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Create a building pad in a toposurface and add site components.
Type:
Tutorial
Length:
7 min.
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Transcript
00:04
A building pad is used to excavate the topography around the site
00:08
to provide a base for a building to sit upon.
00:12
I have the exercise file building pads open
00:15
and looking in the site plan view
00:17
here, we can see that we have the contours of the site running through the building
00:22
from the project browser. I'll open up the section view section one.
00:28
And again,
00:28
we can see we have the topography coming down through the retaining
00:32
wall at the back here and also through the first floor rooms.
00:36
Now I'll open up the site 3d view.
00:39
Once again,
00:40
we can see that topography and the contours running through the building.
00:46
So to fix this, we'll add a building pad into the topography
00:49
to provide an excavated base for the building to sit upon
00:54
to sketch out the boundary of the building pad.
00:56
It will be easier if you work in the plan view.
00:58
So I'll swap back to the site plan view
01:02
and now from the master and site tab on the model site panel,
01:05
here we'll click the building pad tool
01:11
looking at the create pad boundary ribbon. Here we can see we have the sketch tools
01:16
and we currently have the pick walls tool enabled.
01:19
So we'll start by picking the three retaining walls around the building here.
01:25
And now we'll change the sketching tool to the line tool.
01:29
And I'll draw a line stepping to the end
01:31
of the existing sketch line at the bottom here and
01:34
moving vertically up until it intersects with the line at the top.
01:38
Now, as I zoom in here, we can see we have the towel of the line just sticking out here.
01:43
So
01:43
we'll go to the modify ribbon tab here and from the modify panel,
01:47
we'll choose the trim extend to corner
01:50
and then we can select those two lines to create the enclosed boundary.
01:55
So I haven't got that boundary created.
01:57
We'll go back to the create pad boundary ribbon here
01:59
and we'll click on finish edit mode to create that building pad
02:03
and we can see the contours are no longer running through the buildings.
02:07
I'll swap over to the site 3d view
02:11
and here we can see the building pad is selected down at level one
02:15
and the topography is no longer running through
02:17
the retaining wall and through the building.
02:20
Now, we'll go to the section one view.
02:23
And again,
02:23
we can see the topography coming down and stopping at the retaining wall here
02:28
and then continue in on at the other side of the building
02:32
zooming in a little bit closer. We can see the actual location of the building pad
02:36
is level with the floor here
02:38
and ideally would like it to be a little bit lower down.
02:41
So to do this, I will use the align tool.
02:45
So from the modify ribbon here on the modify panel, we'll click the align tool.
02:51
Now we'll select the underside of the floor slab here for the reference
02:57
and then we'll pick the top of the building pad for
02:60
that to be aligned to the underside of the floor.
03:07
So now we'll swap back to the site 3D view.
03:10
Now, looking at the building, we can see the internal floors in the deck in here
03:15
and I'll reelect the building pad here. So
03:17
just need to hover near the edge of the pad here
03:20
and press the tab key a couple of times to cycle through to the building pad.
03:24
And then we can click to select that.
03:28
And now looking at the properties palette here,
03:30
we can see it's constrained to the level first floor
03:33
with a height offset from level of negative six inches.
03:38
So that finishes placing the building pad into our model.
03:42
And next, we'll look at placing some site components.
03:46
So to do this, we'll go to the mason and site ribbon tab
03:49
and from the model site panel, we'll click on the site component tool.
03:54
Looking at the type selector, we can see we have the R PC tree deciduous
03:58
family.
03:59
We've got the Chum
04:00
Oak 30 ft type selected
04:02
and looking at the type selector Now, we can see we have quite a few different types.
04:07
We'll stick with this
04:08
out like 30 ft.
04:10
And now as I move my cursor over the topography here,
04:14
the R PC tree is reading the elevation of the surface and it will stay on top of it.
04:20
So if we click to place this
04:22
and we can place several of these at random points around the site. Now,
04:26
they will all find the elevation of the surface at the point that they're placed.
04:31
So I placed some of these, we'll click, modify to finish.
04:35
And now if we orbit the model around a little bit,
04:38
we can see that all of those trees are sat on top of the surface
04:42
as we want them to.
04:46
And actually, if I pick one of these trees,
04:48
and now we just move it to a different location,
04:51
we can see that that still follows the surface and stays on top of that.
04:56
So site components will be hosted by an object and their
04:60
placement will be set to the top of that object.
05:02
Even when the object is moved or the host object changes,
05:08
it can also be hosted by objects other on top.
05:12
And we'll place some planters here on the deck. In
05:15
first, we need to load the planter family into our project.
05:18
So we'll go to the insert ribbon tab
05:20
and from the load from library panel, we'll click the load alter desk family
05:27
and this will load up the cloud based Autodesk content browser.
05:31
And first,
05:32
we just need to check that the locale settings
05:35
are set to the region of United States Imperial.
05:39
I haven't done that.
05:40
We'll use the search bar at the top here and we'll search for planter
05:45
and that we can see there's only one result in the results panel here.
05:48
So we'll select that
05:49
and then click load for that to be downloaded into our project.
05:55
Now, we'll go back to the method and site tab.
05:58
And from the model site panel, we'll select the site component tool. Again,
06:03
looking at the type selector, we can see that we have the 48 by 48 inch planter set.
06:09
So we'll place this onto the deck in here
06:12
and we can see that as I move my cursor across,
06:15
it's picking up the topography
06:17
just like the trees did.
06:19
And actually, if the topography slopes, then it will inherit that slope too,
06:23
but we'll go up onto the deck and we can see that highlighted now,
06:26
so we'll place this at the back of the deck
06:29
and then we'll move across here and we'll place another one
06:33
on the stone work below.
06:37
So now I'll click, modify the finish, placing those planters.
06:44
Now, if I select one of those, we'll pick the one on the deck in here.
06:48
We can look at the properties pallet
06:50
and we can see that although the constraint is the first floor,
06:54
it's actually hosted by the wood Decca floor.
06:58
So zooming out,
06:59
we can see now that we've finished placing those planters and
07:01
that completes the work we need to do to our site.
Video transcript
00:04
A building pad is used to excavate the topography around the site
00:08
to provide a base for a building to sit upon.
00:12
I have the exercise file building pads open
00:15
and looking in the site plan view
00:17
here, we can see that we have the contours of the site running through the building
00:22
from the project browser. I'll open up the section view section one.
00:28
And again,
00:28
we can see we have the topography coming down through the retaining
00:32
wall at the back here and also through the first floor rooms.
00:36
Now I'll open up the site 3d view.
00:39
Once again,
00:40
we can see that topography and the contours running through the building.
00:46
So to fix this, we'll add a building pad into the topography
00:49
to provide an excavated base for the building to sit upon
00:54
to sketch out the boundary of the building pad.
00:56
It will be easier if you work in the plan view.
00:58
So I'll swap back to the site plan view
01:02
and now from the master and site tab on the model site panel,
01:05
here we'll click the building pad tool
01:11
looking at the create pad boundary ribbon. Here we can see we have the sketch tools
01:16
and we currently have the pick walls tool enabled.
01:19
So we'll start by picking the three retaining walls around the building here.
01:25
And now we'll change the sketching tool to the line tool.
01:29
And I'll draw a line stepping to the end
01:31
of the existing sketch line at the bottom here and
01:34
moving vertically up until it intersects with the line at the top.
01:38
Now, as I zoom in here, we can see we have the towel of the line just sticking out here.
01:43
So
01:43
we'll go to the modify ribbon tab here and from the modify panel,
01:47
we'll choose the trim extend to corner
01:50
and then we can select those two lines to create the enclosed boundary.
01:55
So I haven't got that boundary created.
01:57
We'll go back to the create pad boundary ribbon here
01:59
and we'll click on finish edit mode to create that building pad
02:03
and we can see the contours are no longer running through the buildings.
02:07
I'll swap over to the site 3d view
02:11
and here we can see the building pad is selected down at level one
02:15
and the topography is no longer running through
02:17
the retaining wall and through the building.
02:20
Now, we'll go to the section one view.
02:23
And again,
02:23
we can see the topography coming down and stopping at the retaining wall here
02:28
and then continue in on at the other side of the building
02:32
zooming in a little bit closer. We can see the actual location of the building pad
02:36
is level with the floor here
02:38
and ideally would like it to be a little bit lower down.
02:41
So to do this, I will use the align tool.
02:45
So from the modify ribbon here on the modify panel, we'll click the align tool.
02:51
Now we'll select the underside of the floor slab here for the reference
02:57
and then we'll pick the top of the building pad for
02:60
that to be aligned to the underside of the floor.
03:07
So now we'll swap back to the site 3D view.
03:10
Now, looking at the building, we can see the internal floors in the deck in here
03:15
and I'll reelect the building pad here. So
03:17
just need to hover near the edge of the pad here
03:20
and press the tab key a couple of times to cycle through to the building pad.
03:24
And then we can click to select that.
03:28
And now looking at the properties palette here,
03:30
we can see it's constrained to the level first floor
03:33
with a height offset from level of negative six inches.
03:38
So that finishes placing the building pad into our model.
03:42
And next, we'll look at placing some site components.
03:46
So to do this, we'll go to the mason and site ribbon tab
03:49
and from the model site panel, we'll click on the site component tool.
03:54
Looking at the type selector, we can see we have the R PC tree deciduous
03:58
family.
03:59
We've got the Chum
04:00
Oak 30 ft type selected
04:02
and looking at the type selector Now, we can see we have quite a few different types.
04:07
We'll stick with this
04:08
out like 30 ft.
04:10
And now as I move my cursor over the topography here,
04:14
the R PC tree is reading the elevation of the surface and it will stay on top of it.
04:20
So if we click to place this
04:22
and we can place several of these at random points around the site. Now,
04:26
they will all find the elevation of the surface at the point that they're placed.
04:31
So I placed some of these, we'll click, modify to finish.
04:35
And now if we orbit the model around a little bit,
04:38
we can see that all of those trees are sat on top of the surface
04:42
as we want them to.
04:46
And actually, if I pick one of these trees,
04:48
and now we just move it to a different location,
04:51
we can see that that still follows the surface and stays on top of that.
04:56
So site components will be hosted by an object and their
04:60
placement will be set to the top of that object.
05:02
Even when the object is moved or the host object changes,
05:08
it can also be hosted by objects other on top.
05:12
And we'll place some planters here on the deck. In
05:15
first, we need to load the planter family into our project.
05:18
So we'll go to the insert ribbon tab
05:20
and from the load from library panel, we'll click the load alter desk family
05:27
and this will load up the cloud based Autodesk content browser.
05:31
And first,
05:32
we just need to check that the locale settings
05:35
are set to the region of United States Imperial.
05:39
I haven't done that.
05:40
We'll use the search bar at the top here and we'll search for planter
05:45
and that we can see there's only one result in the results panel here.
05:48
So we'll select that
05:49
and then click load for that to be downloaded into our project.
05:55
Now, we'll go back to the method and site tab.
05:58
And from the model site panel, we'll select the site component tool. Again,
06:03
looking at the type selector, we can see that we have the 48 by 48 inch planter set.
06:09
So we'll place this onto the deck in here
06:12
and we can see that as I move my cursor across,
06:15
it's picking up the topography
06:17
just like the trees did.
06:19
And actually, if the topography slopes, then it will inherit that slope too,
06:23
but we'll go up onto the deck and we can see that highlighted now,
06:26
so we'll place this at the back of the deck
06:29
and then we'll move across here and we'll place another one
06:33
on the stone work below.
06:37
So now I'll click, modify the finish, placing those planters.
06:44
Now, if I select one of those, we'll pick the one on the deck in here.
06:48
We can look at the properties pallet
06:50
and we can see that although the constraint is the first floor,
06:54
it's actually hosted by the wood Decca floor.
06:58
So zooming out,
06:59
we can see now that we've finished placing those planters and
07:01
that completes the work we need to do to our site.
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