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Apply constraints to doors to create parametric relationships to walls.
Type:
Tutorial
Length:
7 min.
Tutorial resources
These downloadable resources will be used to complete this tutorial:
Transcript
00:04
We'll begin by opening an existing project for within the recent files page.
00:09
We're going to evenly distribute these four windows along the bottom in
00:13
this horizontal wall.
00:15
So before we start,
00:16
we'll actually zoom into that area using the wheel on our wheel mouse.
00:21
And then we'll go up to the ribbon and click on the annotate tab.
00:26
And from within the dimension panel, choose the aligned dimension tool
00:32
within the options bar. We're not going to use Wolf center lines.
00:36
But instead if we click on wall center line to reveal the pop down list,
00:40
we can now choose wo faces
00:43
and we're going to choose the external face of the left hand wall to start.
00:48
So if we click on there
00:50
and then select the centers of the four windows,
00:58
we're now going to select the left hand side of the door opening.
01:02
So we're going to click on the wall there
01:04
and then bring our cursor down into an empty space
01:08
and left mouse. Click
01:10
in the middle of that string of dimensions.
01:12
We can see there is an E Q symbol with a red line going through it.
01:16
If we click on that,
01:18
that will enable the E Q constraint.
01:21
And we can see that the windows have
01:23
now been evenly distributed along that horizontal wall.
01:27
If we now click, modify it up on the ribbon
01:31
that will enable us to click and drag this left hand wall
01:34
and see the effect that the E Q constraint is actually having.
01:39
We can see that when that wall moves,
01:41
the E Q constraint is maintaining even distribution along that horizontal wall.
01:48
So if I drop that wall
01:50
and click in an empty space to deselect the wall and click undo,
01:57
we can now resume from here.
01:59
We have a couple of methods to enable us to see the actual dimensions.
02:04
The first method however, removes the constraint.
02:07
So by clicking on the dimension,
02:10
we see that the E Q symbol is returned.
02:13
And if I click on the E Q
02:15
that removes the constraint,
02:16
but at the same time allows us to see the actual dimensions.
02:21
And if I were to click and drag this wall again,
02:24
you can see that the E Q constraint is no longer in effect.
02:28
So if we undo so up on the quick axis toolbar, I click undo
02:32
and then click back on that dimension,
02:36
we can reestablish the constraint by clicking on E Q again.
02:41
And we're back to seeing simply the E Q values.
02:45
What we are now going to achieve is to be able
02:48
to see the values but maintain the E Q constraint.
02:53
And we can do that by selecting the dimension again. So if we click on there,
02:58
right, click and within the short cut menu, turn off E Q display
03:04
and we see instantly the values reappear on those dimensions.
03:09
Now, if we click and drag this left hand wall,
03:12
we can see that the E Q constraint is still in effect
03:16
and the windows are still being evenly distributed
03:21
along that wall.
03:22
So if we click undo on the quick axis toolbar a couple of times,
03:27
we should be back to where we were
03:28
before we dragged.
03:32
We are now going to insert a door
03:34
and centralize it between two walls.
03:36
So if we use the wheel on our wheel mouse again, just to pan down.
03:40
So we can see this internal horizontal wall,
03:43
we'll then go up to the ribbon and click on the architecture tab
03:47
and within the build panel, select door
03:52
and we'll place a door somewhere along this wall here
03:57
and choose, modify to exit that tool.
04:02
Once again, we will apply an E Q constraint.
04:06
So we go up to the annotate tab
04:08
and within the dimension panel, click align dimension
04:13
will select the outer face of this wall,
04:17
the center of the door
04:20
and then click the outer face of this wall.
04:24
Move our cursor into an empty space and left mouse. Click
04:28
and once again, click on E Q
04:30
to establish or to enable the E Q constraint.
04:35
If I now click, modify again to exit the dimension command,
04:39
we will now see
04:40
that any movement made to either wall,
04:43
the E Q constraint will keep on centralizing that door
04:47
between those two walls.
Video transcript
00:04
We'll begin by opening an existing project for within the recent files page.
00:09
We're going to evenly distribute these four windows along the bottom in
00:13
this horizontal wall.
00:15
So before we start,
00:16
we'll actually zoom into that area using the wheel on our wheel mouse.
00:21
And then we'll go up to the ribbon and click on the annotate tab.
00:26
And from within the dimension panel, choose the aligned dimension tool
00:32
within the options bar. We're not going to use Wolf center lines.
00:36
But instead if we click on wall center line to reveal the pop down list,
00:40
we can now choose wo faces
00:43
and we're going to choose the external face of the left hand wall to start.
00:48
So if we click on there
00:50
and then select the centers of the four windows,
00:58
we're now going to select the left hand side of the door opening.
01:02
So we're going to click on the wall there
01:04
and then bring our cursor down into an empty space
01:08
and left mouse. Click
01:10
in the middle of that string of dimensions.
01:12
We can see there is an E Q symbol with a red line going through it.
01:16
If we click on that,
01:18
that will enable the E Q constraint.
01:21
And we can see that the windows have
01:23
now been evenly distributed along that horizontal wall.
01:27
If we now click, modify it up on the ribbon
01:31
that will enable us to click and drag this left hand wall
01:34
and see the effect that the E Q constraint is actually having.
01:39
We can see that when that wall moves,
01:41
the E Q constraint is maintaining even distribution along that horizontal wall.
01:48
So if I drop that wall
01:50
and click in an empty space to deselect the wall and click undo,
01:57
we can now resume from here.
01:59
We have a couple of methods to enable us to see the actual dimensions.
02:04
The first method however, removes the constraint.
02:07
So by clicking on the dimension,
02:10
we see that the E Q symbol is returned.
02:13
And if I click on the E Q
02:15
that removes the constraint,
02:16
but at the same time allows us to see the actual dimensions.
02:21
And if I were to click and drag this wall again,
02:24
you can see that the E Q constraint is no longer in effect.
02:28
So if we undo so up on the quick axis toolbar, I click undo
02:32
and then click back on that dimension,
02:36
we can reestablish the constraint by clicking on E Q again.
02:41
And we're back to seeing simply the E Q values.
02:45
What we are now going to achieve is to be able
02:48
to see the values but maintain the E Q constraint.
02:53
And we can do that by selecting the dimension again. So if we click on there,
02:58
right, click and within the short cut menu, turn off E Q display
03:04
and we see instantly the values reappear on those dimensions.
03:09
Now, if we click and drag this left hand wall,
03:12
we can see that the E Q constraint is still in effect
03:16
and the windows are still being evenly distributed
03:21
along that wall.
03:22
So if we click undo on the quick axis toolbar a couple of times,
03:27
we should be back to where we were
03:28
before we dragged.
03:32
We are now going to insert a door
03:34
and centralize it between two walls.
03:36
So if we use the wheel on our wheel mouse again, just to pan down.
03:40
So we can see this internal horizontal wall,
03:43
we'll then go up to the ribbon and click on the architecture tab
03:47
and within the build panel, select door
03:52
and we'll place a door somewhere along this wall here
03:57
and choose, modify to exit that tool.
04:02
Once again, we will apply an E Q constraint.
04:06
So we go up to the annotate tab
04:08
and within the dimension panel, click align dimension
04:13
will select the outer face of this wall,
04:17
the center of the door
04:20
and then click the outer face of this wall.
04:24
Move our cursor into an empty space and left mouse. Click
04:28
and once again, click on E Q
04:30
to establish or to enable the E Q constraint.
04:35
If I now click, modify again to exit the dimension command,
04:39
we will now see
04:40
that any movement made to either wall,
04:43
the E Q constraint will keep on centralizing that door
04:47
between those two walls.
Apply constraints to doors and windows to create parametric relationships to walls.
To view the dimensions:
Now, the values display, but the EQ constraint remains in effect.
To use the EQ constraint to center a door:
The door remains centered between the walls.
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