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Edit wall properties to assign taper settings.
Type:
Tutorial
Length:
5 min.
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Transcript
00:04
In this situation,
00:05
a slanted wall wouldn't really be appropriate
00:08
and it would be better if the inside face of the wall by the water remained vertical
00:13
and the external face sloped out to get thicker towards the bottom of the wall.
00:20
So with the wall selected,
00:22
we'll go back to the property's pallette
00:24
and from the cross section parameter,
00:26
we'll change it from slanted to tapered.
00:29
However,
00:29
we now have a warning message telling us that we need to assign a variable thickness
00:34
to one of the layers in the wall type in order for it to taper.
00:38
So we'll click close
00:41
and then we'll change the cross section definition back to vertical on this wall
00:47
and then from the top of the property's pallet
00:49
or click edit type
00:51
to access the wall's type properties.
00:55
Now,
00:55
we need to click the edit button next to
00:57
the structure parameter to access the wall assembly.
01:01
And we can see the layers that make up the wall. So
01:03
we have granite tiles, either side of a central concrete structural layer.
01:07
We can see this reflected in the preview
01:11
thinking about how this wall type would slope and get thicker.
01:15
It would be the concrete layer that we would want to change
01:18
and the granite tiles would maintain their current thickness of two inches.
01:23
Looking at the list of layers,
01:25
the last column on the right hand side is titled variable.
01:28
And we can check the box for the concrete layer to enable that to be variable.
01:33
We can only have one variable thickness layer within a wall type.
01:36
So
01:37
if I check it for one of the other layers, the lower granite tile layers here,
01:41
we can see that the concrete one unchecked itself,
01:44
I'll check the concrete one once more and we can see that
01:47
the other layer is now no longer set to be variable.
01:50
And that's all we need to do in here. So
01:52
click OK to save these changes.
01:55
Now, back in the type properties,
01:58
we can see we've got the cross section
01:59
definition panel that's been added to the parameters.
02:03
In here. We have the default exterior and interior angle. So
02:07
I'll set the exterior angle to be five degrees.
02:11
And we also have a parameter to define where the width of the wall is measured at. So
02:16
this allows us to choose the fixed width point of
02:19
the wall for when we set the type of value.
02:22
So looking up here, we can see that the wall is just 1 ft thick.
02:26
By choosing the top option for this parameter,
02:30
it will remain 1 ft thick at the top of the wall.
02:33
And therefore any variation will occur towards the bottom of the wall.
02:37
So click, OK. Now, to save and apply these changes to the model
02:42
and the wall is still selected in the view.
02:44
And we can see that we have a dimension indicating the 1 ft width at the top of the wall.
02:49
And it hasn't tapered yet
02:50
as we need to change its cross section parameters.
02:54
So in the property's pallet, we'll change it from vertical to taper.
02:58
And we can see the default exterior angle below this. And
03:01
when we apply it,
03:02
we can see the exterior face of the wall taper it out at the default five degrees.
03:08
And also we can see the top of the wall
03:10
remains 1 ft thick as indicated by the dimension here.
03:15
So with the wall selected
03:16
at the bottom of the wall,
03:18
we can see that we have the drag control and the temporary dimension here
03:23
to be able to control the angle of the taper.
03:26
So if I just drag the control point here,
03:29
as soon as I let go,
03:31
we'll be prompted
03:32
with a choice
03:33
because we're effectively going to change the
03:36
default that's set in the type properties.
03:38
So
03:39
we can either cancel this and and leave it set as the type properties
03:44
or we can create an instance override, which is what we'll do.
03:48
And then looking in the properties of the wall here,
03:50
we can see that the enable angle overrides is checked and
03:54
the exterior angle shows the angle that we dragged the grip to
03:58
and we'll keep updating as we interactively edit it within the view.
04:02
We can also edit the temporary dimension in the view
04:05
to update those ta
04:06
angles.
04:08
So I now uncheck the enabled angle overrides in the properties
04:12
and this will set the wall back to the default in the type properties.
04:16
And we can see that updated in the view
04:18
and the exterior angle now in the properties pallette being grayed out
04:24
and then we'll swap back to the 3D view
04:29
and looking at the walls that surround the pond here, we can see the one we've edited
04:33
with the exterior tapering out.
04:35
We'll select the return wall here and
04:37
change its cross section parameter to be tapered
04:40
and we'll leave that as the default settings are five degrees.
04:44
And now where the two wall joins in the corner, we can see a nice might join
04:48
with a taper being applied
04:50
to both walls.
Video transcript
00:04
In this situation,
00:05
a slanted wall wouldn't really be appropriate
00:08
and it would be better if the inside face of the wall by the water remained vertical
00:13
and the external face sloped out to get thicker towards the bottom of the wall.
00:20
So with the wall selected,
00:22
we'll go back to the property's pallette
00:24
and from the cross section parameter,
00:26
we'll change it from slanted to tapered.
00:29
However,
00:29
we now have a warning message telling us that we need to assign a variable thickness
00:34
to one of the layers in the wall type in order for it to taper.
00:38
So we'll click close
00:41
and then we'll change the cross section definition back to vertical on this wall
00:47
and then from the top of the property's pallet
00:49
or click edit type
00:51
to access the wall's type properties.
00:55
Now,
00:55
we need to click the edit button next to
00:57
the structure parameter to access the wall assembly.
01:01
And we can see the layers that make up the wall. So
01:03
we have granite tiles, either side of a central concrete structural layer.
01:07
We can see this reflected in the preview
01:11
thinking about how this wall type would slope and get thicker.
01:15
It would be the concrete layer that we would want to change
01:18
and the granite tiles would maintain their current thickness of two inches.
01:23
Looking at the list of layers,
01:25
the last column on the right hand side is titled variable.
01:28
And we can check the box for the concrete layer to enable that to be variable.
01:33
We can only have one variable thickness layer within a wall type.
01:36
So
01:37
if I check it for one of the other layers, the lower granite tile layers here,
01:41
we can see that the concrete one unchecked itself,
01:44
I'll check the concrete one once more and we can see that
01:47
the other layer is now no longer set to be variable.
01:50
And that's all we need to do in here. So
01:52
click OK to save these changes.
01:55
Now, back in the type properties,
01:58
we can see we've got the cross section
01:59
definition panel that's been added to the parameters.
02:03
In here. We have the default exterior and interior angle. So
02:07
I'll set the exterior angle to be five degrees.
02:11
And we also have a parameter to define where the width of the wall is measured at. So
02:16
this allows us to choose the fixed width point of
02:19
the wall for when we set the type of value.
02:22
So looking up here, we can see that the wall is just 1 ft thick.
02:26
By choosing the top option for this parameter,
02:30
it will remain 1 ft thick at the top of the wall.
02:33
And therefore any variation will occur towards the bottom of the wall.
02:37
So click, OK. Now, to save and apply these changes to the model
02:42
and the wall is still selected in the view.
02:44
And we can see that we have a dimension indicating the 1 ft width at the top of the wall.
02:49
And it hasn't tapered yet
02:50
as we need to change its cross section parameters.
02:54
So in the property's pallet, we'll change it from vertical to taper.
02:58
And we can see the default exterior angle below this. And
03:01
when we apply it,
03:02
we can see the exterior face of the wall taper it out at the default five degrees.
03:08
And also we can see the top of the wall
03:10
remains 1 ft thick as indicated by the dimension here.
03:15
So with the wall selected
03:16
at the bottom of the wall,
03:18
we can see that we have the drag control and the temporary dimension here
03:23
to be able to control the angle of the taper.
03:26
So if I just drag the control point here,
03:29
as soon as I let go,
03:31
we'll be prompted
03:32
with a choice
03:33
because we're effectively going to change the
03:36
default that's set in the type properties.
03:38
So
03:39
we can either cancel this and and leave it set as the type properties
03:44
or we can create an instance override, which is what we'll do.
03:48
And then looking in the properties of the wall here,
03:50
we can see that the enable angle overrides is checked and
03:54
the exterior angle shows the angle that we dragged the grip to
03:58
and we'll keep updating as we interactively edit it within the view.
04:02
We can also edit the temporary dimension in the view
04:05
to update those ta
04:06
angles.
04:08
So I now uncheck the enabled angle overrides in the properties
04:12
and this will set the wall back to the default in the type properties.
04:16
And we can see that updated in the view
04:18
and the exterior angle now in the properties pallette being grayed out
04:24
and then we'll swap back to the 3D view
04:29
and looking at the walls that surround the pond here, we can see the one we've edited
04:33
with the exterior tapering out.
04:35
We'll select the return wall here and
04:37
change its cross section parameter to be tapered
04:40
and we'll leave that as the default settings are five degrees.
04:44
And now where the two wall joins in the corner, we can see a nice might join
04:48
with a taper being applied
04:50
to both walls.
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