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By Ed Goldberg
Every good wall needs a good foundation, and you can create both, and increase
your drawing productivity if you use the Wall Styles that ship with Autodesk
Architectural Desktop 3.3 software.
Figure 3: The Standard wall has an Edge Offset set at half of its Base Width.
Figure 4: At the Component Offset dialog box set the Base Value to 4.
Making the BRICK Component (Index 1)
3. In the Name field , enter BRICK, and click the Edge Offset button. The
Figure 5: At the Component Width dialog box set the Base Value to 4.
5. Click the Width button to open the Component Width dialog box (see Figure 5).
6. In this dialog box, set the Base Value to 4, clear the Use Base Width check
box, and click OK to return to the Wall Style Properties dialog box.
7. Select Baseline from the Bottom Elevation Offset drop-down list to set the
bottom of the BRICK to the baseline (see Figure 6).
You have now created the walls 4 BRICK component.
Figure 6: Select Baseline from the Bottom Elevation Offset dropdown list.
Figure 12: You have now set all the wall components.
Now display all the components correctly in Plan and Model views.
Setting the Display Properties
26. In the Wall Style Properties dialog box, select the Display Props tab.
27. From the drop-down list, select the Model display (see Figure 14).
Figure 14: Select the Model display from the drop-down list.
28. Click the Edit Display Props button to open the Entity Properties dialog box
(see Figure 15).
29. In this dialog box, under the Component column, select Boundary 6 to match
the FOUNDATION Component Index 6.
30. Under the Linetype column select HIDDEN2 (see Figure 15), and click OK to
return to the Wall Style Properties dialog box.
Figure 16: Set the left viewport to Top View and the right viewport to SW Isometric View.
11. Select the first wall segment, right-click and pick Model Tools > Floor Line
from the contextual menu that appears.
12. At the Command line enter O (for Offset) and then press the Enter key.
13. Enter 1-0 on the command line and then press the Enter key.
You have now stepped the wall foundation 1-0 deeper (see Figure 18).
Conclusion
Autodesk Architectural Desktop software is very powerful, and you can best use
its power by taking advantage of its standard Wall Styles as well as by modifying
the standard styles and creating your own.
Good Luck, Ed Goldberg, AIA
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