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Draw straight and curved walls. Create similar walls. Apply alignment constraints to walls.
Type:
Tutorial
Length:
8 min.
Tutorial resources
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Transcript
00:04
So we'll create a simple architectural layout
00:07
using the same wall tool.
00:10
So if we go up to the ribbon and within the build panel, click on wall,
00:14
we'll draw the following.
00:16
So we'll click here, still set to a location line of wall, center line,
00:20
still set to a unconnected height of 20 ft.
00:25
And we'll start here and click here.
00:27
And if I draw
00:29
clockwise,
00:31
that will guarantee that the in this instance that the external face will be
00:35
at the top of this wall rather than the underside of this wall.
00:39
So if I come across here, 10 ft,
00:41
remember, I could actually start typing these values in if required
00:46
come down
00:48
seven ft.
00:50
Like so come across
00:52
eight ft
00:54
backup. Now notice and I'll zoom in
00:57
that when I'm aligned with other elements.
00:60
In this case, the other wall, it will show me when I am. So if I go beyond,
01:04
I don't see that alignment line.
01:06
This is called snapping two remote objects within rev it
01:10
is configurable.
01:11
And so if I click there, I know that I'm perfectly in line
01:15
come across type in 10.
01:17
So I'm gonna use the direct distance entry method on this occasion,
01:21
come back down, type in 20
01:24
for 20 ft,
01:26
come across 10.
01:28
Once again, if I want to line up with this wall here, I can,
01:32
I'm just gonna go a little bit beyond it this time,
01:35
let's say, 2 14 ft
01:38
come down eight ft
01:42
and then come across to here until I'm in line
01:45
with my starting position. So once again, it's showing me at this alignment line
01:50
when, um, it's snapping to that remote object.
01:53
So if I left mouse, click there and just to exit the command temporarily,
01:58
I'll hit escape on the keyboard
02:03
now because I only hit one escape.
02:05
It means that we are still within the wall tool.
02:08
So on this occasion, I need to hit a second escape
02:11
to exit the wall tool. Whereas if I had have clicked on the modified command,
02:16
that would have more or less been a one click stop and
02:18
it would have taken me out of the wall tool entirely,
02:22
right?
02:22
We're now going to look at how we can click and drag these walls.
02:26
So again,
02:27
we can keep an eye on the temporary dimensions
02:30
once the wall is in the position we require.
02:33
So that's a click and drag maneuver as we can see.
02:36
And
02:37
I'm going to show how if I drag
02:40
two walls that become perfectly aligned with each other
02:43
when I release. So the alignment line is showing me when that's happening.
02:47
If we look at the other wall, there's an alignment line,
02:50
a dashed alignment line showing
02:51
when I release, there is a padlock that becomes available
02:56
and that enables me to lock the alignment. So that's a locked alignment constraint.
03:02
And that means that those two walls now will be forced to move together.
03:07
So if I were to click and drag this wall over to the right, we can see that the lower wall
03:13
is forced to go with that because we have
03:17
locked and aligned those two wall elements together.
03:22
And that's something that we can do throughout rev it.
03:24
If we no longer want that locked alignment,
03:27
we simply
03:28
click on the padlock and now they are free to move independently of one another.
03:34
Again, we'll now click in an empty space to deselect that wall segment.
03:40
We're now going to draw a curved wall.
03:42
So we need to activate the wall tool again.
03:45
So we could simply go up to the architecture tab build panel and click on the wall.
03:49
But if it's essential that the wall we now want
03:52
to draw with is the same as the existing walls,
03:55
we can use a tool called create similar
03:58
and it becomes available by us first clicking an existing wall.
04:03
So if I click any one of these walls,
04:05
and we can either gain access to this tool up on the ribbon within the create panel.
04:11
And there it is, it's called create similar
04:14
or alternatively, we can right click anywhere
04:17
and within the right click menu, choose, create similar in here.
04:22
And if we cast our eye up onto the,
04:24
and now we can see that we're not only back in the wall tool,
04:27
but at the top of the properties pallette,
04:29
we're using exactly the same wall type that we've
04:32
already drawn and is visible on the screen.
04:35
So I'm now gonna come up to the draw panel up on the ribbon
04:39
and select this tool which is start end radius.
04:44
And because of the clock wise nature of rivet that
04:49
I want the external face to be on this side,
04:52
I'm going to start at the bottom here.
04:55
Click there,
04:56
come up to the upper wall and click on there and then simply just
05:01
move the cursor over to the left until I obtain a full semi circle.
05:06
And it's showing me that the radius of that
05:08
to the center will be 14 ft. So if I just left click there,
05:12
I've now generated that wall and you can see that it's actually
05:15
used exactly the same wall type as before. Due to the create similar to
05:20
I'll exit the command this time with my one click, stop and click, modify.
Video transcript
00:04
So we'll create a simple architectural layout
00:07
using the same wall tool.
00:10
So if we go up to the ribbon and within the build panel, click on wall,
00:14
we'll draw the following.
00:16
So we'll click here, still set to a location line of wall, center line,
00:20
still set to a unconnected height of 20 ft.
00:25
And we'll start here and click here.
00:27
And if I draw
00:29
clockwise,
00:31
that will guarantee that the in this instance that the external face will be
00:35
at the top of this wall rather than the underside of this wall.
00:39
So if I come across here, 10 ft,
00:41
remember, I could actually start typing these values in if required
00:46
come down
00:48
seven ft.
00:50
Like so come across
00:52
eight ft
00:54
backup. Now notice and I'll zoom in
00:57
that when I'm aligned with other elements.
00:60
In this case, the other wall, it will show me when I am. So if I go beyond,
01:04
I don't see that alignment line.
01:06
This is called snapping two remote objects within rev it
01:10
is configurable.
01:11
And so if I click there, I know that I'm perfectly in line
01:15
come across type in 10.
01:17
So I'm gonna use the direct distance entry method on this occasion,
01:21
come back down, type in 20
01:24
for 20 ft,
01:26
come across 10.
01:28
Once again, if I want to line up with this wall here, I can,
01:32
I'm just gonna go a little bit beyond it this time,
01:35
let's say, 2 14 ft
01:38
come down eight ft
01:42
and then come across to here until I'm in line
01:45
with my starting position. So once again, it's showing me at this alignment line
01:50
when, um, it's snapping to that remote object.
01:53
So if I left mouse, click there and just to exit the command temporarily,
01:58
I'll hit escape on the keyboard
02:03
now because I only hit one escape.
02:05
It means that we are still within the wall tool.
02:08
So on this occasion, I need to hit a second escape
02:11
to exit the wall tool. Whereas if I had have clicked on the modified command,
02:16
that would have more or less been a one click stop and
02:18
it would have taken me out of the wall tool entirely,
02:22
right?
02:22
We're now going to look at how we can click and drag these walls.
02:26
So again,
02:27
we can keep an eye on the temporary dimensions
02:30
once the wall is in the position we require.
02:33
So that's a click and drag maneuver as we can see.
02:36
And
02:37
I'm going to show how if I drag
02:40
two walls that become perfectly aligned with each other
02:43
when I release. So the alignment line is showing me when that's happening.
02:47
If we look at the other wall, there's an alignment line,
02:50
a dashed alignment line showing
02:51
when I release, there is a padlock that becomes available
02:56
and that enables me to lock the alignment. So that's a locked alignment constraint.
03:02
And that means that those two walls now will be forced to move together.
03:07
So if I were to click and drag this wall over to the right, we can see that the lower wall
03:13
is forced to go with that because we have
03:17
locked and aligned those two wall elements together.
03:22
And that's something that we can do throughout rev it.
03:24
If we no longer want that locked alignment,
03:27
we simply
03:28
click on the padlock and now they are free to move independently of one another.
03:34
Again, we'll now click in an empty space to deselect that wall segment.
03:40
We're now going to draw a curved wall.
03:42
So we need to activate the wall tool again.
03:45
So we could simply go up to the architecture tab build panel and click on the wall.
03:49
But if it's essential that the wall we now want
03:52
to draw with is the same as the existing walls,
03:55
we can use a tool called create similar
03:58
and it becomes available by us first clicking an existing wall.
04:03
So if I click any one of these walls,
04:05
and we can either gain access to this tool up on the ribbon within the create panel.
04:11
And there it is, it's called create similar
04:14
or alternatively, we can right click anywhere
04:17
and within the right click menu, choose, create similar in here.
04:22
And if we cast our eye up onto the,
04:24
and now we can see that we're not only back in the wall tool,
04:27
but at the top of the properties pallette,
04:29
we're using exactly the same wall type that we've
04:32
already drawn and is visible on the screen.
04:35
So I'm now gonna come up to the draw panel up on the ribbon
04:39
and select this tool which is start end radius.
04:44
And because of the clock wise nature of rivet that
04:49
I want the external face to be on this side,
04:52
I'm going to start at the bottom here.
04:55
Click there,
04:56
come up to the upper wall and click on there and then simply just
05:01
move the cursor over to the left until I obtain a full semi circle.
05:06
And it's showing me that the radius of that
05:08
to the center will be 14 ft. So if I just left click there,
05:12
I've now generated that wall and you can see that it's actually
05:15
used exactly the same wall type as before. Due to the create similar to
05:20
I'll exit the command this time with my one click, stop and click, modify.
Draw straight and curved walls. Create similar walls. Apply alignment constraints to walls.
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