Wall modeling - Embed walls

Tutorial resources

These downloadable resources will be used to complete this tutorial:

embed-walls.rvt - (7 mb)

Transcript

00:03

And looking at the end elevation here,

00:06

we can see that we already have a panel of brickwork

00:08

surrounding the left hand windows in this end wall.

00:12

If I select the main wall, we can see this is the stone on cmu wall type

00:17

and we can also see where it is cut around the brick panel.

00:21

Now, if I select the brickwork panel,

00:24

we can see that this is a separate wall to the main wall

00:27

and it is the exterior brick on cmu wall type.

00:31

I'll change the top offset parameter of this wall.

00:34

So from the properties pallet in the constraints panel,

00:37

we'll change the top offset parameter to minus 4 ft.

00:41

We can see this wall reduces in height once that's applied

00:45

and that the main stone wall has followed

00:47

which shows the relationship between the embedded wall and its host.

00:52

We need to create a similar brick panel around the two

00:54

columns of windows on the right hand side of the elevation.

00:57

And we'll do this by creating a new brick wall and embedding it into the stone wall.

01:02

First,

01:03

we'll copy the existing windows to the clipboard in

01:06

case we need to paste them back into their location

01:09

as they may get deleted. During the embedding process,

01:13

we have a selection set already created in the model for those windows.

01:17

So we'll go to the manage ribbon tab.

01:20

And then from the selection panel, we'll choose load selection

01:24

and then select the windows set and click. OK.

01:28

And then we can see those windows are now selected in the view.

01:32

So from the modify ribbon tab, we'll go to the clipboard panel

01:35

and we'll choose copy to clipboard

01:37

so that we have those in case we need them later on

01:41

next, we need to create the brick wall to embed into our main stone wall.

01:45

And to do that, we'll first go to the floor plan view. Floor two.

01:51

Once the floor two, view is open,

01:54

we need to zoom in to the right hand end of the view.

01:56

So from the navigation bar, I'll choose zoom region

01:60

and draw a region around the upper right hand end of the building.

02:05

Here,

02:05

we can see we have two reference planes created to help us position the new wall one

02:10

they're shown in red here.

02:12

And we'll draw the wall between these

02:13

two reference planes to encompass the windows.

02:16

So to do this, we'll go to the architecture ribbon tab and from the build panel,

02:21

we'll click the wall tool

02:22

to start creating the wall.

02:24

And then from the type selector we would find

02:28

and choose the exterior brick on cmu wall type

02:32

and then once we have this selected from the options bar,

02:35

we'll change the location line

02:37

to be finish face interior.

02:41

Now, starting at the upper reference plane,

02:44

we'll click where this intersects with the interior face of the wall

02:49

and it will move the mouse down to the lower reference plane

02:51

and click again to place the wall

02:55

and straight away, we can see that we have a warning which can be ignored.

02:59

But that warning is telling us that we have

03:00

overlapping walls and that 1 may be ignored when rev

03:04

finds room boundaries.

03:06

And it's also telling us that we could use the

03:08

cap geometry tool to embed one wall into another,

03:12

which is what we would do.

03:14

So we'll choose modify from the ribbon to cancel the wall creation tool.

03:19

And now from the modify ribbon tab under the geometry panel,

03:22

we'll choose the cup geometry tool.

03:26

Now in the view, select the main stone wall which will be cut

03:30

and then click on the brick on cmu wall as the object to cut the main wall with.

03:36

So now we can see straight away that the overlapping stone wall

03:40

is no longer there as it's cut around the brick wall.

03:43

However, we do have a joint line at either end of the brick wall

03:47

which we can clean up by using the joint geometry tool.

03:52

So from the modify ribbon tab in the geometry panel, we'll click join geometry

03:57

and then we'll select the main stone wall

04:00

and then the brick panel will to join those two together.

04:03

And we can see that those lines have now disappeared.

04:08

Fortunately, we can also see that the windows have remained in their place.

04:11

So we may not need to paste those windows back in from the clipboard that we copied.

04:17

So now let's go back to the exterior perspective view

04:21

and we can see that we have our brick wall that's embedded into the main stone wall,

04:26

although it's only currently going up to floor three.

04:30

So now we'll select the brick panel wall

04:32

and we'll change it properties to match the existing brick

04:35

panel that we have on the left hand side here.

04:38

So now in the properties pallet, we'll find the top constraint parameter

04:42

and we'll change it from up to level floor three

04:46

to up to level roof.

04:49

And then once that's applied,

04:50

we can see that change its height and we can see the existing windows remain in place.

04:54

04:55

we won't need to paste those in from the clipboard.

04:58

So now we just need to adjust the top offset parameter

05:02

to match the existing brick panel.

05:04

And to do this, we'll use the align tool.

05:06

So from the modify ribbon tab on the build panel, we'll choose a line

05:11

and now you may need to use the tab key to cycle through

05:14

to select the top of the existing brick panel as the reference.

05:19

Once we have that,

05:21

we can click on the top of the new brick panel.

05:24

And then this will align with the existing wall to

05:26

give us two brick panels embedded into the end wall.

Video transcript

00:03

And looking at the end elevation here,

00:06

we can see that we already have a panel of brickwork

00:08

surrounding the left hand windows in this end wall.

00:12

If I select the main wall, we can see this is the stone on cmu wall type

00:17

and we can also see where it is cut around the brick panel.

00:21

Now, if I select the brickwork panel,

00:24

we can see that this is a separate wall to the main wall

00:27

and it is the exterior brick on cmu wall type.

00:31

I'll change the top offset parameter of this wall.

00:34

So from the properties pallet in the constraints panel,

00:37

we'll change the top offset parameter to minus 4 ft.

00:41

We can see this wall reduces in height once that's applied

00:45

and that the main stone wall has followed

00:47

which shows the relationship between the embedded wall and its host.

00:52

We need to create a similar brick panel around the two

00:54

columns of windows on the right hand side of the elevation.

00:57

And we'll do this by creating a new brick wall and embedding it into the stone wall.

01:02

First,

01:03

we'll copy the existing windows to the clipboard in

01:06

case we need to paste them back into their location

01:09

as they may get deleted. During the embedding process,

01:13

we have a selection set already created in the model for those windows.

01:17

So we'll go to the manage ribbon tab.

01:20

And then from the selection panel, we'll choose load selection

01:24

and then select the windows set and click. OK.

01:28

And then we can see those windows are now selected in the view.

01:32

So from the modify ribbon tab, we'll go to the clipboard panel

01:35

and we'll choose copy to clipboard

01:37

so that we have those in case we need them later on

01:41

next, we need to create the brick wall to embed into our main stone wall.

01:45

And to do that, we'll first go to the floor plan view. Floor two.

01:51

Once the floor two, view is open,

01:54

we need to zoom in to the right hand end of the view.

01:56

So from the navigation bar, I'll choose zoom region

01:60

and draw a region around the upper right hand end of the building.

02:05

Here,

02:05

we can see we have two reference planes created to help us position the new wall one

02:10

they're shown in red here.

02:12

And we'll draw the wall between these

02:13

two reference planes to encompass the windows.

02:16

So to do this, we'll go to the architecture ribbon tab and from the build panel,

02:21

we'll click the wall tool

02:22

to start creating the wall.

02:24

And then from the type selector we would find

02:28

and choose the exterior brick on cmu wall type

02:32

and then once we have this selected from the options bar,

02:35

we'll change the location line

02:37

to be finish face interior.

02:41

Now, starting at the upper reference plane,

02:44

we'll click where this intersects with the interior face of the wall

02:49

and it will move the mouse down to the lower reference plane

02:51

and click again to place the wall

02:55

and straight away, we can see that we have a warning which can be ignored.

02:59

But that warning is telling us that we have

03:00

overlapping walls and that 1 may be ignored when rev

03:04

finds room boundaries.

03:06

And it's also telling us that we could use the

03:08

cap geometry tool to embed one wall into another,

03:12

which is what we would do.

03:14

So we'll choose modify from the ribbon to cancel the wall creation tool.

03:19

And now from the modify ribbon tab under the geometry panel,

03:22

we'll choose the cup geometry tool.

03:26

Now in the view, select the main stone wall which will be cut

03:30

and then click on the brick on cmu wall as the object to cut the main wall with.

03:36

So now we can see straight away that the overlapping stone wall

03:40

is no longer there as it's cut around the brick wall.

03:43

However, we do have a joint line at either end of the brick wall

03:47

which we can clean up by using the joint geometry tool.

03:52

So from the modify ribbon tab in the geometry panel, we'll click join geometry

03:57

and then we'll select the main stone wall

04:00

and then the brick panel will to join those two together.

04:03

And we can see that those lines have now disappeared.

04:08

Fortunately, we can also see that the windows have remained in their place.

04:11

So we may not need to paste those windows back in from the clipboard that we copied.

04:17

So now let's go back to the exterior perspective view

04:21

and we can see that we have our brick wall that's embedded into the main stone wall,

04:26

although it's only currently going up to floor three.

04:30

So now we'll select the brick panel wall

04:32

and we'll change it properties to match the existing brick

04:35

panel that we have on the left hand side here.

04:38

So now in the properties pallet, we'll find the top constraint parameter

04:42

and we'll change it from up to level floor three

04:46

to up to level roof.

04:49

And then once that's applied,

04:50

we can see that change its height and we can see the existing windows remain in place.

04:54

04:55

we won't need to paste those in from the clipboard.

04:58

So now we just need to adjust the top offset parameter

05:02

to match the existing brick panel.

05:04

And to do this, we'll use the align tool.

05:06

So from the modify ribbon tab on the build panel, we'll choose a line

05:11

and now you may need to use the tab key to cycle through

05:14

to select the top of the existing brick panel as the reference.

05:19

Once we have that,

05:21

we can click on the top of the new brick panel.

05:24

And then this will align with the existing wall to

05:26

give us two brick panels embedded into the end wall.

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