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Creating 3D elements: Introduction to Building Information Modelling (BIM)

Terms of note

Working planes

A plane is an imaginary face one can create 2D geometry on in FreeCAD. There are multiple default planes such as:

1. The Top (XY) plane

2. The Front (XZ) plane

3. The Side (YZ) plane

   You may also set a custom Working plane by selecting the face of any 3D object that is coplanar (flat)

vertex/vertices

Like with 2D objects these are points where multiple edges meet. The only difference is that now the points have three axes where they can exist (3D)

Edge/edges

Like with 2D objects edges are lines that surround faces, the main difference being that edges have three axes where they can exist

Face/faces

A face is a plane that is created when surrounded by a closed loop of edges and vertices

Normals

Normals are the direction 90° from a face in which a 2D face is extruded.

• If the base 2D shape is used to create an Arch 3D object drawn in an anti-clockwise direction then the normal will be positive

• If a 2D shape is drawn in a clockwise direction then the normal of the base shape will be in the opposite direction

Basic 3D And The Arch workbench

Part 1: Opening documents and preparing a file

1. Navigate to File>Open (select the drawing created in Tutorial 02)

2. Select the work bench icon and scroll to the Arch work bench icon ( )

3. A key thing to note is that the easiest way to create 3D objects in FreeCAD is to base them off of 2D objects

Setting up Snap Points

1. Set the active working plane to top, by selecting the select plane icon ( ), navigating to Combo View>Tasks and selecting Top (XY)

2. Select the Snap lock icon ( ), this toggles Snaps on and off

3. Select the Snap End Point icon ( ), this snaps objects to end points or vertices

4. Select the Snap Working Plane icon ( ) this ensures objects are only drawn in the active plane

5. Turn on Snap Grid ( ) this ensures that created objects can be snapped precisely to the grid

6. Ensure that the grid is active by toggling (select if not active) the grid icon ( )

7. When working with 3D objects you will need to be able to view items at different angles, you can orbit by pressing the middle mouse icon and option clicking with the mouse while moving the cursor around (this only works if the cad navigation style is active)

Part 2: the Arch Wall tool

What is the Arch Wall tool?

The Arch Wall tool is used to create 3D geometry representing walls. It can be activated by pressing 'W' then 'A' on the keyboard or selecting the Wall tool icon ( )
It is most effectively used when;
• Creating 2D geometry
• Selecting the 2D geometry
• Pressing 'W' then 'A' on the keyboard or selecting the Wall tool icon ( )
• The wall will then take the shape of the geometry and will be parametric (its properties such as height, thickness etc can still be modified)
• This can be useful for creating walls with curved surfaces and/or complex shapes

Using the Combo View and Wall tool

• Press 'W' then 'A' on the keyboard or select the Wall tool icon ( )
• Navigate to Combo View>Tasks and look at the items under Wall
1, We will first tell FreeCAD where to place the wall:
• For Local ΔX enter 0.0mm
• For Local ΔY enter 0.0mm
• For Local ΔZ enter 0.0mm
• Select ‘Enter point’ or press 'Enter'
2, We will then give the wall Length, Height and Alignment properties
Press 'Y' on the keyboard to limit the length of the wall to the y axis
• Enter 3000 mm
• Enter the following under Wall options:
• Length should read 3000 mm
• Width = 220 mm
• Height = 3000 mm
• Alignment= centre
• Select Enter point
• You may delete the wall if desired by pressing 'Ctrl'+’Z’ to undo an action or by selecting the item and pressing ‘Delete’ on the keyboard

Arbitrarily creating walls

• Press 'W' then 'A' on the keyboard or select the Wall tool icon ( )
• Select anywhere on the drawing (this is the starting point of the wall)
• Select anywhere on the drawing (this is the ending point of the wall)
• Select the created wall
• Combo View>Model>Data
• Press 'Ctrl' then Z on the keyboard
• Select the newly created wall and press ‘Delete’ to delete the wall if desired

Using snap points and the Arch Wall tool

1. Press 'W' then 'A' on the keyboard or select the Wall tool icon ( )

2. Ensure Grid Snap is toggled on ( )

3. Ensure Snap Endpoint is toggled on ( )

4. Select the point indicated above (hover the mouse over the point until the grid snap icon appears before selecting it with the mouse)

5. Select the point indicated in the image above

6. Set the: Width to 220 mm, set the Height to 3000 mm and set the alignment to Centre

7. Select a point 1 grid unit below the point previously selected (this will end the task)

8. If you select the newly created wall and navigate to Combo View>Data you will notice that under Component then Base there is a Line object this is because most Arch 3D objects are based on 2D objects

9. You may also see the sub-components of a line by selecting the small triangular arrow next the object in Combo View>Model.
   Do not delete this object as it will be used in task 2

Task 1

• Create a wall at the origin of length 3000 mm, width 220 mm and height 3000 mm (make sure it is parallel with the y axis)
• Create a wall using existing 2D geometry as a base

Steps for task 1

• Select the wire shown above
• Press 'W' then 'A' on the keyboard or select the Wall tool icon ( ). This uses the existing 2D shape as a base for the wall (both sketches and items created in the Draft workbench can be used as bases to create walls)
• Navigate to Combo View>Data (with the wall selected)
• Change the Align property to Centre and the Height property to 3000 mm

Part 3: the Arch Add/Remove tool

What is the Arch Add/Remove tool?

• The Add component tool ( ) combines two objects together to form one object
• It is somewhat similar to the upgrade and downgrade tool however objects still retain their parametric properties
• The second object selected will become a component of the first object
The Remove component tool ( ) subtracts one object from another creating a gap where the two objects intersect
• The second object selected will become a component of the first object
• Note: both tools do not have a keyboard shortcut and should be selected after:
1, Selecting the object you wish to use for adding or removing volume
2, Selecting the object you wish to add or remove volume to

Simply/ rephrase

Task 2

Combine the two walls created in the section called "Using snap points and the Arch Wall tool" and the section called "Task 1"

Steps for task 2

•While holding 'Ctrl' key on the keyboard:
1, Select the wall created in the section called "Using snap points and the Arch Wall tool"
2, Select the created wall in the section called "Task 1"
3, Release the 'Ctrl' key
4, Select the Arch Add icon ( ) found in the tool bar
• Note that because the two faces of the walls are flush with each other their volume will join to form one wall

Part 4: the Arch Structure tool

What is the Arch Structure tool?

• The Structure tool is generally used to make columns, slabs and beams
• By default selecting the Structure tool icon ( ) gives access to presets displayed under Combo View>Tasks>Structure options

• It can however, like the wall tool, be used in conjunction with sketches or Draft objects, though the 2D geometry used must have a face to extrude

Task 3

Create a slab within the bounds of the newly combined walls. Use a rectangle as a base and give the slab a height of 100 mm

Steps for task 3

1, Ensure that the active plane is set to top ( )
2, Ensure that Snap Lock is toggled on by selecting the icon ( )
3, Ensure that Working plane snap is on ( )
4, Ensure that Endpoint snap is on ( )
5, Press 'R' then 'E' on the keyboard or select the Rectangle tool icon ( )
6, Select the two points indicated in the image below
7, Select the newly created rectangle
8, Select the structure icon ( )
9, Select the newly created structure and navigate to Combo View>Data>Structure then set the Height property to 100 mm

Part 5: the Arch Roof tool

What is the Arch Roof tool?

• • A tool that creates roof geometry using a 2D base

  • The Roof tool can be activated by either selecting the Roof tool icon ( ) or pressing 'R' then 'F' on the keyboard

  • A base 2D shape must be selected before starting the Roof tool

  • As mentioned before, the direction of the base 2D shape determines the normal (direction for which the shape is extruded)

  • This also applies to the Roof tool as drawing a polyline base for the Roof tool in a clockwise direction inverts the the normal of the shape and thus also that of the pitch of the roof, essentially making the roof upside down

Task 4

Create a roof on top of the combined walls created in task 2

Task 4 Steps

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• Select the top of the wall as the active plane (select the walls top face and then select the active plane icon ( )
• Press 'P' then 'Y' on the keyboard or select the Polyline tool icon ( ) and draw the shape in red shown in the image above
• Select the newly created wire
• Press 'R' then 'F' on the keyboard or select the Arch Roof tool icon ( )

• To edit the properties of the created roof:
1, Double-select the item in Combo View>Model
2, Navigate to Combo View>Tasks
Under the item labelled roof the following properties will be displayed;
a, Id: The number value corresponding to a roof plane

b, Angle (pitch of the roof or roof angle)
c, Run: how long the plane extends from the ridge
d, Overhang: how much the roof is offset from its starting polyline
e, Height: Distance from the lowest point of the roof to its ridge (excludes thickness)
f, Idrel: the roof plane referenced for automatic calculations
• Each line corresponds to a roof plane starting at 0 and going anti clockwise (the first segment of the polyline created will correspond with the roof plane 0)
• Tip: Idrel is the plane you wish the current plane to stop at. By default its value is -1, you can set the angle and run to 0 and the idrel value to another roof plane number for more automatic calculations
3, Set all roof slope angles to 15°
4, Set all runs to 1200 mm
5, By default the overhang property for each plane will be 100 mm: leave this value as is
6, Select close in Combo View>Tasks or press 'Esc' on the keyboard to end the task

The Arch Window tool

What is the Arch Window tool?

•The window tool is somewhat of a misnomer as it is used to create both windows and doors
• The window tool can be activated by by pressing 'W' then 'N' on the keyboard or by selecting the Window tool icon ( )
• The tool can be used in two ways:
a, By selecting a pre-existing Sketch or Draft object and selecting the Window tool icon or using the shortcut (see above)
b, By activating the window tool and selecting from a list of presets in Combo View>Tasks and selecting a desired location
• Windows and doors can be placed within hosts. These can be Arch objects such as walls or structures

Task 5

Create a single pane window on the right side of the building and create a custom door on the left side of the wall

Task 5 steps

1, Press 6 on the keyboard
2, Select the left-most wall then select the Draft Select Plane icon ( )
• Ensure that Snap Working Plane is toggled on ( )
• Ensure that Grid Snap is toggled on ( )
3, Press ‘W’ then ‘N’ on the keyboard or select the window tool icon ( )
4, Navigate to Combo View>Tasks and scroll down to Window options
• Presets and their options are shown here
5,Select Open 1-pane from the Preset list
6, Select the origin point on the wall (where the green and blue line intersect as shown below)

7, Press '3' on the keyboard
8, Select the wall then select the Draft Select Plane icon ( )
• Ensure that Snap Working Plane is toggled on ( )
• Ensure that Grid Snap is toggled on ( )
9, Select the point shown above: hover the mouse over the point until the Grid Snap icon appears ( ) then select the point (the icon appearing indicates that the placed object will be snapped precisely)
10, Navigate to Combo View>Tasks>Rectangle
11, For Local ΔX enter 830 mm
12, For Local ΔY enter -2200 mm
13, Select ok under Combo View>Tasks or press 'Enter' on the keyboard
14, Select the newly created rectangle
15, Press ‘O’ then ‘S’ on the keyboard or select the Offset tool icon ( )
16, Move the cursor of the mouse inside the rectangle
17, Type in 35 mm (Combo View>Tasks>Offset)
18, Press 'Enter' on the keyboard
19, Select the two newly created rectangles in Combo View>Model (hold 'Ctrl' and select one after the other)
20, Release the 'Ctrl' key
21, Select the Draft2sketch icon ( )
22, Select the newly created sketch and press 'W' then 'N' on the keyboard or select the Window icon ( )

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23, Navigate to Combo View>Model and double-select the newly created window
24, Navigate to Combo View>Tasks under components, then select the item labelled Default and then select the displayed Edit icon

25, Under the name field enter outerframe
• By default the Type field will be frame, leave it as is
26, Set the thickness field to 110 mm
27, Leave the offset field as 0 mm
28, Select Create/update component

29, Select the component labelled Default
30, Select remove

31, Select Add then in the name field type in 'door'
32, Set the Type field to Solid panel
33, Type 20 mm in the the thickness field
34, Type 90 mm in the Offset field
35, Select Create/update component

36,Select the Component labelled door and select edit
37, Select the edge shown in the image above
• Ensure that you are selecting the sketch of the door edge, not the door itself
38, Navigate to Combo View>Tasks>Window elements and select the Hinge field
39, Set the opening mode to Arc 90
40, Select Create/update component
41, Press 'Esc' on the keyboard or select close under Combo View>Tasks
42, Select the newly created window and navigate to Combo View>Data

43, Under Window select the Hosts field (…) icon and select the wall created in task 2

Creating A Bim Model Tutorial V

Introduction

In this Tutorial you will Learn how to a create 3D model of a house. It is highly recommended that you complete the previous tutorial on basic Arch objects

Bim

BIM or building information modelling is a means to represent a building or other assets in a 3D space. The 3D objects may contain additional information such as dimensions, materials, areas, levels, finishes and cost

Part 1: opening a file

• For Windows: File>open /programfiles/FreeCAD/BIMTutorial.FCStd

• For Linux:File> open home/.local/share/FreeCAD/BIMTutorial.FCStd

Part 2: creating The model base

Snap and view set up

1. Press 2 on the keyboard; this changes the view to the top view of the model

2. Select the set Active working plane icon ( ) and choose Top (X,Y)

3. Under Combo View>Tasks toggle Snap lock ( ) and ensure the following are toggled on:
   • Snap Endpoint( )
   • Snap Midpoint( )
   • Snap Working Plane ( )

• Snap Grid ( )

4. Press 'R' then 'E' on the keyboard or select the Rectangle tool icon ( )

5. Select the Origin with Snap Grid then enter these details:

   • For Local ΔX enter -50 m

   • For Local ΔY enter -60 then select Enter Point or press 'Enter'

Creating a structure base from a rectangle

1. Navigate to Combo View>Model Select the newly created rectangle then select the Structure tool( )

2. Navigate to Combo View>Model select the item labelled ‘Structure’

3. Under Combo View>Data enter 200 mm for the height property

4. Press ‘M’ then ‘V’ on the keyboard or ( ) Select the point at the origin

5. Toggle off the Snap point and Snap Working plane

6. For Local ΔZ Enter -200 mm

7. Navigate to Combo View>Model and select the item labelled structure and press ‘F2’ to rename it as Model Base

Part 3: Creating a boundary wall

Snap and view set up

1. Turn on Snap lock (Select the Snap lock icon ( ) and the following:

   • Snap Endpoint( )
   • Snap Midpoint( )
   • Snap Working Plane( )

2. Press 2 on the keyboard

3. Pan and zoom to the point labelled 1 (the points are labelled in the Combo View>Model list)

4. Press ‘V’ then ‘3’ on the keyboard to change the Draw Style to Wireframe or Navigate to main toolbar View>Draw Style>Wireframe

Creating a polyline or wire

1. Press 'P' then 'Y' on the keyboard or select the Polyline tool icon ( )

2. Select the point labelled 1

3. Press 'Y', enter 450 mm

4. Press 'X' and enter 2735 mm

5. Press 'Y' and enter -450 mm

6. Select the newly created wire

Making a wall from a wire for the boundary wall

1. Press 'W' then 'A' on the keyboard or select the Wall tool icon ( )

2. Navigate to Combo View>Model and select the newly created wall

3. Navigate to Combo View>Data and scroll down then change the following properties; Align: Left, Width: 110 mm, Height: 1800 mm

4. Press ‘F2’ and label the item as ‘Boundary Wall Section’ and press ‘Enter’

The Draft Array tool in brief

What is the draft array tool?

• The array tool creates multiple copies of a selected object

• It uses global axes when making copies or arrays of objects meaning that created arrays are independent of the active plane (X and Y will always be in the top plane)

• The tool does not have a keyboard shortcut but is activated by selecting the Array tool icon ( )

Using the array tool to make multiple copies of a wall

1. Navigate to Combo View>Model and select the item labelled ‘Boundary Wall Section’

2. Select the Array tool icon ( )

3. Input the following data:
   For the Number of elements: input 14 for the x value and leave the y and z values as 1
   For the X intervals: input 2750 mm for the x value, for the y value input 0 mm, for the z value input 0 mm. For the Y and Z Intervals: input 0 mm for all fields

4. Select the link array check box

5. Select 'Ok' to complete the process

6. Navigate to Combo View>Model and select the newly created array

7. Press ‘F2’ and relabel it to ‘Boundary Wall’

The Arch cut with Plane tool in brief

1. The Arch Cut with plane tool uses the face of an existing object to created a projection to cut another 3D object

2. It can be used by first selecting the object to be cut

3. Holding 'Ctrl'

4. Selecting the face to be used as a cutting plane, selecting the Cut with plane tool icon ( )

5. Navigating to Combo View>Tasks and under Cut Plane selecting the appropriate side to cut (a preview is shown during the task)

6. Select 'Ok' to finish the task

Part 4: Creating a fence

Snap and view set up

1. Navigate to the point labelled 1

2. Turn on Snap lock ( ) and the following ; Snap Endpoint ( ), Snap Midpoint ( ), Snap Working Plane ( ), Snap Grid ( )

Creating a post for the fence

1. Press ‘R’ the ‘E’ on the keyboard or select the Rectangle tool icon ( )

2. Select the point labelled 1 as the starting point for the Rectangle

3. Navigate to Combo View>Tasks. For Local ΔX enter -100 mm, for Local ΔY enter -55 mm

4. Press ‘Enter’ on the keyboard or Select Enter point

5. With the newly created rectangle selected, select the Structure tool icon ( )

6. With the newly created structure selected, navigate to Combo View>Data

7. Under structure set the Height property to 1900 mm

8. Press 6 on the keyboard to change the view to the left view

9. Select the face of the structure displayed then select the active plane icon) use the polyline tool and create the same wire shape shown below (the triangle should have a height of 100 mm)

• Hint: use construction lines to create the base of the rectangle so you have something to snap to when using the polyline tool

10. Press '3' on the keyboard to go to the right side of the model

11. Select the face of the structure shown in this view, then select the Active plane icon ( )

12. Use the polyline tool to draw the wire shown below

13. Select the wires created in steps 12 and 9 of this section on creating a fence, this will extrude the wires and create two new structures

14. Select the structures shown in the image above in the order indicated while holding the 'Ctrl' key

15. Select Arch Cut with plane tool Icon ( ). Navigate to Combo View>Tasks> and under ‘Cut with plane’ select the Front option from the drop-down list

16. Select ‘Ok’

17. Select the structures shown in the image above in the order indicated while holding the ‘'Ctrl'’ key

18. Select the Arch Cut with plane tool Icon ( ). Navigate to Combo View>Tasks> and under ‘Cut with plane’ select the Front option from the drop-down list

19. Select ‘Ok’

21. Select the structures shown in the image above in the order indicated while holding the ‘Ctrl’ key

22. Select the Arch Cut with plane tool icon ( )

23. Navigate to Combo View>Tasks> and under ‘Cut with plane’ select the Front option from the drop-down list

24. Select 'Ok'

25. Select the structures shown in the image above in the order indicated while holding the 'Ctrl' key

26. Select the Arch Cut with plane tool icon ( )

27. Navigate to Combo View>Tasks> and under ‘Cut with plane’ select the Front option from the drop-down list

28. Select 'Ok'

29. Hide or delete the structures created in step 13 of creating a fence

Creating reinforcement bars

30. Press 1 on the keyboard

31. Select the flat or planar part of the post and then select the Active plane icon ( )

32. Press 'P' then 'Y' or select the Polyline tool icon ( )

33. Select the vertex indicated in the image above

34. Navigate to Combo View>Tasks

35. For Local ΔX enter 0, for Local ΔY enter -40 mm, for Local ΔZ enter 0mm, then select Enter point

36. Press 'X', for Local ΔX enter 40 mm, then select Enter point

37. Press 'Y', for Local ΔY enter 1 mm, then select Enter point

38. Press 'X', for Local ΔX enter -39 mm, then select Enter point

39. Press 'Y', for Local ΔY enter 39 mm, then select Enter point

40. Press 'X', for Local ΔX enter -1 mm, then select Enter point

41. Select the newly created wire then press 'M' then 'V' or select the Move tool icon ( )

42. Select the point indicated in the image above

43. Press 'N' to activate continue mode for the Move tool

44. Press 'Y'

45. For Local ΔY enter -307.5 mm then select Enter point

46. Press 'C'

47. Press 'Y'

48. For Local ΔY enter -127.5 mm then select Enter point

49. Press 'Esc'

50. Select the two newly created wires then select the Draft2sketch icon ( )

51. Select the Structure tool

52. Select the newly created structure, Navigate to Combo View>Data and set the Y property to -1 to change normal of the structure if needed

53. Under Combo View>Data, set the Height property under structure to 0 and then set the Length property to 2615 mm

Creating Fence spikes

54. Press 'P' then 'Y' on the Keyboard or select the Polyline tool icon ( )

55. Select the point labelled p1

56. Press 'X' on the keyboard, for Local ΔX enter -1.5 mm

57. For Local ΔX -3.7mm, for Local ΔY -16 mm

58. For Local ΔX enter -1.37, for Local ΔY 1.60, for Local ΔZ enter 0 mm then select Enter point

59. Press 'X' on the keyboard for Local ΔX enter -1.5 mm then select Enter point

60. For Local ΔX enter -1.5 mm, for local Local ΔY 1.75, for local Local ΔZ enter 0 mm then select Enter point (creating a closed loop, this will then end the polyline task

61. Select the newly created wire and then select the the Array tool icon ( )

62. Navigate to Combo View>Tasks and under orthogonal array

    • Under Number of elements set the X property to 1, set the Y property to 18 and set the Z field to 1

    • Set all the X intervals fields to 0 mm

    • Set the Y field of the Y intervals to 14 mm and set the other two fields (z and x) to 0 mm

    • Set all the Z intervals to 0 mm

    • Select 'Ok'

    • Select the newly created Array and then select the Draft2Sketch tool icon ( )

    • Select the newly created sketch and press 'M' then 'V' on the keyboard or select the Move tool icon ( )

    • Navigate to Combo View>Tasks

    • Press ‘Z‘ on the keyboard

    • For Local ΔZ enter 100 mm, then select 'Ok'

    • Select the sketch moved in the previous step and then select the Structure tool icon ( )

    • With the newly create structure selected navigate to Combo View>Data and enter 1800 mm for the height property of the structure

    • Select the structure in Combo View>Model and press ‘F2’ then enter the name ‘spikes’

71. Press 6 on the keyboard

72. Select the face shown in the image above then select the Active plane icon ( )

73. Press 'L' then 'I' on the keyboard or select the Line tool Icon ( )

74. Navigate to Combo View>Tasks

75. Press 'X' on the keyboard and enter 261.50 cm or 2615 mm for Local ΔX

76. Press 'Enter' on the keyboard

77. Create two wires in the shape of the highlighted red lines shown above. Hint: use the Polyline tool and snaps, remembering to go anticlockwise when drawing the polyline

78. Select one of the wires then select the Array tool icon ( )

79. Navigate to Combo View>Tasks and go to orthogonal array

80. Under Number of elements set the X property to 1, set the Y property to 18 and set the Z field to 1

81. Set all the X intervals fields to 0 mm then press 'Enter' on the keyboard

82. Set the Y field of the Y intervals to 14 mm and set the other two fields (Z and X) to 0 mm

83. Repeat the same steps from 25 to 29 for creating a spike on the other wire

84. Select the array created in step 28 and select the Draft2sketch tool icon

85. Select the other array created in number 30 of creating a spike and select the Draft2sketch icon ( )

86. Select both newly created sketches then select the Structure tool

87. Press 2 on the keyboard

88. Select the Active plane icon ( ) and Navigate to Combo View>Tasks and select Top (XY)

89. Select both newly created structures under Combo View>Model (be sure to hold 'Ctrl' while selecting)

90. Press 'M' then 'V' or select the Move tool icon ( )

91. Select the point indicated above using snap mid point

92. Press 'X' on the keyboard

93. Navigate to Combo View>Tasks and under move, for ΔX enter 500 mm, unselect continue then press 'Enter' on the keyboard

94. While holding 'Ctrl' select one of recently moved structures then select the structure labelled ‘spike’ and select the Arch Remove tool icon ( )

95. Repeat the previous step with the other structure and the structure labelled ‘spike’

96. While holding 'Ctrl' Select the item labelled reinforcement then the item labelled ‘Spike’ then select the Arch add tool icon ( )

97. While holding 'Ctrl' select the item labelled ‘Post’, the item labelled ‘Spike’ then select the Arch add tool icon

98. Rename the item labelled ‘spike’ by selecting it under Combo View>Model and pressing F2, then enter the name ‘fence section’

Part 5: creating The boundary using a section of fence

7. Press 'L' then 'I' on the keyboard or select the Line tool icon ( ) and then select the point highlighted above

8. Press 'Y' and under Combo View>Tasks input -18745 mm

9. Press 'Enter'

10. While holding 'Ctrl' select the object labelled ‘fence section’, select the newly created line and then select the Path Array tool icon ( )

11. With the newly created path array object selected, Navigate to Combo View>Data, then go to position and select the small grey arrow. For the X property of Position enter 4649.71 cm or 46497.1 mm and for the Y property enter 2511.44cm or 25114.4 mm

12. Under Align set the Extra translation Y property to 100 cm or 1000 mm then set the Offset property to 272.50 cm or 2725 mm

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13. Select the item labelled ‘fence section’ then select the Clone tool icon ( )

14. Select the newly created clone and press 'M' then 'V' on the keyboard or select the Move tool icon ( ) (remember to select the starting point shown in the image above)

15. Press 'N' on the keyboard

16. Press 'Y' on the keyboard, then enter -2136.00 for Local ΔY Press 'X' on the keyboard, then enter -10 for Local ΔX

17. Press 'Esc' to end the task

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18. Select the clone then Press 'R' then O or select the Rotate tool icon ( ) and select the clone at the points indicated above in order

19. enter 90 in Combo View>Tasks under rotate and press 'Enter'

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20. Press 'L' then 'I' on the keyboard or select the Line tool icon ( ) and select the point shown above

21. Press 'X' and for Local ΔX enter 3471cm or 34710 mm

22. Press 'Enter' or select Enter point

23. Select the clone, select the newly created line then select the Path Array tool icon ( )

23. Navigate to Combo View>Model and select the Structure labelled fence section

24. Select the clone tool icon ( )

25. Select the newly created clone then press 'R' then O or select the rotate tool icon ( )

26. Select the points as shown in the image above(one being an endpoint and the other being a mid point)

27. Navigate to Combo View>Tasks and input 180 in under Rotation

28. Press 'Enter'

29. Select the rotated clone and press 'M' then 'V' or select the move icon ( )

30. Enter 3840.60 cm or 38406 mm for Local ΔX

31. Press 'Enter'

32. Select the moved clone then select the clone tool icon

33. Select the clone then press 'M' then 'V' on the keyboard or select the Move tool icon ( ), select anywhere on the clone then press y

34. Press 'L' then 'I' and select the point shown in the image above

35. press 'Y' and for Local ΔY enter 8118.8 mm then press 'Enter'

36. While holding the 'Ctrl' key select the newly created clone in the previous step, select the newly created line then select the Path Array tool icon ( )

37. Select the newly created path array and Navigate to Combo View>Data

38. Set the count property to 3, under Extra translations set the x property to 46398.1 mm and y property to 26114.4

39. Navigate to combo View>Model and select the item labelled fence section, select the grey arrow next to the object then select the item labelled post

40. With the structure item labelled ‘post’ selected select the Clone tool icon ( )

41. With the newly created clone selected press 'M' then 'V' on the keyboard or select the Move tool icon ( )

42. Select the point on the object as shown in the image above

43. Select the point in the image displayed above

Part 6: creating the front gate

Creating the front entrance walls

1. Press ‘P’ then 'Y' or select the Polyline tool icon ( )

2. Select point 3 and press 'Y'

3. Navigate to Combo View>Tasks

4. Input 305.4 mm, for Local ΔY and enter 30.54 mm then press 'Enter'

5. Press 'Y', for Local ΔX enter 437.3 mm and for Local ΔY enter -448.6 mm

6. Press 'Y' and enter -1770.5 mm for Local ΔY then press ‘Enter’

7. Press 'X', for Local ΔX enter 747.8 mm then press ‘Enter’.

8. Press 'Esc' or select close to end the task

9. Select the newly created wire then press 'W' then 'A' or select the Wall tool icon

10. With the newly created wall selected navigate to Combo View>Data

11. Under Wall set the Align property to left, set the Height property to 1800 mm and set the Width property to 110 mm

12. Select the newly created Wall in Combo View>Model and rename it by pressing the ‘F2’ key and entering ‘front gate wall 1’

15. Press 'P' then 'Y' or select the Polyline tool icon ( )

16. Select point 2 and press 'X'

17. Navigate to Combo View>Tasks

18. 305.4 mm, for Local ΔX enter 573.8 mm then press 'Enter'

19. Press 'Y' and enter Local ΔX enter 437.3 mm and for Local ΔY enter -448.6 mm

20. Press 'Y' and enter -1499.1 mm for Local ΔY then press 'Enter'

21. For Local ΔX enter -358.2 mm, for Local ΔY enter -497.5 mm then press 'Enter'

22. Press 'X' ,For Local ΔX enter -431.2 mm then press 'Enter'

23. Press 'Y' then for Local ΔY enter 340 mm

24. Press 'Esc' or Select close in Combo View>Tasks to end the task

25. Select the newly created wire then press 'W' then 'A' or select the Wall tool icon ( )

26. With the newly created wall selected navigate to Combo View>Data

27. Under Wall set the Align property to left, set the Height property to 1800 mm and set the Width property to 110 mm

28. Select the newly created Wall in Combo View>Model and rename it by pressing the 'F2' key and entering ‘front gate wall 2’

Creating the front gate

29. Press '3' on the keyboard to set the view to the right view

30. Select the current working plane icon and navigate to Combo View>Tasks

31. Under Working plane setup select align to view

32. You may hide the path array by selecting it and pressing the space bar on the keyboard

33. Press 'R' then 'E' or select the Rectangle tool icon ( ) and select the vertex as shown in the image above

34. For Local ΔX enter 3550 mm and for Local ΔY enter -1775mm

35. Select the newly created rectangle then select the Offset tool icon ( ) or press 'O' then 'S' on the keyboard. Place the cursor within the rectangle and enter 50 mm, then press 'Enter' on the keyboard

36. Select the newly offset rectangle and offset it by 30 mm inwards

37. Press 'R' then 'E' on the keyboard or select the Rectangle tool icon ( )

38. Navigate to Combo View>Tasks

39. For Local ΔX enter 106.3 mm, for Local ΔY enter -240 mm

40. Press 'Enter' on the keyboard after each entry

41. Press 'R' then 'E' or select the Rectangle tool icon ( ) and select the vertex as shown in the image above

42. For Local ΔX enter 106.3 mm, for Local ΔY enter -12250 mm

43. Press 'Enter' on the keyboard after each entry

44. With the newly created rectangle selected press 'M' then 'V' or select the Move tool icon ( )

45. Select the same vertex shown in the image above then press 'Y' on the keyboard

46. Navigate to Combo View>Tasks

47. For Local ΔY enter -30 mm then press 'Enter' on the keyboard

45. Press 'R' then 'E' or select the Rectangle tool icon ( ) and select the vertex as shown in the image above

46. For Local ΔX enter 107.3 mm, for Local ΔY enter -90 mm

47. Press 'Enter' on the keyboard after each entry

48. With the newly created rectangle selected press 'M' then 'V' or select the Move tool icon ( )

49. Select the same vertex shown in the image above then press 'Y' on the keyboard

50. Navigate to Combo View>Tasks

51. For Local ΔY enter -30 mm then press 'Enter' on the keyboard

52. Press 'L' then 'I' on the keyboard or select the Line tool icon ( ) and then select the point shown above

53. Press 'X'

54. For Local ΔX enter -2561.4 mm, then press 'Enter' on the keyboard

55. Select the newly created line then Press 'M' then 'V' on the keyboard or select the Move tool icon ( )

56. Press 'Y'

57. Press 'N'

58. Press 'C'

59. Select the point indicated in the image below (1)

60. Press 'C'

61. Select the point indicated in the image below (2)

62. Select the rectangle (1) then select the line (2) then select the Path Array tool icon ( ), select the newly created array and navigate to Combo View>Data then set the End Offset to 106.3 mm then set the Start Offset to -106.3 mm

63. Select the rectangle (3) then select the line (4) then select the Path Array tool icon ( ), select the newly created array and navigate to Combo View>Data then set the End Offset to 106.3 mm then set the Start Offset to -106.3 mm

64. Select the rectangle (5) then select the line (6) then select the Path Array tool icon ( ), select the newly created array and navigate to Combo View>Data then set the End Offset to 106.3 mm then set the Start Offset to -106.3 mm

65. Press 'R' then 'E' or select the Rectangle tool icon ( ) and select the vertex as shown in the image above

66. For Local ΔX enter -691.2 mm then for Local ΔY enter -1615 mm

67. Press 'Enter' twice

68. Select the newly created rectangle then select the Offset tool icon ( ) or press 'O' then 'S' on the keyboard. Place the cursor within the rectangle and enter 10 mm, then press 'Enter' on the keyboard

69. Press 'R' then 'E' or select the Rectangle tool icon ( ) and select the vertex as shown in the image above

70. Select the newly created rectangle then press 'M' then 'V' or select the Move tool icon (

71. For Local ΔX enter -107.3 mm then for Local ΔY enter -1225 mm

72. Press 'Enter'

73. Press 'R' then 'E' or select the Rectangle tool icon ( ) and select the vertex as shown in the image above

74. Select the newly created rectangle then press 'M' then 'V' or select the Move tool icon ( )

75. For Local ΔX enter 107.3 mm then for Local ΔY enter 80 mm

76. Press 'Enter' twice

77. Press 'L' then 'I' on the keyboard or select the Line tool icon ( ) then select the point shown above

78. Press 'X' then Navigate to Combo View>Tasks

79. Under Line enter 564 mm

80. Press 'Enter' on the keyboard or select Enter point

Label diagram

81. Select the newly created line then Press 'M' then 'V' on the keyboard or select the Move tool icon ( )

82. Press 'Y'

83. Press 'N'

84. Press 'C'

85. Select the point indicated in the image above (1)

86. Press 'C'

87. Select the point indicated in the image above (2)

88. Select the rectangle (1) then select the line (2) then select the Path Array tool icon ( ), select the newly created array and navigate to Combo View>Data then set the End Offset to 107.3 mm and then set the Start Offset to -107.3 mm set the count property to 4

89. Select the rectangle (3) then select the line (4) then select the Path Array tool icon ( ), select the newly created array and navigate to Combo View>Data then set the End Offset to 107.3 mm and then set the Start Offset to -107.3 mm and set the count property to 4

90. Select the rectangle (5) then select the line (6) then select the Path Array tool icon ( ), select the newly created array and navigate to Combo View>Data then set the End Offset to 107.3 mm and then set the Start Offset to -107.3 mm, set the count property to 4

91. Delete the rectangles highlighted in the image below and unhide the rectangles used as bases for the path array in the last two steps

92. Hide the lines used to create the path arrays

92. Press '3' on the keyboard to go to the right view

93. Press 'Shift' then 'B' or to box select and select the 2D elements created steps 29 to 91 of part 6: creating the front gate

94. Select the Draft2sketch tool icon ( )

95. Press 'Delete' on the keyboard to delete the items used to create the sketch

96. With the newly created sketch selected press 'W' then 'N' on the keyboard or select the Window icon ( )

97. Double-select the newly created window under Combo View>Model

98. Select default under components then select edit

99. Select Name field and enter main gate, keep the type as frame, leave the wires as is, set the Thickness property to 30 mm, leave the offset field as is and leave the opening and Hinge as is

100. Select Create/update component

101. Under components select the default item then select remove

1. Select the add icon in Combo View>Tasks under window element

2. Select the Wires under Create new component then shown in the image above

3. Set the name property to small, leave the Type property as is, set the thickness to 20 mm leave the Offset as is, select the wire highlighted in the image above then select the hinge field, making sure to set the opening mode to arc 90

4. Select Create/update component then scroll up and select close or press 'Esc' on the keyboard

5. Select the newly created window in Combo View>Model and press F2, rename this window as ‘front gate’

6. Press 1 on the keyboard

7. Select the active plane icon () then under combo view> Tasks and select Top(XY)

8. Navigate to Combo View>Model and select the sketch base on the item labelled front gate and press 'M' then 'V' or select the Move tool icon ( )

9. Navigate to Combo View>Tasks, press ‘X’, for Local ΔX enter 8804.6 mm then press 'Enter'

10. Toggle the continue mode on by pressing 'N' on the keyboard if it is not already on

11. Press 'Y'

12. For Local ΔY enter 134.8 mm, then press 'Esc' on the keyboard to end the task

13. Press 2 to go to the top view

14. Zoom out using the mouse scroll wheel and select the items shown in the image below, then option click and select Utilities>add new name group and enter ‘boundary’ in the text prompt then press 'Enter'

15. You can now Navigate to Combo View>Model> boundary and expand it by selecting the the grey arrow next to the text you can also toggle weather all these items in the group are visible by selecting the group and pressing the space bar

Part 7: creating the walls of the building

Creating the exterior walls

1. Pan to point a

2. Press 'P' then 'Y' on the keyboard or select the polyline icon ( )

3. Join points a to g by using Point snap and the polyline tool (you can confirm the names of the points by selecting them and looking at the list of items in Combo View>Models>points)

4. Navigate to Combo View>Model and select the newly created polyline and press 'W' then 'A' on the keyboard or select the Wall tool icon ( )

5. Navigate to Combo View>Model and select the newly created wall object

6. Press 'F2' and rename it to ‘Exterior Walls’

7. With the newly created wall selected navigate to Combo View>Model, next to the align property select the drop-down menu then select Left

8. Go to the Width property and type in 220 mm

Creating the interior walls

7. Press 'R' then 'E' on the keyboard or select the Rectangle tool icon ( )

8. Select the point highlighted in the image above, For Local ΔX enter 1010 mm and for Local ΔY enter 1690 mm

9. Navigate to Combo View>Model Select the newly created rectangle

10. Press 'D' then 'N' or select the Downgrade icon ( )

11. Navigate to Combo View>Model and select the edges highlighted in dark blue (shown above) while holding the 'Ctrl' key

12. Release the 'Ctrl' key and press the 'Delete' key, then select the remaining edges while holding the 'Ctrl' key and then release the 'Ctrl' key

13. Press 'U' then 'P' on the keyboard or select the Upgrade icon ( )

14. With the newly created object selected press 'W' then 'A' on the keyboard or select the Wall tool icon ( )

15. With the newly created wall selected navigate to Combo View>Model, then go to the Align property and select the drop-down menu and then select Left

16. Go to the Width property and type in 110 mm

13. Press 'L' then 'I' or select the line tool icon ( )

14. Select the point highlighted above

15. Navigate to Combo View>Tasks

16. Press 'X' on the keyboard

17. Set the value of Local ΔX to 1880 mm and select Enter point

18. Toggle on the Snap Extension icon ( )

19. Hover the cursor over the point above and move it upwards until a dashed line appears from the highlighted point to the desired endpoint of your new line (in this case, the interior part of the Exterior wall)

20. Press 'Y' on the keyboard

21. Move the cursor and select the inward part of the exterior wall

22. For Local ΔY enter -4100 mm

23. Navigate to Combo View>Model and select the newly created line

24. Press 'W' then 'A' on the keyboard or select the Wall tool icon ( )

25. Select the newly created wall under Combo View>Data

26. Set the Align property to Right then set the Width property to 110 mm

27. Press 'R' then 'E' on the keyboard or select the Rectangle tool icon ( )

28. Select the point highlighted in the image above

29. Navigate to Combo View>Tasks. Set the value of Local ΔX to 3000 mm and the value of Local ΔY to 4100 mm

30. Select Enter point or press 'Enter'

31. Navigate to Combo View>Model

32. Select the newly created rectangle and select the Downgrade icon ( ) or press 'D' then 'N' on the keyboard

33. In Combo View>Model hold 'Ctrl' while selecting the edges highlighted in dark blue in the image above

34. Press 'Delete'

35. Select Edge overlapping with the wall

36. Press 'T' then 'R' or select the Trimex tool icon ( )

37. Hold 'Ctrl' to use snaps

38. Select the vertex where wall and line overlap

39. Navigate to Combo View>Task

40. Select the starting point (the point highlighted in red above)

41. Select the edges left over after deletion while Holding the 'Ctrl' key then release the 'Ctrl' key

42. Press 'U' then 'P' on the keyboard or select the Upgrade icon ( )

43. Press 'W' then 'A' on the keyboard or select the Wall tool icon ( )

44. With the newly created wall selected navigate to Combo View>Data, next to the align property select the drop-down menu and select Left

45. Go to the Width property and type in 110 mm

44. Press 'R' then 'E' or select the Rectangle tool icon ( )

45. Select the point shown in the image above

46. For Local ΔX enter -1796.9 mm

47. For Local ΔY enter 2400 mm

48. Select Enter point

49. Navigate to Combo View>Model Select the newly created rectangle

50. Press 'D' then 'N' or select the Downgrade tool icon ( )

51. Select the edges highlighted in dark blue shown in the image above while holding the 'Ctrl' key

52. Release the 'Ctrl' key then press 'Delete'

53. While holding 'Ctrl' select the remaining edges then release the 'Ctrl' key and select the Upgrade tool icon ( ) or press 'U' then 'P'

54. Press 'W' then 'A' on the keyboard or select the Wall tool icon ( )

55. With the newly created wall selected navigate to Combo View>Data, then go to the Align property, select the drop-down menu and then select Left

56. Go to the Width property and enter 110 mm

54. Press 'R' then 'E' or select the Rectangle tool icon ( )

55. Select the point highlighted in red shown in the image above

56. Navigate to Combo View>Tasks

57. For Local ΔX enter -3003.1 mm

58. For Local ΔY enter 4210.0 mm

59. Select Enter point or press the 'Enter' key

60. Navigate to Combo View>Model and select the newly created rectangle

61. Press 'D' then 'N' or select the Downgrade tool icon ( )

62. Navigate to Combo View>Model, select the newly created edge highlighted in Dark blue (in the image below) while holding 'Ctrl'

63. Press 'Delete' on the keyboard

65. Navigate to Combo View>Model and select the edge highlighted in light green

66. Press 'T' then 'R' on the keyboard or select the Trimex tool icon ( )

67. Hold 'Ctrl' and 'Alt' while selecting the point highlighted above

68. Select the edge highlighted in light blue in the image above

69. Press 'T' then 'R' or select the Trimex icon ( )

70. While holding 'Ctrl', select the Vertex shown above

71. Press 'U' then 'P' or select the Upgrade icon ( )

72. With the wire still selected press 'W' then 'A' on the keyboard or select the Wall tool icon ( )

73. With the newly created wall selected navigate to Combo View>Model, next to the align property select the drop-down menu and then select Left

74. Go to the Width property and enter 110 mm

76. Press 'P' then 'Y' or select the polyline tool( )

77. Select the point highlighted in red

78. Press 'X'

79. Select Enter point

80. Press 'Y' on the keyboard

81. For Local ΔY enter -990 mm

82. Select Enter point

83. Navigate to Combo View>Model and select the newly created wire

84. Press 'W' then 'A' on the keyboard or select the Wall tool icon ( )

85. With the newly created wall selected navigate to Combo View>Model, next to the align property, select the drop-down menu and then select Right

86. Go to the Width property and enter 110 mm

85. Press 'R' then 'E' or select the Rectangle tool icon ( )

86. Select the two points highlighted in the image above

87. Navigate to Combo View>Model

88. Select the newly created rectangle

89. Select the Downgrade icon ( ) or press 'D' then N

90. Navigate to Combo View>Model and select the edges highlighted in dark blue (shown above) while holding 'Ctrl'

91. Release the 'Ctrl' key

92. Press 'Delete' on the keyboard

93. While holding 'Ctrl' select the remaining edges then release the 'Ctrl' key

94. Press 'U' then 'P' or select the Upgrade tool icon ( )

95. Navigate to Combo View>Model and select the newly created wire

96. Press 'W' then 'A' on the keyboard or select the Wall tool icon ( )

97. With the newly created wall selected navigate to Combo View>Model, next to the align property, select the drop-down menu and then select Right

98. Go to the Width property and enter 110 mm

98. Press 'R' then 'E' or select the Rectangle tool icon ( )

99. Select the point highlighted in red shown in the image above

100. Navigate to Combo View>Tasks and go to Rectangle

101. For Local ΔX type in 4110 mm

102. For Local ΔY type in 2405.0 mm

103. Navigate to Combo View>Model, select the newly created rectangle and select the Downgrade tool icon ( ) or press 'D' then ‘N’

104. Navigate to Combo View>Model and select the wires highlighted in blue while holding 'Ctrl'

105. Release the 'Ctrl' key and press the 'Delete' key

106. Navigate to Combo View>Model select the remaining edges while holding 'Ctrl'

107. Select the Upgrade icon ( ) or press 'U' then 'P'

108. Navigate to Combo View>Model, select the newly created wire then press 'W' then 'A' on the keyboard or select the Wall tool icon ( )

109. With the newly created wall selected navigate to Combo View>Model, next to the align property, select the drop-down menu and then select Left

110. Go to the Width property and enter 110 mm

110. Press 'R' then 'E' or select the Rectangle tool icon (( )

111. Navigate to Combo View>Tasks and go to Rectangle

112. For Local ΔX type in 5310 mm and for For Local ΔY enter -3610 mm

113. Navigate to Combo View>Model and select the newly created Rectangle

114. Select the Downgrade tool icon ( ) or press 'D' then ‘N’

115. Select the edges highlighted in dark blue and while holding the 'Ctrl' key, release the 'Ctrl' key and press the ‘Delete’ key

116. Press 'L' then 'I' on the keyboard or select the Line tool Icon( ) then select the point labelled 1 in the image shown above

117. Press 'X' on the keyboard to restrict its creation to the x-axes

118. Select the second point shown above labelled 2 in the image shown above

119. Select the newly created line

120. Press 'W' then 'A' on the keyboard or select the Wall tool icon ( )

121. Navigate to Combo View>Data, under Wall set the Align Property to Right

122. Go to the Width property and enter 110 mm

121. Press 'L' then 'I' on the keyboard or select the Line tool Icon( ) then select the point labelled 1 in the image shown above

122. Press 'X' on the keyboard to restrict its creation to the x-axes

123. Select the second point shown above labelled 2 in the image shown above

124. Select the newly created line

125. Press 'W' then 'A' on the keyboard or select the Wall tool icon ( )

126. Navigate to Combo View>Data, under Wall set the Align Property to Right

127. Go to the Width property and enter 110 mm

127. Press 'P' then 'Y' on the keyboard or select the Polyline tool icon ( )

128. Select the point labelled m4 (you can confirm the position of an item by hovering your cursor over it in Combo View>Model

129. Select the point labelled m4

130. Navigate to Combo View>Tasks>Polyline

131. For Local ΔX enter -610.4, for Local ΔY enter -220 mm

132. Select Enter point or press 'Enter' on the keyboard

133. Press 'X' to restrict the segment of the polyline to the x-axes

134. For Local ΔX type in 3154.5 mm

135. For Local ΔX enter 1935.6 mm and for Local ΔY enter 1935.5 mm

136. Press 'Y'

137. For Local ΔY enter 1863.3 m

138. For Local ΔX enter -220 mm

139. Select Enter point or press 'Enter'

140. Select the newly created polyline

141. Press 'W' then 'A' on the keyboard or select the Wall tool icon ( )

142. With the newly created wall selected Navigate to Combo View>Data and under wall select the Align field then select Right

143. Go to the Width property and enter 110 mm

• Note the image above has hidden other elements such as the previously created walls: you may do this by selecting the items you wish to hide under Combo View>Model then pressing the space bar on the keyboard

143. Press 'W' then 'A' on the keyboard or select the Wall tool icon ( )

144. Hover the cursor over point m3 and select it when the Point Snap icon appears (ensure End Point snap ( ) and Snap lock ( ) are toggled on)

145. Press 'Y' to restrict to the Y-axis

146. Hover the mouse over the wall and select the exterior side of the wall

147. Navigate to Combo View>Model and select the newly created wall

148. For Local ΔX type in 680 mm

149. Navigate to Combo View>Data then go to Wall and set the align property to right

150. Go to the Width property and enter 110 mm

• Note that even though a line was not drawn to begin with, a line is still created by default as a sub element of the wall you may view it by Navigating to Combo View>Model and selecting the grey arrow next to the newly created wall

150. Press 'P' then 'Y' on the keyboard or select the Polyline tool icon ( )

151. Hover the cursor over the point shown in the image above and select it when the End Point snap icon appears ( ) and Snap lock ( ) (Ensure End Point snap ( ) and Snap lock ( ) are toggled on)

152. Press the 'X' key to restrict to the x-axes

153. Navigate to Combo View>Tasks under Polyline type in -900 mm for Local ΔX then select Enter point

154. Press the 'Y' key to restrict to the y-axis

155. Navigate to Combo View>Tasks and under Walls type in -900 mm for Local ΔY then select Enter point

156. Press 'X' to restrict to the x-axis

157. Navigate to Combo View>Tasks and under Polyline type in -900 mm for Local ΔX then select Enter point

158. Press 'W' then 'A' on the keyboard or select the Wall tool icon ( )

159. With the newly created wall selected navigate to Combo View>Model, next to the align property select the drop-down menu and then select Left

160. Go to the Width property and enter 110 mm

160. Navigate to Combo View>Model

161. Press 'M' then 'V' on the keyboard or Select the Move tool icon ( )

162. Hover the cursor over the point shown in the image above and select it when the Point Snap icon appears ( )

163. Navigate to Combo View>Tasks

164. Under Move type in -20 mm for Local ΔX then type in 682.5 mm for Local ΔY, leave Local ΔZ as 0 mm

165. Select Enter point or press the 'Enter' key (sometimes more than one press of the 'Enter' key is required) to complete the task

• Note: Moving items such as walls or windows does not move their base items (sketches or wires). It is often better to move base items as this will move the item it is linked to

166. Press 'R' then 'E' on the keyboard or select the Rectangle tool icon ( )

167. Navigate to Combo View>Tasks and go to Rectangle

168. For Local ΔX type in -450 mm

169. For Local ΔY type in -450 mm

170. Navigate to Combo View>Model Select the newly created rectangle and select the Downgrade tool icon ( ) or press 'D' then ‘N’

171. Navigate to Combo View>Model and select the wires highlighted in blue while holding 'Ctrl'

172. Release the 'Ctrl' key and press the 'Delete' key

173. Navigate to Combo View>Model select the remaining edges while holding 'Ctrl'

174. Select the Upgrade icon ( ) or press 'U' then 'P'

175. Navigate to Combo View>Model Select the newly created wire then press 'W' then 'A' on the keyboard or select the Wall tool icon ( )

176. With the newly created wall selected navigate to Combo View>Model, next to the align property select the drop-down menu and then select Left

177. Go to the Width property and enter 110 mm

166. Press 'R' then 'E' on the keyboard or select the Rectangle tool icon ( )

167. Navigate to Combo View>Tasks and go to Rectangle

168. For Local ΔX type in 450 mm

169. For Local ΔY type in -450 mm

170. Navigate to Combo View>Model Select the newly created rectangle and select the Downgrade tool icon ( ) or press 'D' then ‘N’

171. Navigate to Combo View>Model and select the wires highlighted in blue while holding 'Ctrl'

172. Release the 'Ctrl' key and press the 'Delete' key

173. Navigate to Combo View>Model and select the remaining edges while holding 'Ctrl'

174. Select the Upgrade icon ( ) or press 'U' then 'P'

175. Navigate to Combo View>Model Select the newly created wire then press 'W' then 'A' on the keyboard or select the Wall tool icon ( )

176. With the newly created wall selected navigate to Combo View>Model, next to the align property then select the drop-down menu then select Left

177. Go to the Width property and enter 110 mm

Part 8: Creating Slabs

Setting up Snap Points

1. Toggle on the following snaps by selecting their icons; Snap lock(), Snap Endpoint ( ), Snap Midpoint ( ), Snap Working Plane ( ) and Snap Grid ( )

2. Press 2 on the keyboard to go to the top view or select the top view on the cube

Creating the main slab

1. Press 'P' then 'Y' on the keyboard and trace the Exterior walls

2. Select the newly created wire and press 'O' then 'S' or select the Offset tool icon ( )

3. Move the cursor outside of the building

4. For the distance value enter 900 mm and press 'Enter'

5. Navigate to Combo View>Data select both Wires and set the Make face property to true

6. Select the larger Wire then the small one while holding 'Ctrl', then release 'Ctrl'

7. Select the Small structure then the larger structure while holding 'Ctrl', then release 'Ctrl'

8. Select the Arch remove tool( )

Creating a base For the slab

1. Press 'R' then 'E' or select the Rectangle tool icon ( )

2. Select the point highlighted in the image above

3. Select the opposite corner highlighted in blue

4. Press 'Enter' on the keyboard

5. Select the newly create rectangle and select the Structure tool ( )

6. Select the newly created structure and press 'M' then 'V'

7. Navigate to Combo View>Task>Move

8. Press 'Z' To Restrict to the Z axes

9. For Local ΔZ enter 200 mm and select Enter point

10. For Local ΔZ enter 200 mm and select Enter point

Combining slab objects

1. Select the small structure then the large one while holding 'Ctrl'

2. Select the point highlighted in the image above

3. Then select the Add component tool icon ( )

Cutting the slab

1. Press 'R' then 'E' on the keyboard or select the Rectangle tool icon ( )

2. Trace the wall using Snap endpoint snap

3. Navigate to Combo View>Model

4. Select the newly created rectangle and then select the Structure tool ( )

5. Navigate to Combo View>Model; While holding 'Ctrl', select the newly created Structure then the old structure and select the Remove component tool icon ( )

Creating a base for the shower slab

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1. Press 'R' then 'E' or select the rectangle tool( )

2. Trace the wall using Snap Endpoint and the Polyline tool

3. Navigate to Combo View>Model

4. Select the rectangle and select the Structure tool ( )

5. Navigate to Combo View>Model. While holding 'Ctrl' select select the newly created Structure then the old structure and select the remove component icon ( )

Creating a base for the ramp slab

1. Press 'R' then 'E' or select the Rectangle tool icon ( )

2. Navigate to Combo View>Tasks

3. For Local ΔX type 2880 mm

4. For local Local ΔY enter 2500 mm

5. Navigate to Combo View>Model and select the newly created rectangle

6. Press 'M' then 'V' on the keyboard or Select the Move tool icon ( )

7. Press 'Y'

8. For Local ΔY enter 500 mm

9. Select the newly create rectangle and select the Structure tool ( )

10. Select the newly created structure then the Larger structure and select the remove component icon ( )

Creating a base for the ramp slab

1. Press 'R' then 'E' or select the Rectangle tool icon ( )

2. Select the point highlighted in the image above

3. For Local ΔX type in 2880 mm

4. For Local ΔY enter 2500 mm

5. Press 'Enter' on the keyboard

6. Press 'V' Then 3

Creating a slab to cut the ramp

1. Select the face of the newly created structure shown above and then the active plane icon (It will change from Top to Custom)

2. Press '3' on the keyboard or orbit so that you can view the Front side of the structure

3. Select the face of the newly created structure in view

4. Press 'L' then 'I' or select the Line tool icon

5. Select the vertexes of the structure shown above to create a line

Using the Cut with line tool to cut the ramp

1. While holding 'Ctrl' select the desired object to be cut in Combo View>Model then select the newly created line

2. Release the 'Ctrl' key on the keyboard key and select the cut with line tool icon

3. Under Combo View>Tasks select front for which side to cut

4. Select 'Ok'

• This cuts the structure and places a cut object as a sub-object of the structure object. If deleted this would restore the structure to its original shape

Creating a slab to cut the ramp

1. Press 'V' then 3

2. Press 'P' then 'Y' or select the Polyline tool

3. Trace the shape shown in red shown above (make sure the active plane is set to top and Snap to plane is toggled on)

4. Select the newly created polygon

5. Select the Structure tool ( )

6. Select the newly created structure then the larger structure and select the Remove component icon ( )

Creating a slab for the verandah

1. Press 'V' then 3 on the keyboard

2. Press 'P' then 'Y' on the keyboard or select the Polyline tool icon

3. Trace the shape shown in red

4. Select the structure icon ( )

5. Press 'V' then 1

Filling in a gap with the Structure tool

Filling in a gap with the Structure tool

1. Press 'V' then 3 on the keyboard

2. Press 'P' then 'Y' on the keyboard or select the Polyline tool icon

3. Trace the shape shown in red (in the image above)

4. Select the structure icon ( )

5. Press 'V' then 1

Joining Slabs

1. Select the Structure Labelled 1 then 2 while holding 'Ctrl' as shown in the image above

2. Release 'Ctrl' and select the Add component icon ( )

3. With the structure still selected option click and select add dependent objects to selection

4. Navigate to Combo View>Model>Structure and set the height property to 50 mm

Creating the porch slab

1. Press 'R' then 'E' on the keyboard or select the Rectangle tool icon ( )

2. Select the point shown above

3. For Local ΔX enter 1500 mm

4. For local Local ΔY enter 1671.3 mm

5. Press 'M' then 'V' and select the newly created rectangle

6. Select the newly created Rectangle at the same point

7. For ‘Local ΔY’ enter 220 mm

8. Press ‘Enter’ or select ‘Enter point’

9. Select the Structure icon (while the rectangle is still selected)

10. Navigate to Combo View>Data>Structure and set the Height property to 150 mm

Creating the porch slab part 2

1. Press 'R' then 'E' on the keyboard or select the Rectangle tool icon ( )

2. Select the point shown above

3. For Local ΔX enter 3130 mm

4. For Local ΔY enter -3468.7 mm

5. Select the Structure icon (while the rectangle is still selected)

6. Navigate to Combo View>Data>structures and change the Height property to 50 mm

7. If the structure is extruded in the wrong direction: select the newly created Structure and navigate to Combo View>Data

8. Under Structure select the arrow next to the Normal property normal and set the Z property to 1

Modifying the porch slab part 2

Crop image

1. Fill in this gap shown above using the Structure tool

2. Adjust the slab and wall surrounding it to be flush

3. Add this as a component to the slab labelled ‘WC/Shower 1 Slab’

4. Set the Height property of ‘Shower Wall Exterior’ to 2100 mm

Creating slabs for each room

1. Create polylines for each area indicated above (2D)

2. Then while the 2D object is selected in Combo View>Model, select the Structure icon ( )

3. If necessary navigate to Combo View>Model to make adjustments

4. If necessary further modify said object using cut plane, remove component or add component

5. Set the Height property of every (floor slab) except H to be 150 mm (H should have a height of 200 mm)

6. Do not create a slab for room I (are you paying attention?)

Part 9: creating openings

Facade or right view openings

1. Press '3' on the keyboard

2. Select the Face shown Above and select the Active Plane icon ( ), this constrains Drawing to the plane selected

3. Press 'V' then 3

1. Create a rectangle ( ) Start the rectangle at the point circled above

2. The rectangle should have a height of 2215 mm and a length of 6020 mm

3. With the newly created Rectangle selected, select the Window tool icon ( ) or press 'W' then 'N'

4. With the newly created Rectangle selected navigate to Combo View>Data>Window and change the following properties

5. For Hole Depth: enter 220 mm and for the Host property select the Field. This opens the link menu

Adding components to a wall

1. The Filter By Type option will allow you to more easily find items

2. Select the option Class ArchWall._Wall to search for items that are walls

3. Doing this places the Window item and their base as a sub-component of the wall

4. Hide the window item (this leaves a gap in the wall)

5. Rename the window as ‘Verandah Entrance 1’

1. Create a rectangle ( ) starting at the point highlighted above

2. The rectangle should have a height of 2015 mm and a length of 2500 mm

3. Select the newly created rectangle and press ‘M’ then ‘V’ or select the Move tool icon. Select the same point indicated above

4. For Local ΔX and type in 500 mm

5. For ‘Local ΔY’ enter 200 mm

6. Select the rectangle and press ‘O’ then ‘S’ or select the Offset icon ( )

7. Ensure sure both rectangles have the Make face option set to true, this option can be found under Combo View>Model Blocks

8. The offset distance should be 20 mm (move the mouse with the rectangle selected and place it inside the newly created rectangle)

9. Select both Rectangles (select the larger one first and remember to multi-select objects; you can hold 'Ctrl' while selecting with the mouse) then select Draft2Sketch icon ( )

10. Delete the two Rectangles

11. Select the newly created sketch press ‘W’ then ‘N’ or select the Window icon ( )

1. Select the newly created rectangle and press ‘W’ then ‘N’ or select the Window icon ( )

2. With the newly created Window selected Navigate to Combo View>Data>Window and change the following properties

3. For Hole Depth: enter 220 mm and for the Host property select the Field icons ‘…’

4. Select the wall labelled ‘Exterior’ in the link menu popup

5. Hide the Window and rename it as ‘Garage entrance’

6. Select the ‘Garage Entrance’

7. This opens the window elements in Combo View>Tasks

8. Under Components select the item listed Default then select edit

Creating The Garage Door Frame

1. Change the Name Field to: ‘Garage Frame’

2. Change the Type field to Frame

3. Set the Thickness field to 100 mm

4. Set the Offset field to 60 mm

5. Select the Wire Field then scroll up and select the two wires under ‘Wires’

6. Select Create/update component

Creating The garage door

1. Select the item labelled ‘Default’ and select ‘Edit’

2. For the name field enter ‘Garage Door’

3. For the Type field enter Solid Panel

4. Select the ‘Wire’ field then scroll up and select Wire0 under ‘Wires’

1. For the Hinge field select the Edge shown above then Navigate back to Combo View>Tasks>Window and select ‘get selected edge’ in the Hinge field

2. For the Opening mode field select ‘Arc 90 Inv’

3. Select Create/update component

4. Under components delete the default item then select close

1. Create a rectangle starting at the point circled above it should have a height of 2015 mm and a length of 1200 mm

2. Select the Rectangle and press the Downgrade icon ( )

3. Select the top most edge and offset it by 35 mm

4. Select the Bottom most edge and offset it by 35 mm

5. Select the left most edge and move it by 30 mm (press ‘P’ to use the copy option)

6. Select the Right most edge and move it by -30 mm (press ‘P’ to use the copy option)

Creating front door

1. Use the trim tool to create a the wire shown above

2. Close the frame using two lines

3. Use the Upgrade tool( ) to join the lines

4. The wire selected select the Draft2sketch tool( )

5. With the sketch selected press the window tool

6. Rename the window as ‘Main Door Frame’

7. Navigate to Combo View>Model and double-select ‘Main Door Frame’

1. Input the details shown above

2. Select create/update component

3. Navigate to Combo View>Tasks>window elements under components. Delete the item labelled default

4. Select close

1. Create a rectangle that traces the inner part of the frame as shown above

2. With the rectangle selected press the draft2sketch icon ( )

3. With the sketch selected selected the Window icon ()

4. Rename the window as ‘Front Door’

5. Navigate to Combo View>Tasks>Window

1. Input the details shown above

2. Select create/update component

3. Navigate to Combo View>Tasks>Window elements under components delete the item labelled default

4. Select close

Placing the Front Door

1. Change the view to wireframe (as view setup described some distance above)

2. Select both sketches of the ‘Front Door’ and the ‘Frame front’ Door’

3. Move the sketches by selecting the bottom left corner (moving the sketches moves the object linked to them)

4. For Local ‘ΔX’ enter -455.6 mm

5. For ‘Local ΔY’ 200 mm

Step 14: Creating Openings (Rear Side)

Setup

• Turn on Snap lock ( ) and the following ; Snap Endpoint ( ), Snap Midpoint ( ), Snap Working Plane ( ), Snap Grid ( )

• Navigate to Combo View>Model

• Hide the ‘Front Gate’ Group, ‘Exterior Slabs’ Group and the ‘Boundary’ Group

• Press 4

• Select the face of the wall shown above and set it to the active plane

Creating An Opening For The Verandah

1. Create a rectangle starting from the left-most point indicated above

2. Select the first point then second point indicated above

3. Use the rectangle to create a window

4. Change the Hole depth of the window to 220 mm and window host object to ‘Exterior’

5. Rename it to Verandah entrance 2 (you can do so by selecting the object in Combo View>Models and pressing F2)

1. Select the Face shown above and make it the active drawing plane

2. Create a rectangle starting from the point circled above; it should have a height of 1540 mm and a length of 870 mm

3. Select the rectangle and offset it inwards by 30 mm

1. Create a rectangle of height 280 mm and length 276.7

2. Select the rectangle and create an array using the following settings

3. Number of X should be 3

4. Number of Y should be 1

5. Number of Z should be 5

6. Set the interval Fields as shown above

1. Select the rectangle shown above and delete it

1. Move the sketch; use the point indicated above as a starting point. It should be moved 4209.9 mm in the X direction and -29350 mm in the Y direction

2. While the sketch is selected, select the Window icon ( )

3. Rename the window as ‘w10‘

4. Double-select w10 in Combo View>Model

1. Modify the fields as shown above

2. Select create/update component

3. Under Combo View>Tasks>Window elements

4. Delete the component labelled default

5. Select add component

1. Enter the details shown above and select create/update component

2. Number each panel you create

3. The process of the window tool extrudes and offsets the sketch that it is tied to.

4. As such repeat this process to add glass to each part of the frame

5. When complete move the window 130 mm to the left (select the sketch not the window)

6. Be sure to set the type to Glass panel

Using the clone tool

1. Change to ‘Top View’ and set the draw style to Wireframe (‘V’ then ‘3’) or View>Draw style>Wireframe

2. When complete make a clone of the window by selecting it and pressing the Clone icon ( ) (rotate ‘w011’ by 90 degrees)

3. Use the move tool to place the window as shown above (the clone of the window should be centre of the wall)

4. Remember to turn off Snap working plane and set the Working plane to Top or it will rotate about a different axis than the one that is required

5. Change to ‘Top View’ and set the Draw style to Wireframe

6. The benefit of cloned items is that a change to the original will alter child clones automatically

7. Set the cloned windows properties under Combo View>Data>Window

8. For hole depth to 220 mm and hosts to the the ‘Exterior’ wall

Using the remove tool to cut walls

1. Turn on Snap lock ( ) and the following; Snap Endpoint ( ), Snap Midpoint ( ), Snap Working Plane ( ), Snap Grid ( )

2. Navigate to Combo View>Model

3. Set the active working plane to the plane shown above

4. Set the view Drawing style to Wireframe

5. Select the face of the wall shown above and set it to the active plane

6. Set the view to Top (press 1)

1. Create a rectangle () as shown above

2. With the Rectangle selected, navigate to Combo View>Data and change its Make face property to true

3. With the rectangle created, select the Wall tool icon ( )

4. Select the newly created wall and navigate to Combo> View>Data>Wall

5. Set its height property to 1540 mm

6. Navigate to Combo View>Model and while holding ‘'Ctrl' select ‘Wall’ and then Exterior Wall then select the Remove component icon ( )

Creating support for the windows

1. Create a square of 40 by 40 mm

2. Create a structure from the square

3. Rename The structure as ‘W10 Support’

4. Navigate to Combo View>Data while ‘W10 Support’ is selected

5. set its height property to 1540 mm

1. Press 4

2. select the face shown above and make it the active plane

1. Create a rectangle starting with the point shown above (The rectangle should have a height of 1540 mm and a length of 2000 mm)

2. Offset the rectangle by 30 mm inwards

Create a rectangle of height 466 mm and length 1480 within the previously created rectangle

Move the rectangle by 1474 mm

1. Create a rectangle of height 236.3 and a length of 203 at the point indicated above

2. Create an array of the rectangle using for Number in ‘X’ enter 2 for the x interval (leave the other interval values at 1) enter-223 for the X field enter 0 mm, for the y field enter 0 mm and lastly enter 0 mm for the Z field (leave all other interval fields at 0 mm

3. Create a rectangle below the previously created one (it should have a height of 280 mm and a width of 203 mm)

4. Move the rectangle by 30 mm in the y direction (away from the rectangle above it)

Create a copy and move the rectangle 223 mm in the x direction (away from the original / use the array tool)

1. Create a rectangle of width 203 mm and height 266 mm

2. Move the rectangle 30 mm in the y direction (away from the original position)

1. Create an array of the rectangle with the settings shown in the image above

1. Create a rectangle at the point indicated above it should have a width if 203 mm and a height of 261.7 mm.

2. Copy and move the rectangle 223 mm in the x direction from the point indicated in the image above

1. Copy the rectangles and their array and move them 1474 mm as per the image above

1. Create a rectangle( ) of width of 223 mm and a height of 281 mm

2. Select the created rectangle and make an array

3. Navigate to Combo View>Tasks>orthogonal Array

4. Under number of elements; the x field should be 4, the y field should be 1, and the z field should be 1.

5. For X intervals enter -243 mm for the x field and leave all other fields as 0 mm)

6. Move the array by 28 mm in the x direction

1. Create a rectangle at the point indicated above the rectangle should have a width of 223 mm and a height of 266 mm

2. Create an array ( ) of the previously created rectangle

Use the above settings to create the array

Select the array highlighted above and move it using the point indicated above by -1199 mm in the y direction

1. Create a rectangle starting at the point indicated above it should have a height of 281 mm and a width of 223

2. Move the rectangle 28 mm to the right in the x direction

1. Create a rectangle at the point indicated above. The rectangle should have a length of 223 mm and a height of 236 mm

2. once created move the rectangle upwards (in the y direction) mvby 30 mm

3. create arrays of the two recently created rectangles

4. For the Number of elements enter 4 in the x field and 1 in the Z and Y fields the spacing should be 243 mm

1. Delete the wires highlighted above

2. Select the remaining wires and and select the draft2sketch icon ( )

3. Delete the wires used to create the sketch

1. Move the sketch 335 mm in the x direction

2. Double-select the sketch and check for overlapping lines and delete them as they will cause issues with the window tool. Press ‘'Esc'’to stop editing the sketch

3. Select the moved sketch and make a window

Creating The Main Frame of w9

1. Select the add icon ( ) in Combo View>Tasks>Window elements

2. Use the above settings to create the inner frame of w9 select the appropriate wires

3. For the wire field

Creating The Inner Frame W9

Set the properties as shown in the image above and repeat this process to create the second inner frame

Creating window panels W9

1. Select the add icon in Combo View>Tasks>Window elements

2. Use A thickness of 10 mm for the glass panel

3. And an offset of 100 mm

4. Name each glass panel methodically so that it is easy to edit or refer back to them

5. Label each panel with a letter and each panel with a number going from left to right

Cloning and moving W9

1. Create a clone() of W9

2. Move ( ) the clone 4320 mm in the x direction (relative to active plane)

3. Navigate to Combo View>Data>Base and change the label property to W8

4. Navigate to Combo View>Data>Window and change the hole depth property to 220 and the set the ‘Host’ to the wall labelled ‘Exterior’

Get icon

1. Press ‘6’ to got to the left view (the rear of the house)

2. Select the face shown above and make it the active working

3. Create a rectangle at the point indicated above it should have a width of 1022 mm and a height of 939 mm

4. Offset the rectangle by 30 mm inwards

1. Create a rectangle at the point indicated above it should have a length of 218 and a height of 268 mm

2. Copy and move the rectangle such that there is a 20 mm gap between the copy and the original

1. Create a rectangle at the point indicated above the length of which should be 218 and the height of which should be 283 mm

2. create a 30 mm gap between the (218 mm by 283 mm and the 218 mm by 268 mm rectangle

3. Create a copy of the 218 mm by 283 mm rectangle and move it such that there is a 30 mm gap between it and its original

• Move and make copies of the highlighted rectangles; they should be moved and copied by -611.6 mm

1. Create a rectangle starting from the point indicated above; it should have a width of 473 mm and a height of 899 mm

2. Offset this rectangle by 20 mm (inwards)

1. Create a rectangle that is 201.5 mm in width and 251.3 mm in height starting from the point indicated above

2. Copy and move the rectangle such that it has a 30 mm gap between it and the original

1. Create () a rectangle that is 201.5 mm in width and 251.3 mm in height starting from the point indicated above

2. Copy and move the rectangle such that it has a 30 mm gap between it and the original

3. Move the two (201.5 mm by 286.3 mm) 30 mm lower from the rectangles above them

Define icon

1. Move and copy the rectangles highlighted above by -597.7 mm

1. Delete the highlighted rectangles

2. Remember that for the purposes of creating a window or opening, lines should form closed loops and must not intersect

3. Select all the left over lines and create a sketch from the draft objects

4. Delete the wires/rectangles use to make the sketch

Creating Window W8

1. Align the sketch to the same height as the window in the above image

2. Move the sketch to the right by 545 mm

3. Create a window from the sketch

4. Rename the window to W7

5. Double-select the sketch in Combo View>Model

6. Navigate to Combo View>Tasks>Window elements

7. Under components select Default then the edit icon

8. Set the thickness field to 40 mm

9. Set the offset field to 90 mm

10. Set the ‘Type field’ to frame

11. Set the Name field to ‘outer frame’

1. Select the add icon in Combo View>Tasks>Window elements

2. Use the above settings to create the inner frame of w7 select the appropriate wires

3. For the wire field

4. Set the name of the window to w5

1. Create a window to the specifications above

2. Keep the window at the same height as the previous

3. Work flow tip: create draft objects>draft2sketch>Window Tool>add components

1. Hide ‘Shower wall' in Combo View>Model

2. Create an opening in the wall as shown above (use either the window tool or the remove component tool)

3. Rename the opening as ‘Shower Entrance’

Creating window w5

1. The window tool works by extruding existing sketches and assigning hinges to edges. Remember the procedure is:

2. Create wires with the specifications of the desired shape to be extruded

3. Delete the redundant wires

4. Select the wires then select the draft2sketch tool icon ( )

5. Select the sketch and press the 'W' then 'N' keys or select the Window icon

6. If the Sketch is correct (contains no duplicate lines or overlapping lines) the largest unclosed loop will create a window frame with 0 mm of thickness

7. Navigate to Combo View>Model and double-select the newly created window

8. Navigate to Combo View>Tasks under Window elements and select the default item under components

9. Modify the Name, Type, Wires (select the wires that make up the frame this is normally done for you if the sketch was created correctly), Thickness, Offset, Hinge and Opening mode as specified or desired

10. Select create component

11. If the Door or Window has sub-components that sit within the frame directly, select add under window elements

12. Enter and change the fields as required , remembering to select the appropriate wire

13. If the window or doors has no other frames within in it the process can be stopped here

14. If not, the inner frame must be created by selecting the add icon in Combo View>Tasks under Window Elements

15. Create the frame by selecting the the appropriate wires in the Wires list, set the appropriate hinge by selecting the appropriate edge on the sketch (then select Get selected edge) and lastly enter the required Thickness, Offset, Type and name Fields

16. Select create component

17. Select close to end the creation process

18. Navigate to Combo View>Model and select the newly created window

19. Navigate to Combo View>Model (with the window selected)

20. Under Window select the host field then select the wall you wish to place it into

21. To show the swing of the door in plan or top view set the symbolPlan Field to true

22. To show a symbol direction for elevations set the Symbol elevation to true

1. Create the window shown in the two images above this should be done on the ‘front’ view

2. Press 1 to navigate there quickly

3. Rename the window as ‘w5’

Create an opening as shown above use the remove component tool ( ) or by creating window and hiding it

Create an opening as shown above use the remove component tool or by creating window and hiding it

1. Press '3' to move to the front view of the building

2. Hide the verandah wall highlighted above and any objects that obstruct the view of the main wall

3. Select the wall and make it the active working plane

1. Create the folding doors shown above, the frame has a thickness of 30 mm

2. Select the wall and make it the active working plane

3. As overlapping lines tend not work well with sketches when creating windows, the work around is to create small spaces between said lines (0.01 cm)

Creating interior openings

Using premade windows

• FreeCAD comes packaged with pre-made windows and doors that can be used

• As seen in the basic 3D tutorial one can select the window tool icon without having 2D geometry selected

• After selecting the tool one can set the parameters of the window or door by navigating to Combo View>Tasks and

• Under point one can set the position of the door or window using coordinates the a more intuitive method is to select the wall you wish to add it to with the cursor

• Under window options one can set the preset to be used as well as its dimensions

• It is generally wise to make the face of the wall you wish to use the active plane and to have snap working plane on to ensure that the doors or windows normals are parallel to the face of the wall

Using pre-made windows

• Use the a height of 220cm and a width of 70cm for the doors

• Use a height of 206.5 45 and a width of 45cm for the storage openings

Using the Roof tool

basic work flow and parameters

1. The Roof tool can be activated via the short cut of pressing 'R' then 'F' or by selecting the Roof tool icon

2. It requires a 2D base object with a closed loop such as a wire or rectangle

3. The base 2D object should be drawn in an anti-clockwise direction or it will invert the normals of the 3D projection

4. Once created the properties of the roof can be modified by double-selecting the roof then navigating to Combo View>Tasks

The image above gives an example of the Roof tool under Combo View>Tasks

• Each row represents a roof plane, and each roof plane has a unique id starting from 0

• The run is a horizontal distance from the start of the plane to where it meets with another plane (or the ridge)

• The angle is the slope of the roof plane relative to planes horizontal

• Thickness is how thick the particular plane is

• Overhang is how far the roof plane extends beyond its original base line in a horizontal distance

• id rel is the id of the another plane you wish to use for a plane to stop at or to use automatic calculations

Part 10: creating the roof

Creating the base object

1. Press 2 to move to the top view or plan view of the building

2. Select all the walls and set their heights to 600 cm

3. Select the top face of the exterior walls then select the Active plane icon ( )

4. Ensure that the Snap Working Plane icon ( ) has been toggled on

5. Select the polyline tool and trace the image shown above

6. With the newly created wire selected press 'R' then 'F' or select the Roof tool icon ( )

7. Create the polyline in an anti-clockwise direction or the roof will appear inverted

Editing the properties of the roof

1. Navigate to Combo View>Model and double-select the newly created roof then go to Combo View>Task

2. Set the Angle property to 29°

3. Set the Overhang to 100 mm

   • For plane 0 enter the data in the image shown below

1. Double-select the newly created roof

2. Set the Angle property to 28°

3. Set the Overhang to 100 mm

4. Set the Thickness for each roof plane to 50 mm

5. Press ''Esc''

6. Select the polyline tool and trace the image shown above

7. Switch to Wireframe view by press 'V' then '3' or View>Draw style>Wireframe

8. Keeping the active plane as the top, draw the shape highlighted below using lines and polylines (you may use construction mode as this is for reference)

9. You can then measure the distance from the spine to the edge of the roof plane; this will give you the run of the roof plane (note that this method assumes all angles are the same)

1. Double-select the roof and enter the details shown in the image above

2. As mentioned before you may obtain the run distance for the roof by measuring the distance from the predicted spine of the roof to the respective edge of the roof

3. Note to use 4 for the idrel (Id relative to) for the the number 0 plane. This forces the specified plane to meet or follow the profile of a specific roof plane. In this case, we wish for plane 0 to meet with plane 4

1. As you may have noticed, due to the roof plane being forced to meet with plane 4, the planes now clip into each other. To fix that, we have to use the Arch remove tool and the Arch cut with plane tool

2. Select the roof then select the clone tool as you can't use the roof to cut itself

3. Hide the original roof under Combo View>Model

4. Select the hidden roof while holding 'Ctrl' then select the Face shown in the image below

5. Select the Arch Cut with plane tool icon ( ) under tasks for defining which side to cut option select front then select ‘Ok’ or press 'Enter'

1. The next step involves creating 3D cubes parallel to the planes to use with the Arch remove tool

2. Select the roof then select the clone tool as you cannot use the roof to cut itself

3. Hide the original roof under Combo View>Model

4. Press 4 to got to the rear view and align the active working plane to the wall highlighted in the image below

5. Navigate to Combo View>Data with the rectangle selected and set its Make face property to true

1. Press 6 to Navigate to the left view

2. Align the active working plane to the wall highlighted in the image below

3. Select the newly created rectangle and rotate it such that it is parallel to the roof plane

1. Orbit so that you can view the roof plane highlighted below

2. Make the the roof plane the active working plane

3. Select the rectangle and rotate it such that it is parallel to the roof plane edge as shown below

1. Select the rectangle and rotate it such that it is parallel to the roof plane edge as shown below

2. Extrude the rectangle using the trimex tool icon ( )

3. Make sure to extrude the rectangle beyond the extents of the roof plane

1. Extrude the face of the newly created extrusion shown in the image below

2. Extrude the rectangle using the trimex tool (

3. Make sure to extrude the rectangle beyond the extents of the roof plane

4. Select both the newly created extrusions then select the Upgrade icon ( )

5. Select the newly created fusion then select the Roof tool icon or press 'R' then 'F'

1. Extrude the face of the newly created extrusion shown in the image below

2. Extrude the rectangle using the trimex tool (icon)

3. Make sure to extrude the rectangle beyond the extents of the roof plane

4. Select both the newly created extrusions then select the Upgrade icon (Upgrade icon ()

5. Select the newly created fusion then select the Roof tool icon or press 'R' then 'F'

1. Select the newly created roof object then the original roof you wish to cut while holding 'Ctrl'

2. Select the arch remove icon

3. Select the block shaped roof object and press the space bar to hide it

1. Create the shape shown above with the polyline tool

2. Select the newly created polyline and navigate to Combo View>Data

3. Set the Make face property to true

1. Orbit so that you can view the roof at an angle

2. Select the recently created polyline and extrude it as shown in the image above

3. Select the newly created extrusion and select the Roof tool icon

4. Select the newly created roof extrusion then select the main roof body while holding 'Ctrl'

5. Select the Arch subtraction tool icon

• As you may have noted the arch objects generally have to be of the same type when removing or using objects from another or vice versa

1. Select the roof plane shown in the image above and set it as the active working plane

2. Create a rectangle plane

3. Create a rectangle on the plane and place it

1. Press 2 to navigate to the top view and select the face highlighted and make it the active working plane

2. Create a rectangle of 2000 by 1000 mm

3. Select the rectangle and move it lower point of the rectangle to the point highlighted above

This concludes Tutorial 06

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