Horizontal grids

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Transcript

00:06

PROFESSOR: grids in the other direction

00:08

is as simple as drawing them in the direction you want

00:11

and changing the numbering scheme.

00:14

So I will continue with my Grid tool on the Datum panel

00:18

or type the letters G-R. And for this first grid running

00:23

horizontally, I'll start over here to the right,

00:25

click my point, and pull it straight across,

00:29

and then click again as long as it's running horizontally.

00:33

What you'll notice is that that grid came in as grid number 11.

00:38

I don't even need to zoom in to make this change.

00:41

If you move your mouse over the number,

00:45

it should say Edit Parameter on the tooltip.

00:48

And if it does, you can click.

00:50

And that will actually activate that number

00:52

and allow you to change it.

00:54

And I can change that to capital A, and press Enter.

00:58

It's really important that you do

00:60

that because if you don't, then the next one will

01:04

be 12, and then 13, and so on.

01:06

I'm going to click anywhere below the original start point,

01:12

and they will line up automatically, and then pull it

01:15

straight across until it lines up with the original endpoint,

01:19

and then click again.

01:20

So this is an alternative to the copy method.

01:23

Notice that the grid is still selected.

01:26

It went to letter B And notice that there's

01:30

a temporary dimension that appears right here.

01:33

So I can click right on that number,

01:35

just like we did with the label of the grid,

01:38

And that activates it.

01:39

And then I can type in a different value

01:47

And that will move grid B to its correct location.

01:52

Now, I can continue the process and create

01:55

grid C, also at 16 foot 6.

01:59

And then grid D, which is at 5 foot 6.

02:05

So an alternative here would be to put in 5.5.

02:09

And that would be the same as 5 foot 6.

02:13

Now, at this point, I want to make an adjustment

02:15

to the length of these grids.

02:17

So I will click my modify tool to cancel out of the command.

02:22

I'll go ahead and select grid D, and notice

02:25

that it will highlight dashed lines at either end indicating

02:29

that it's connected to the endpoints of all

02:31

of those other grids.

02:33

If you put your mouse over that open circle,

02:37

it'll say, Modify the Grid by Dragging its Model End.

02:40

Click and hold down and begin dragging.

02:44

And you can release when you're between grids 6 and 7.

02:49

And notice that it not only changed

02:51

the length of the grid you were dragging, grid D in this case,

02:54

but it also changed the length of all the connected ones

02:57

as well.

02:58

Now, you can override that behavior

02:60

by unlocking it right here.

03:03

And then I could take grid D and drag it back

03:05

where it came from.

03:07

And notice that this time, it only

03:09

affects D and the other three stay behind.

03:12

You have complete control over the extent

03:15

of any datum elements.

03:17

When they're locked together, they all move as one.

03:19

And you just simply unlock them when

03:21

you don't want that behavior.

03:23

So now that I have grid D stretched back

03:27

to its full length, I'm going to go to the copy tool,

03:30

make sure that multiple copy is turned on,

03:33

pick a start point right on grid D,

03:36

and then pull it straight down, and type in 18.5, which is 18

03:42

foot 6.

03:43

Continue going straight down.

03:45

And do 13, space, 9.

03:48

Continue straight down, 10, space, 3.

03:52

Continue down, 7 feet.

03:55

Continue down, 13 feet.

03:58

And then finally, 25, space, 3.

04:03

I'll click the Modify tool to cancel.

04:06

Now, I have all the remaining horizontal grids.

04:09

And now, I just want to make a few adjustments

04:12

to their extents.

04:14

One thing that I can do is unlock the endpoints

04:18

as I've already shown you before.

04:21

So I'm going to unlock I, and stretch it to about here.

04:28

Then I'll unlock J, and do the same thing.

04:31

And notice that it will sense where the other one is and snap

04:36

to it.

04:36

And now, they're locked together again.

04:38

But it's only I and J that are locked together this time.

04:41

Now, notice that there are these checkboxes on either side.

04:45

So if I decided that I didn't want to see the bubbles here

04:49

or here, but I did want to see them here

04:52

and here, it's very easy to change them on either end.

04:57

Furthermore, if you decide you want to see them at both ends,

05:00

that's pretty easy to do as well.

05:03

And to fine tune this, I could unlock and stretch this

05:08

down and repeat for each of these remaining ones.

05:13

And that completes our total grid layout.

Video transcript

00:06

PROFESSOR: grids in the other direction

00:08

is as simple as drawing them in the direction you want

00:11

and changing the numbering scheme.

00:14

So I will continue with my Grid tool on the Datum panel

00:18

or type the letters G-R. And for this first grid running

00:23

horizontally, I'll start over here to the right,

00:25

click my point, and pull it straight across,

00:29

and then click again as long as it's running horizontally.

00:33

What you'll notice is that that grid came in as grid number 11.

00:38

I don't even need to zoom in to make this change.

00:41

If you move your mouse over the number,

00:45

it should say Edit Parameter on the tooltip.

00:48

And if it does, you can click.

00:50

And that will actually activate that number

00:52

and allow you to change it.

00:54

And I can change that to capital A, and press Enter.

00:58

It's really important that you do

00:60

that because if you don't, then the next one will

01:04

be 12, and then 13, and so on.

01:06

I'm going to click anywhere below the original start point,

01:12

and they will line up automatically, and then pull it

01:15

straight across until it lines up with the original endpoint,

01:19

and then click again.

01:20

So this is an alternative to the copy method.

01:23

Notice that the grid is still selected.

01:26

It went to letter B And notice that there's

01:30

a temporary dimension that appears right here.

01:33

So I can click right on that number,

01:35

just like we did with the label of the grid,

01:38

And that activates it.

01:39

And then I can type in a different value

01:47

And that will move grid B to its correct location.

01:52

Now, I can continue the process and create

01:55

grid C, also at 16 foot 6.

01:59

And then grid D, which is at 5 foot 6.

02:05

So an alternative here would be to put in 5.5.

02:09

And that would be the same as 5 foot 6.

02:13

Now, at this point, I want to make an adjustment

02:15

to the length of these grids.

02:17

So I will click my modify tool to cancel out of the command.

02:22

I'll go ahead and select grid D, and notice

02:25

that it will highlight dashed lines at either end indicating

02:29

that it's connected to the endpoints of all

02:31

of those other grids.

02:33

If you put your mouse over that open circle,

02:37

it'll say, Modify the Grid by Dragging its Model End.

02:40

Click and hold down and begin dragging.

02:44

And you can release when you're between grids 6 and 7.

02:49

And notice that it not only changed

02:51

the length of the grid you were dragging, grid D in this case,

02:54

but it also changed the length of all the connected ones

02:57

as well.

02:58

Now, you can override that behavior

02:60

by unlocking it right here.

03:03

And then I could take grid D and drag it back

03:05

where it came from.

03:07

And notice that this time, it only

03:09

affects D and the other three stay behind.

03:12

You have complete control over the extent

03:15

of any datum elements.

03:17

When they're locked together, they all move as one.

03:19

And you just simply unlock them when

03:21

you don't want that behavior.

03:23

So now that I have grid D stretched back

03:27

to its full length, I'm going to go to the copy tool,

03:30

make sure that multiple copy is turned on,

03:33

pick a start point right on grid D,

03:36

and then pull it straight down, and type in 18.5, which is 18

03:42

foot 6.

03:43

Continue going straight down.

03:45

And do 13, space, 9.

03:48

Continue straight down, 10, space, 3.

03:52

Continue down, 7 feet.

03:55

Continue down, 13 feet.

03:58

And then finally, 25, space, 3.

04:03

I'll click the Modify tool to cancel.

04:06

Now, I have all the remaining horizontal grids.

04:09

And now, I just want to make a few adjustments

04:12

to their extents.

04:14

One thing that I can do is unlock the endpoints

04:18

as I've already shown you before.

04:21

So I'm going to unlock I, and stretch it to about here.

04:28

Then I'll unlock J, and do the same thing.

04:31

And notice that it will sense where the other one is and snap

04:36

to it.

04:36

And now, they're locked together again.

04:38

But it's only I and J that are locked together this time.

04:41

Now, notice that there are these checkboxes on either side.

04:45

So if I decided that I didn't want to see the bubbles here

04:49

or here, but I did want to see them here

04:52

and here, it's very easy to change them on either end.

04:57

Furthermore, if you decide you want to see them at both ends,

05:00

that's pretty easy to do as well.

05:03

And to fine tune this, I could unlock and stretch this

05:08

down and repeat for each of these remaining ones.

05:13

And that completes our total grid layout.

Add Horizontal Grids

You can continue in your previous file or open the progress file (03_Medical Center_Grids_B.rvt) from the previous exercise. If you open the progress file, save it with a new name.

Move your mouse near the bubbles at the top of the grid and then roll the wheel up a little. This will zoom in on the bubbles. To re-center the view, hold the wheel down and drag, this is panning. Look at the numbers in the bubbles. Notice how they are numbered sequentially starting with the first one you placed. We want to add the grids in the other directions but have them lettered instead of numbered. To do this, add one grid, rename it and then continue.

On the Architecture tab, on the Datum panel, click the Grid tool

As an alternative, you can use keyboard shortcuts. For the Grid tool, type the letters gr on your keyboard—type the letters only in sequence, do NOT press enter!

For the start point, click near the upper left next to (and just below) Grid 10.
Move the mouse horizontally to the left and click the end point just to the left of Grid 1.

Figure 3–7 Create a single horizontal grid - renumber before continuing

Notice that the new grid is number 11. It is important that you renumber it before continuing (see Figure 3–7).

Move your pointer directly over the text of Grid 11 and then click directly on the number—it should activate and become editable text.
Type in: A and then press enter (see Figure 3–8).

Figure 3–8 Edit the parameter of the new grid to rename it

Stay in the grid command and continue adding grids below Grid A. Start to the right below the end of Grid A and end to the left below the grid bubble. Notice Revit will align the endpoints as you click.

Create Grid B by clicking start and end points aligned with Grid A.

After clicking the end point, a small blue dimension will appear between Grid A and B. This is called a temporary dimension. Click right on the text of this dimension to edit its value to move Grid B.

Edit the temporary dimension value to: 16'-6" and then press enter to accept it (see Figure 3–9).

Figure 3–9 Draw the next grid aligned to the endpoints of the first, then edit the temporary dimension to move it

Repeat the exact process to create Grid C and edit its distance from B to 16'-6" as well.
Add one more: Grid D and set its distance to 5'-6" this time.

If you need to adjust the length of grids after you create them, drag the endpoints. All aligned grids will stretch together.

Click and drag the open circle at the right end of one of the horizontal grids. Drag it to between Grid 6 and 7 and then release (see Figure 3–10).

Figure 3–10 Drag one gird and all aligned grids follow

All the grids move together. Usually this is beneficial. However, in some cases you may not want this. To prevent this behavior, unlock the end.

Click the small lock icon at the right end of Grid D to unlock it.
Drag this endpoint back to its original position (to the right of Grid 10).

Notice that this time only Grid D is affected (see Figure 3–11). (see ).

Figure 3–11 Unlock a grid to drag it independently

Select Grid D. On the Modify tab, click the Copy tool and verify that the Multiple checkbox is still checked on the Options Bar.
Click the start point on Grid D, start moving straight down, type in: 18'-6" and then press enter.
Continue copying grids down at: 13'-9", 10'-3", 7'-0", 13'-0" and 25'-3" (5) total (see Figure 3–12).
Press esc twice to finish copying.

Figure 3–12 Add remaining grids—Dimensions added in the figure for clarity

The main portion of the building (Grids A through H) is “L” shaped. On the right side between Grids 8 – 10 a small projection to the south occurs. These are Grids I and J. Using the unlock procedure, we can shorten Grids I and J in just that area.

Unlock Grid I and drag its left end to the right between Grid 7 and 8. Repeat for Grid J.

Notice that I and J lock back together automatically when they align.

Repeat the procedure to unlock the bottom end of Grid 8, 9 and 10 and stretch them below Grid J. (Be sure to unlock each time or other grids will also stretch).

There are plenty of other adjustments that can be made. For example, you can hide and show the bubbles at either end with the small checkbox (see Figure 3–13).

Figure 3–13 Toggle the grid bubble on or off as desired

Make any final adjustments to your grid layout to match this figure:

It is a common office standard in many firms to omit letters “I” and “O” from grid designations to avoid having them confused with “1” and “0” on drawings. If you want to rename Grid I, first rename Grid J to K, and then you can change I to J. You cannot have two grids with the same name (see Figure 3–14).

Figure 3–14 Completed grid layout

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