, where you are working on the actual

building project, creating and

editing elements, constructs, building views and sheets.

The Project Navigator palette will appear on screen (Fig. 1.3).

The Project Navigator includes four Tabs on this palette with the names: Project, Constructs,

Views, and Sheets, as shown in Fig. 1.3.

The Project tab lists the project data, levels and divisions of the project. The level definition

defines the floor to floor height and floor elevations, while divisions specify wings or horizontal

divisions of the building.

lighting-the-model

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2D Site Plan

3D Terrain Model

Create Slice Floorplates

Adding Holes to a Slab

create a stair 1/4 turn type

Create a hole on slab for the

stair

Create a Gable Roof

Create a Dormer in a roof

Doors Schedule

Lighting the

Model

Apply Materials


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Project Levels

Construct Drawings

View Drawings


Create the Sheets

Set up Project Levels

Buildings are segmented into levels (or floors) in the vertical plane. When you create a project ,

you determine the number of levels, their floor-to-floor height, and their floor elevation.

By default, the first level is present in each new project. It has a floor elevation of Zero and

represent the ground floor.

You can change the elevation value of the first level, which is then used as the default elevation

for each new level you insert.

Your project, ModelHouse2190 will have four levels, the Basement, the Ground Floor, the site

conditions and the roof.

We will create a level for each of these.

In the Levels area of the Project tab (Fig. 1.3), click the Edit Levels icon . The Level panel will

open (Fig. 1.4)

We need to make some edits to its Name, Floor elevation, Floor to Floor Height and ID.

Click the Name column and edit the value to G.

Click the Floor Elevation column and edit the value to 600

Change the Floor to Floor Height to 3200.

Change the ID to 3.

Edit the Description to First floor .

At the top-right corner click the Add Level icon (Fig. 1.5)


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Fig. 1.3 - Project Navigator

Fig. 1.4 - Levels

Click the Name column and edit the

value to R.

Notice that the Floor Elevation has

automatically named 3800,because the

Auto-Adjust Elevation box (at the

down-left corner ) is ON.

Change the Floor to Floor Height to

1500.

Change the ID to 4.

Edit the Description to Roof .

You need to add two more levels that

are bellow the first floor level, these are

the Site Area level and the Basement

level.

Turn off the Auto-Adjust Elevation

box (at the down-left corner ).

Create the Site Area Level

In the Name column, select G, right

click, and choose Add Level Below


value to S.

Click the Floor Elevation column and

edit the value to 0

Change the Floor to Floor Height to

600.

Change the ID to 2.

Edit the Description to Site Area.

Create the Basement Level


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Fig. 1.5 - Levels

Fig. 1.6

In the Name column, select S, right

click, and choose Add Level Below


value to B.

Click the Floor Elevation column and

edit the value to 2400

Change the ID to 1.

Edit the Description to Basement.

You have created the four levels of the

project, as you see in the Levels

window (Fig. 1.4).

Click OK to accept the values and

dismiss the Levels worksheet.

A prompt will appear asking you to

"Regenerate all Project Views". Click

the Yes button.

This project has a small and simple

footprint that requires only a single

Division. All projects must have at

least one Division and by default this

single Division is named "1".

You don't need to create an other Division.

After all the Project Navigator of your project will be as you see in Fig. 1.4.

Create Constructs

Constructs are the main building blocks or base files of the building model. Construct is a drawing

(DWG) file.

A construct represent one unique portion of a building, such as a floor plan.


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Project Levels

Construct Drawings

View Drawings


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You assign a construct to a level and a division within the project.

In a construct you can place drawing objects, element references or a combination of drawing

objects

and element references.

In this tutorial, you will create the constructs files for each level of the building, as well as for the

site area and the roof.

Create the Basement Construct

On the Project Navigator tab, click the Constructs label -at the left side- to open Constructs tab

which allow you to create Construct and Element drawings.

For the moment you will create only Construct drawings.

On the opened Construct tab(Fig.1.7), right click on Construct -> choose new -> Construct -> the

Add Construct dialog box opens as shown in Fig.1.8.

For the Name type Basement, for Description type Basement Core . In the Assignments area ,

place a check mark in the Basement checkbox and

then click OK to finish (see Fig. 1.8).


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Fig. 1.7 - Add Constructs

Fig. 1.8 - Add Conctruct

With similar process, you will create the

Construct drawings for First Floor, Roof

and Site Area, typing respectively the

Name, the Description,and

placing a check mark in the respective

check box of the Add Construct

tab (see Fig. 1.8).

Create the Site Area Construct

On the opened Construct tab, right

click on Construct -> choose new

-> Construct -> the Add Construct

dialog box opens as shown in Fig.1.8.

For the Name type Site Area, for

Description type Site Area Core . In

the Assignments area , place a check

mark in the Site Area checkbox and

then click OK to finish .

Create the First Floor Construct





For the Name type First Floor, for

Description type First Floor Core . In

the Assignments area , place a check

mark in the First Floor checkbox and

then click OK to finish .

Create the Roof Construct




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Fig. 1.9 - Constructs

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For the Name type Roof, for

Description type Roof Core . In the

Assignments area , place a check

mark in the Roof checkbox and then

click OK to finish .

The Project Navigator - Construct tab-

will look like the one in Fig. 1.9.

Until now you have defined the

structure of the building project and you

have assigned the constructs to levels.

You can now start creating view

drawings.

Create View Drawings

A view drawing references a number of constructs to present a specific view of the building

project. To create a view drawing you first


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Fig. 1.10 Project Navigator - View tab

Fig. 1.11 - Add General View

decide which portion of the building you

wish to look, for example the first floor

plan or the basement floor framework.

View drawings automatically reference

the appropriate constructs according to

their level - division assignments within

the building.

Now you will start creating the view

drawings for Basement Floor Plan,

First Floor Plan, Site Area Plan, and

Roof Plan, for your tutorial project

ModelHouse 2190.

You will create these view drawings, by

selecting constructs from the Project

Navigator palette and referencing them

into the view drawings.

Create the Basement View

On the Project Navigator, click on the

Views tab to activate it (Fig. 1.10).

Right-click the category in which

to place the new view drawing, (in

our case the "Views"), click New

View Dwg,and click the view type

General.

Alternatively

On the toolbar at the bottom of

the Views tab, click Add View

icon , (fig. 1.10) and in the Add

View dialog, click the Add

General View.


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Fig. 0.4a - Levels

In the Add General View dialog

which will open (Fig. 1.11), type

for the Name A-BASE_PLAN,

and for the Description

Basement Floor Plan,

click next to go to the next Content page where you will place a check mark in the

Basement level and then click Next

On the Content page verify that only the Basement Construct is included and then click

Finish.

The new View file with the name A-Base_Plan , has been created and open on screen (in our

case it is blank because the relative Construct "Basement" is blank).

Create the First Floor View

On the Project Navigator, click on the Views tab to activate it.

Right-click the category in which to place the new view drawing, (in our case the "Views"),

click New View Dwg and click the view type General.

Alternatively

On the toolbar at the bottom of the Views tab, click Add View icon , (fig. 1.10) and in the

Add View dialog,click the Add General View.

In the Add General View dialog which will open, type for the Name A-01FLOOR_PLAN, for

the Description Architectural First Floor Plan.

click next to go to the next Content page where you will place a check mark in the First

Floor level and then click Next

On the Content page verify that only the First Floor Construct is included and then click

Finish.

The new View file with the name A-01FLOOR_Plan , has been created and open on screen (in

our case it is


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Project Levels

Construct Drawings

View Drawings


Create the Sheets

blank because the relative Construct "First Floor" is empty).

Create the Model Space View

A model space view, is a named view represent a view definition in Model Space.

In a View drawing you can create many model space views, each with its own properties, such as

name, description, drawing scale and layers setting.

To create a model space view within a view drawing :

On the Quick Access Tool Bar , click the

Project Navigator icon

On the Project Navigator palette,which will open, click the Views tab (see Fig. 1.1).

On the Views tab, at the top of the Project Navigator, select the A-FP01 First Floor view

drawing in which you want to create a Model Space View, right-click and click open.

Select again on Project Navigator, the A-FP01 First Floor view drawing, right-click and click


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Fig. 1.10 Project Navigator - View tab

Fig. 0.0 Add Model Space View

New Model Space View.

On the Add Model Space View

dialog, which will appear (Fig.

1.2),

enter 'First Floor - Stair' for

the Name of the new model

space view.

enter 'Stair area of the

First floor' for the

Description of the new

model space view.

On the Scale field -on the

right side- and from the

drop-down menu the scale

1:25 as the scale of the new

model space view.

Click the add space view icon

icon to define the boundaries of

the new Model Space View.

On the Command Prompt:

Specify first corner : on the

opened view drawing, define a

point to specify the first boundary

point of the desired view area.

On the Command Prompt:

Specify opposite corner : select a

point to specify the opposite

corner of the desired view area.

Click OK. The new Model Space

View with the Name First Floor - Stair is listed on the Project Navigator, under the View


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drawing ' A-FP01 First Floor .

View drawings automatically reference the appropriate constructs according to their level - division

assignments within the building.

With the same procedure you will continue creating model space view drawings for Basement

Floor Plan, Site Area Plan, and Roof Plan, for your tutorial project ModelHouse 2190.

You will create these model space view drawings, by selecting from each view drawing the

boundaries for each new model space view and defining for each one, the name, description and

scale.

Create the Sheets


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Create the Project

Project Levels

Construct Drawings

View Drawings


Create the Sheets

Sheets are the final output of a building design. They are used to plot view drawings of your

building project.

You create sheets after you have created constructs for all parts of the building model along with

the necessary model views.

You then drag the views onto the sheets to create sheet views. Every new sheet is created in a

new sheet drawing.

All the changes you make to constructs, elements and views are reflected in sheets.

You will now create a sheet for the Basement.

In Project Navigator , click the sheets tab.

You will see the Sheet Set and its nested Subsets, similar to a folder tree, which are used to

organize drawing files and their Layout tabs for plotting (fig. 0.8a).

Select the Plans subset beneath the Architectural Subset.

Click the Add Sheet icon on the down-left corner.

On the New Sheet dialog box which will open (Fig.0.8b), for the Number Type A-101 and for the

Sheet title , type Basement Plan.


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Fig. 0.8a -Sheet Set View

Fig. 0.8b - New Sheet

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Notice the Folder Path, it show folder

in which the sheet is saved (is defined

in the project properties), and the

Sheet template show the path of the

default template

which is used for your sheet(is defined

in the sheet subset properties). If you

wish, you can change both of them.

Select OK to dismiss the New Sheet

dialog box.

Follow the same procedure to create

sheets for Site-Plan, First Floor and

Roof, typing relatively for Number

A-102, A-103, A-104

and for names Site Plan, First Floor

Plan, Roof Plan.

The Sheet tab in the Project Navigator

will be like the one in Fig. 0.8.

After a sheet has been created , double

-click the sheet the sheet name to

open the drawing from the sheet tab.

To place content on the sheet ,select

the view tab of the Project Navigator,

select a view , and drag the view to the

work space of the sheet.

For the moment the view drawings are empty, and you can not drag the view drawings in to the

work space of the sheet.

In the next step for your project -ModelHouse 2190- you are going to create the Construct

drawings for the Site Area, first floor, Basement and Roof.

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