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Fit for CAD Basics Contents i

Contents ...i

Unit 1

Getting Started ... 3

Starting Allplan and Setting the Architecture Configuration ...3

Exercise 1: Group of Tables ... 5

Task 1: Designing a Table...5

Task 2: Precision Drafting...7

Task 3: Using the Linear Snap Feature... 11

Task 4: Using the Midpoint Snap Feature... 13

Task 5: Mirroring ... 15

Exercise 2: Using Symbols...17

Task 1: Saving Group of Tables as a Symbol... 17

Task 2: Retrieving Symbols from a Symbol Catalog... 19

Exercise 3: Eaves Detail ...23

Task 1: Wall and Slab ... 24

Task 2: Roof Beam and Rafter... 27

Task 3: Hatching and Pattern ... 32

Task 4: Dimensioning ... 36

Exercise 4: Title Block ...43

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ii Contents Allplan 2005

Task 2: Labeling the Title Block... 48

Exercise 5: Project Organization ... 59

Allplan’s Data Structure ... 59

Task 1: Creating Project ... 62

Task 2: Creating Filesets and Assigning Drawing Files ... 64

Unit 2

Exercise 1: Floor Plan, First Floor... 73

Task 1: Building Axis and Basic Layer Settings ... 74

Task 2: Exterior Walls... 78

Task 3: Interior Walls... 84

Task 4: Glass Wall, Column and Chimney... 91

Task 5: Height Setup and Component Heights... 101

Task 6: Openings for Doors and Windows... 110

Task 7: Smart Window and Door Symbols ... 120

Task 8: Sanitation and Furniture Symbols... 132

Task 9: Mirroring the Floor Plan... 135

Task 10: Slab Above First Floor... 137

Task 11: Dimensioning... 145

Exercise 2: Rooms and Groups of Rooms ...151

Task 1: Creating Rooms... 152

Task 2: Grouping Rooms ... 159

Unit 3

Exercise 1: First Floor Layout...163

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Task 2: Using Layer Sets ...174

Exercise 2: Project Backup ... 177

Task 1: Setting the Backup Device...177

Task 2: Backing Up Projects ...179

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Fit for CAD Basics Unit 1, Getting Started 3

Getting Started

Starting Allplan and Setting the

Architecture Configuration

To start Allplan and to enable the Architecture

configuration

1 On the Windows start menu, point to Programs, Nemetschek and click Allplan 2005.

Allplan starts.

2 On the View menu, select Default Configurations and click

Architecture Configuration.

A note on Allplan’s online Help

The online Help includes detailed instructions and is available at all times.

• Help on the current function: press F1 or click Contents and

Index on the Help menu.

• Help on any inactive function: click What's This? (Standard toolbar) or press SHIFT + F1 and click the tool for which you require help.

A note on advanced point entry

All the exercises given in this guide are based on the Advanced

Point Entry, which is enabled by default. Nevertheless, you should

check whether the advanced point entry is active (= indicated by a check mark).

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4 Starting Allplan and Setting the Architecture Configuration Allplan 2005

To switch advanced point entry on/off

• On the Tools menu, click Advanced Point Entry. Or:

• Press CTRL + ALT + P.

The Basic Tools toolbar:

Draft flyout Text flyout Dim Lines flyout Plan flyout

Edit flyout Basic tools (always available) CAD Navigator Create flyout Create II flyout Modify flyout Dr aft modu le

The Architecture toolbar:

Roofs and Planes flyout

Architectural Components flyout Architectural Openings flyout Rooms flyout

Stairs flyout Rafter Design flyout 3D Modification flyout

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Fit for CAD Basics Unit 1, Exercise 1: Group of Tables 5

Exercise 1: Group of Tables

Task 1: Designing a Table

Overview

Draw a table using the values given below.

Fehler! Es ist nicht möglich, durch die Bearbeitung von Feldfunktionen Objekte zu erstellen.

This requires the following tools:

Function Access

Rectangle Draft flyout Delta Point Dialog line

X Coordinate Dialog line

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6 Task 1: Designing a Table Allplan 2005

Solution

To design a table

Drawing file setting: 1 current 1 Click Rectangle (Draft flyout).

2 On the Dynamic toolbar, click Based on diagonally opposite

points.

3 Click start point

Click in the workspace with the left mouse button to place the first point.

4 Place a diagonally opposite point

If it isn’t active, click Delta point in the dialog line.

5 Enter an offset of 2.000 m for the X coordinate in the dialog line (do not press ENTER to confirm this value!) and press the TAB key to go to the Y coordinate data entry box.

6 Enter 0.750 m for the offset in the y direction and this time, do press ENTER to confirm.

The table is drawn.

Tip: You can also confirm the

entries you make by clicking in the workspace with the left mouse button.

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Task 2: Precision Drafting

Overview

Draw the chair on the left at a distance of 0.20 m.

Rectangle Draft flyout Delta Point Dialog line

Y Coordinate Dialog line

Solution

To draw a chair at a specific distance

Rectangle is still active.

Delta point (dialog line) is active 1 Click start point

Move the crosshairs near point A (see above) in order to snap it. A red X is displayed on this point and the data entry boxes in the dialog line are highlighted in yellow , indicating that any values you enter in the X Coordinate and Y Coordinate dialog boxes apply to the point snapped.

2 Enter 0.000 m for the X coordinate to specify the distance between the start point and point A (do not press ENTER to confirm this value!) and press the TAB key to go to the

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8 Task 2: Precision Drafting Allplan 2005

3 Enter 0.200 m in the Y coordinate box and press ENTER to confirm.

This defines the start point. 4 Place a diagonally opposite point

Enter an offset of 0.400 m for the X coordinate in the dialog line (do not press ENTER to confirm this value!) and press the TAB key to go to the Y coordinate data entry box.

5 Enter 0.600 m for the distance between this point and point A in the y direction and this time, do press ENTER to confirm.

A note on point snap

You can snap to points on existing elements. These points include endpoints, midpoints, division points and points of intersection. You do not need to know the coordinates of these points, nor is it necessary to work with construction lines.

When you move the crosshairs to this point ...

... Allplan snaps to the nearest point within the snap radius.

Allplan scans for points within a radius you define about the

crosshairs. This means that when you point or click in the workspace, the system "snaps" to points within the distance you have specified (= snap radius), even if the center of the crosshairs is not placed directly over the point.

Tip: Bear in mind that all the

entries you make still apply to the point snapped (= point A)!

Tip: You can set the types of

points the system is to snap in the Point Entry Options

(shortcut menu of an active function), Snap Points tab.

Tip: In Global Options,

Display tab, you can

configure the system to emit an acoustic signal whenever you place an undefined point.

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You can set the size of the snap radius and the drawing files the system is to scan for points in the Point Entry Options.

To check the point snap options

Rectangle is still active.

1 Right-click in the workspace to open the shortcut menu. 2 Click _{Point Entry Options.}

3 Check that the Scan active drawing files and Scan reference

drawing files options are enabled on the Scan, Display tab.

4 Check that the Snap radius is set to 2.00 mm on the Snap Points tab.

5 Click OK to confirm the dialog box. 6 Press ESC to quit the Rectangle tool.

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10 Task 2: Precision Drafting Allplan 2005

A note on linear snap

You can use the linear snap tool (CTRL + left mouse button) to place points so that they are in direct alignment with existing points. If Allplan finds a point within the snap radius, the new point is placed in such a manner that it is exactly aligned with the nearest point found inside the snap radius.

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You can only use the linear snap tool (CTRL + left mouse button) when the middle mouse button function is set to Windows-compliant in the Global Options. All the information given in this guide is based on this setting. You should thus check whether it is active.

To check the mouse button assignments

1 On the Tools menu, click Options. Or:

Click _{Options (Standard toolbar).} 2 Select Global Options.

3 Check the Settings tab to see whether Windows-compliant is activated in the Middle mouse button assignment area. 4 Click OK to confirm the dialog box.

Tip: Further information is

provided in the online Help; see the section entitled “Linear Snap“.

Tip: If the Show linear snap

option is enabled in the

Point Entry Options

(shortcut menu of an active function) on the Scan,

Display tab, a preview of the

points to which the crosshairs will snap is displayed.

Crosshairs

Snap radius

Point

snapped

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Task 3: Using the Linear Snap Feature

Overview

Copy the chair to the right.

This requires the following tool:

Copy Edit flyout or shortcut menu

Solution

To copy the chair using linear snap feature

1 Click Copy (Edit flyout). Or:

Click in the workspace with the right mouse button and choose Copy on the shortcut menu.

2 Select the element(s) you want to copy

Select the chair by enclosing it in an selection rectangle. Move the crosshairs near the chair, press the left mouse button and keep it pressed down.

Open a selection rectangle around the chair with the mouse (see below). Then release the mouse button.

Tip: Advanced information

can also be found in the online Help; see the section entitled “Selecting Elements“.

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12 Task 4: Using the Midpoint Snap Feature Allplan 2005

3 From point

Click the bottom right corner of the chair (= point A). 4 To point or enter number of copies

Press and hold down the CTRL key and position the copy of the chair by placing the crosshairs like a ruler along the right edge of the table and the bottom edge of the chair (= point B).

Allplan scans the crosshairs and finds the point of intersection. As soon as it finds the correct position, a red cross is displayed. 5 Click with the left mouse button.

6 Press ESC to quit the tool.

A note on entity group selection

Clicking a line of the rectangle using the middle-left mouse button combination while a function is active selects the entire rectangle.

Task 4: Using the Midpoint Snap Feature

Overview

Place the third chair so that it is centered relative to the table.

1 2

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Copy Edit flyout or shortcut menu Point Entry Options Shortcut menu of active function

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14 Task 4: Using the Midpoint Snap Feature Allplan 2005

Solution

To copy the chair using midpoint snap feature

1 Click Copy (Edit flyout) again and select the chair on the left. 2 Click in the workspace with the right mouse button and

select Point Entry Options on the shortcut menu. 3 Check the following boxes and then click OK to confirm:

• Show CursorTips on the Scan, Display tab

• Intersections and Midpoints on the Snap Points tab 4 From point

Move the crosshairs along the bottom line of the chair and click with the left mouse button as soon as appears (= point A).

5 To point or enter number of copies

Click in the workspace with the right mouse button and, on the shortcut menu, choose Midpoint.

6 Click start/end point of line or element

Click the start (= point B) and end point (= point C) of the line to be divided.

The chair is placed. 7 Press ESC to quit the tool.

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Task 5: Mirroring

Overview

Mirror the existing chairs so that they are opposite the table.

Mirror and Copy Edit flyout or shortcut menu Midpoint Shortcut menu of active function

Delta Point Dialog line

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16 Task 5: Mirroring Allplan 2005

Solution

To mirror chairs

1 Click Mirror and Copy (Edit flyout). Or:

Click in the workspace with the right mouse button and choose Mirror and Copy on the shortcut menu.

2 Select the element(s) you want to mirror

Select the chairs by enclosing them in a selection rectangle. 3 Place point 1 for mirror axis or click mirror axis

Define the first point of the mirror axis on the left edge of the table.

To do this, open the shortcut menu, click Midpoint and then the left edge of the table (= point A).

4 Confirm the first point of the mirror axis by clicking the point proposed by the system.

5 Place point 2 for mirror axis

The second point of the mirror axis can be anywhere along the x axis.

If it isn’t active, click Delta point in the dialog line, enter a value that is not equal to 0 for the X coordinate and press ENTER to confirm.

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Exercise 2: Using Symbols

Task 1: Saving Group of Tables as a Symbol

Overview

Save the group of tables you created in exercise 1 as a symbol in the symbol catalog.

Write to Library Standard toolbar

Solution

To save seating arrangement as a symbol

Drawing file setting: 1 current

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18 Task 1: Saving Group of Tables as a Symbol Allplan 2005

2 Select Symbol in the Library area and Project in the Path area. Then click OK to confirm.

3 Select the element(s) you want to save as a symbol

Select the seating arrangement in its entirety by enclosing it in a selection rectangle.

4 Set the symbol’s base point

Click a point by which the symbol is to be attached to the crosshairs when it is retrieved.

5 In the next dialog box, define the symbol as Dumb symbol (not

snoop-enabled) and click OK to confirm.

6 Click an unassigned number under Subfolder and enter a name for the symbol file, Furniture, for example.

7 Choose an unassigned name in the bottom section of the dialog box and enter a name for the symbol, Seating arrangement, for example.

8 Click OK to confirm the dialog box and press ESC to quit symbol entry.

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Task 2: Retrieving Symbols from a Symbol

Catalog

Overview

Retrieve the “seating arrangement” symbol from the symbol catalog and place it beside the original group of tables.

Get from Library Standard toolbar

Solution

To retrieve a symbol from a symbol catalog

1 Click Get from Library (Standard toolbar).

2 In the Select Catalog dialog box, choose the Symbol entry under

Library and the Project entry in the Path area.

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20 Task 2: Retrieving Symbols from a Symbol Catalog Allplan 2005

3 In the Get Symbol dialog box, select the Furniture subfolder and the symbol called Seating arrangement.

4 Click OK to confirm.

The symbol is attached to the crosshairs.

Tip: Activate the Preview to

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5 Symbol’s base point

In the Dynamic toolbar set the drop-in point to bottom left.

6 Place the symbol with CTRL + left mouse button so that it is aligned with the original group of tables.

7 To quit symbol retrieval mode, press ESC.

A note on selecting elements with the mouse buttons

You can use the mouse to select elements when a function is active (e.g. Copy):

Mouse button This... Does this...

Left Click on element Selects or addresses elements. Left Press and hold down, select a group

of elements in a selection rectangle

Selects or identifies all the elements that are fully bounded by the rectangle.

Middle - middle 1. + 2. click in workspace Sets the display scale so that all the elements in the visible drawing files (active, edit or reference) can be seen.

Middle - left Clicking an element with middle and then left mouse button

Activates an entity group.

Middle - right Clicking an element with middle and then right mouse button

Activates elements with the same pen thickness or linetype (you can specify which in Global

Options, Settings tab).

Right Clicking on a toolbar Quits tool (= ESC key) Clicking in workspace when an

element is selected

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22 Task 2: Retrieving Symbols from a Symbol Catalog Allplan 2005

A note on handles

When you click a design entity without having activated a function

in advance, drag handles appear at the element clicked. Now you

can copy, move or resize the element in a comfortable and easy manner.

A note on basic settings (options)

You can set general defaults for each of the modules and tools in the Options (Standard toolbar).

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Fit for CAD Basics Unit 1, Exercise 3: Eaves Detail 23

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24 Task 1: Wall and Slab Allplan 2005

Task 1: Wall and Slab

Overview

You will start by drawing the wall and slab cross-sections of the eaves detail at a scale of 1:25. Open an empty drawing file and use the dimensions given below.

Open on a project-specific basis

File menu or Standard toolbar or

shortcut menu

Reference Scale View menu Line Draft flyout Delta Point Dialog line

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Solution

To name and open drawing files

1 Click _{Open on a project-specific basis (Standard toolbar).} 2 Below the fileset called <no fileset>, click the empty box behind

drawing file 1 and enter Group of tables.

3 Click the empty box behind drawing file 2 and enter Eaves detail. 4 Close drawing file 1 and open drawing file 2.

5 Click Close to confirm the dialog box.

6 On the View menu, click Reference Scale and enter 25.00.

To draw the wall cross-section

Drawing file setting: 2 current 1 Click Line (Draft flyout). 2 From point

If it isn’t active, click Delta point in the dialog line and set the first point anywhere in the workspace.

Tip: You can also set the Reference scale in the status

bar. All you need to do is click the Scale:. field and select a scale.

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3 To point

Enter the following values one after another and press ENTER to confirm after each one:

= 0.115 = -0.3 = 0.25 = -0.3 = -0.365 = 0.6

4 Press ESC twice to finish entry.

To draw the slab cross-section

1 Click Rectangle (Draft flyout).

points.

Move the crosshairs to point A so that a red X appears on this point.

4 Enter -0.200 m for the X coordinate to specify the distance between the start point and point A and press ENTER to confirm. 5 Place a diagonally opposite point

To define the width of the rectangle, enter 1.000 m for the X coordinate, press the TAB key to activate the Y coordinate box, enter 0.180 m for the height of the rectangle and press ENTER to confirm.

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Task 2: Roof Beam and Rafter

Overview

We will now design the roof beam and the rafter as shown below.

Rectangle Draft flyout Based on diagonally

opposite points

Dynamic toolbar X Coordinate Dialog line

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28 Task 2: Roof Beam and Rafter Allplan 2005

Intersect 2 Entities Modify flyout or shortcut menu Line Draft flyout

Cursor Snap Dynamic toolbar Parallel Lines Draft flyout

Auto-Delete Segment Modify flyout or shortcut menu Delete Edit flyout or shortcut menu

Solution

To draw the roof beam

points.

Set the first point on point A.

4 Place a diagonally opposite point

To define the height and width of the roof beam, enter 0.120 m for both the X coordinate and the Y coordinate and press ENTER to confirm.

6 Click the left edge of the wall (= point B) with the right mouse button and select Intersect 2 Entities on the shortcut menu.

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7 Click 2. element

Click the top line of the roof beam (= point C). The two lines intersect.

To design the rafter

1 Double-click a line with the right mouse button.

This will automatically activate the Line tool and set the properties to those of the line you clicked.

2 From point

Click the top left corner of the roof beam (= point D).

3 To point

In the Dynamic toolbar, click Cursor Snap and enter an angle of 35°.

4 Move the crosshairs towards the top right corner of the workspace and draw a line of any length with this angle.

5 Press ESC twice to quit the tool.

6 Click Parallel Lines (Draft flyout) and activate the line on the left in the wall.

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30 Task 2: Roof Beam and Rafter Allplan 2005

7 Point through which element is to pass or enter offset

In the dialog line, enter 0.300 m for the offset and press ENTER to confirm.

8 Which side?

Click in the workspace to the left of the wall. 9 Number

Press ENTER to confirm the value 1 proposed by the system. 10 Press ESC to quit the tool.

11 Click the line representing the rafter with the right mouse button, select Intersect 2 Entities on the shortcut menu and click the parallel line you just created.

13 Click the parallel line with the right mouse button, select Delete on the shortcut menu and press ESC to quit the tool. 14 Click Parallel Lines (Draft flyout) and activate the line

representing the rafter.

In the dialog line, enter 0.030 m for the offset and press ENTER to confirm.

16 Which side? / Number

Click anywhere below the line representing the rafter and press ENTER to confirm the value 1 proposed by the system.

Draw another parallel line above the line representing the rafter. In the dialog line, enter -0.150 m to define the distance from the parallel line you just created and press ENTER to confirm.

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18 Number

Press ENTER to confirm the value 1 proposed by the system and press ESC to quit the tool.

19 Delete (Edit flyout) the first line in the middle and use Auto-Delete Segment (Modify flyout) to delete all the other redundant lines.

20 To finish designing the rafter, draw a Line (Draft flyout) at its lower end.

21 Use Intersect 2 Entities to add boundaries and to lengthen the rafter.

Tip: Click Normal Line on the Dynamic toolbar.

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32 Task 3: Hatching and Pattern Allplan 2005

Task 3: Hatching and Pattern

Overview

The next step is to apply hatching and patterns to the eaves detail.

Hatching Draft flyout Outline Auto-Detect Dialog line

Pattern Draft flyout

Regen At bottom left in the border of the viewport

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Solution

To apply hatching to the wall and slab

1 Click Hatching (Draft flyout).

2 Define properties, place polygon point 1 or enter offset On the Hatching Context toolbar, click Properties.

3 In the Hatching dialog box, choose hatching style 303 (reinforced concrete) and click OK to confirm.

4 Activate Outline Auto-Detect in the dialog line, click inside the slab and press ESC to confirm.

The outline is detected automatically and hatching is applied. 5 Define properties, place polygon point 1 or enter offset

On the Hatching Context toolbar, click Properties again, select hatching style 331 (masonry) and click OK to confirm. 6 Click inside the wall and press ESC twice to quit the tool.

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34 Task 3: Hatching and Pattern Allplan 2005

To select a pattern

1 Click Pattern (Draft flyout).

2 Define properties, place polygon point 1 or enter offset On the Pattern Context toolbar, click Properties. 3 In the Reference point area of the Pattern dialog box, click

Custom point.

The dialog box will close temporarily. 4 Click local reference point

Click a corner where the pattern is to begin (see illustration). The dialog box is displayed again.

5 Choose pattern style 301 (thermal insulation), set the Angle,

Width and Height factor parameters as shown below and click OK to confirm.

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6 Outline Auto-Detect is still active. Click in the joint between wall and slab.

The pattern is applied. 7 Press ESC to quit the tool.

8 Click Regen (at bottom left in the border of the viewport) to refresh the display.

To draw a freehand line

1 Click Freehand Line (Create flyout in the Draft module). 2 Place start of line or enter granularity of line in mm

Enter 0.100 mm for the granularity of the line. 3 Draw a vein in the roof beam.

Click in the workspace to set the start of the freehand line, keep the left mouse button pressed down and drag the mouse. When you're finished with the freehand line, release the mouse button. 4 Press ESC to quit the tool.

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36 Task 4: Dimensioning Allplan 2005

Task 4: Dimensioning

Overview

Dimension the eaves detail.

Dimension Line Dimension Lines flyout Angle Dimensioning Dimension Lines flyout Modify Dim. Line Dimension Lines flyout Horizontal Text Text flyout

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Solution

To create horizontal and vertical dimension lines

1 Click Dimension Line (Dimension Lines flyout) and on the

Dimension Line Context toolbar, choose Horizontal. 2 Click Properties, set the parameters on both tabs as shown

below and click OK to confirm.

3 Place a point for the dim. line or click a dim .line Click where the dimension line is to appear. 4 Click the points you want to dimension

Click all the points to be dimensioned and press ESC. The dimension line is created.

5 Create the other horizontal dimension lines in the same manner. 6 On the Dimension Line Context toolbar, click Vertical and

create the vertical dimension lines in the same way as the horizontal ones.

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7 On the Dimension Line Context toolbar, click Angle. 8 Place a point for the dim. line or click a dim .line

Specify where the dimension line is to be drawn. 9 First direction point or direction line or angle

Define the angle of the dimension line in one of the following ways:

• Enter the angle (125°) in the dialog line. Or:

• Specify a direction line (at the rafter head, for example). 10 Click the points you want to dimension

Click the points to be dimensioned and press ESC.

11 Place the second dimension line and press ESC twice to quit the tool.

To dimension an angle

1 Draw a horizontal Line (Draft flyout) at the height of the top of the roof beam.

2 Click Angle Dimensioning (Dimension lines flyout). 3 Click line 1 or place first point for first side/line

Click the bottom of the rafter.

4 Click line 2 or place first point for second side/line Click the line you created in step 1.

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5 Place a point

Allplan temporarily displays a radius to help you place the dimension line. When you have found a suitable position, click in the workspace.

A note on modifying dimension lines

You can alter how dimension lines are displayed later.

To modify dimension lines

1 Click Modify Dim. Line (Dimension Lines flyout). 2 Click Properties, set parameters as required and

click OK to confirm.

3 Select the element(s) you want to modify Click the dimension lines to be modified. Or:

Select the dimension lines by enclosing them in a selection rectangle with the left mouse button.

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A note on the Clipboard

To copy the entire drawing to a different Windows

program

1 Select the drawing in its entirety by enclosing it in a selection rectangle with the left mouse button.

2 Click Copy (Standard toolbar).

This copies the drawing and puts it on the Clipboard. 3 Start a Windows program like Word or Excel. 4 Paste the drawing into the document:

• Press CTRL+V. Or:

• On the Edit menu, click Paste Special and then Picture.

A note on copying the section that is visible on screen

To copy a section of the screen to a different Windows

program

1 Use Zoom Section (in the lower border of the viewport) to display the section you want to copy to the Clipboard. 2 Click Copy to Clipboard (in the bottom right border of the

viewport).

The contents of the workspace are copied to the Clipboard. 3 Start a Windows program like Word or Excel.

4 Paste the section of the drawing into the document: • Press CTRL+V.

Or:

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A note on print preview

Before you start printing, you can check the expected result on screen.

To open the print preview

1 Display the section of the drawing you want to print. To do this, use Zoom Section or Refresh (in the lower border of the viewport).

2 Click Print Preview (Standard toolbar). 3 Click Close to quit print preview.

A note on quick printouts

You can print out a drawing in its entirety or only parts thereof in quick printout mode. The type of display you have currently set in the viewport is critical to how the drawing will be printed out: the width of the section displayed in the workspace is of relevance.

To print out quickly

1 Display the section of the drawing you want to print. To do this, use Zoom Section or Refresh (in the lower border of the viewport).

2 Click Print (Standard toolbar).

Clicking Print on the File menu displays the Windows printing options.

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Fit for CAD Basics Unit 1, Exercise 4: Title Block 43

Exercise 4: Title Block

Task 1: Designing the Title Block

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44 Task 1: Designing the Title Block Allplan 2005

Open on a project-specific basis

Standard toolbar Reference Scale View menu Options Standard toolbar Rectangle Draft flyout Based on diagonally

opposite points

Dynamic toolbar Delta Point Dialog line

Refresh At bottom left in the border of the viewport

Parallel Lines Draft flyout

Auto-Delete Segment Modify flyout or shortcut menu Division Point Shortcut menu of active function

Solution

To draw the title block

1 Click Open on a project-specific basis (Standard toolbar), close drawing file 2 and open drawing file 3.

2 On the View menu, click Reference Scale and select 1.00. 3 Click Options (Standard toolbar) and then Global Options. 4 Select the Entry tab, set the Unit of length to mm and

click OK to confirm.

Tip: You can also set the unit

of length in the status bar. Click the unit of length displayed beside Length:.

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points.

7 Set the Pen Thickness (Format toolbar) to 0.35 mm and select

Linetype 1.

Place the first point in the workspace. 9 Place a diagonally opposite point

If it isn't active, enable Delta point in the dialog line. To define the width, enter X Coordinate = 200 mm and for the height, enter Y Coordinate = 290 mm. Then press ENTER to confirm.

11 Click Refresh (at bottom left in the border of the viewport). 12 Click Parallel Lines (Draft flyout) and then click the line at

the bottom.

In the dialog line, enter 20 mm for the offset and press ENTER to confirm.

14 Which side? / Number

Click anywhere above the bottom line and press ENTER to confirm the value 1 proposed by the system.

15 Point through which element is to pass or enter offset Draw the other parallel lines using the following parameters: • Offset: 5 mm / Number: 3 • Offset: 10 mm / Number: 2 • Offset: 40 mm / Number: 1 • Offset: 5 mm / Number: 7 • Offset: 25 mm / Number: 1 • Offset: 5 mm / Number: 1 • Offset: 40 mm / Number: 1 16 Press ESC to quit the tool.

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46 Task 1: Designing the Title Block Allplan 2005

17 Use Auto-Delete Segment (Modify flyout) to delete all the redundant line segments (see illustration) and press ESC to quit the tool.

18 Create a vertical, parallel line in the area at the bottom in order to obtain 7 fields of the same size.

To do this, click Parallel Lines (Draft flyout) and select the line on the far left.

19 Point through which element is to pass or enter offset Click the bottom line with the right mouse button,

choose Division Point on the shortcut menu and enter the

Number of divisions: 7.

(Do not press ENTER to confirm this value!) 20 Click division point

Click the first division point.

21 Point through which element is to pass or enter offset Press ENTER to confirm the value determined by the system. 22 Which side? / Number

Click anywhere to the right of the parallel line, enter 5 for the number (press ENTER to confirm this value!) and press ESC to quit the tool.

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23 Use Auto-Delete Segment (Modify flyout) to delete the redundant line segments.

24 Now complete the area in the middle of the title block

To do this, use Parallel Lines (Draft flyout) again. Enter the following values:

• Offset: 10 mm / Number: 1 • Offset: 20 mm / Number: 1 • Offset: 5 mm / Number: 31

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48 Task 2: Labeling the Title Block Allplan 2005

Task 2: Labeling the Title Block

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Horizontal Text Text flyout

Midpoint Shortcut menu of active function

Copy Edit flyout or shortcut menu Edit Text Text flyout

Delta Point Dialog line

Vertical Text Text flyout Write to Library Standard toolbar Change Text Settings Text flyout

Solution

To enter horizontal text so that it is centered

1 Click Horizontal Text (Text flyout).

2 Place start point for the text or click an existing text

Click the bottom left corner of the text box at the top with the right mouse button, choose Midpoint on the shortcut menu and then click the top right corner of the text box.

Text’s anchor point Diagonal

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3 Change the text settings as shown and set the Text's Anchor

Point to centered.

4 Type Date and click OK to confirm. 5 Press ESC to quit the tool.

To copy and modify text

1 Click Copy (Edit flyout) and select the word Date. 2 From point

Click the bottom left corner of the text box (= point A).

3 To point or enter number of copies Specify the number of copies: 6.

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4 To point

Click the bottom right corner of the text box (= point B).

5 To point or enter number of copies

Copy the text to the other boxes, too. To do this, click the bottom left corner of each text box to which you want to copy the word

Date.

6 Press ESC to quit the tool. 7 Click Edit Text (Text flyout).

8 Click the text you want to edit and type the new text as shown below. Click OK to confirm after each entry you make.

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To enter left-aligned paragraph text

1 Click Horizontal Text (Text flyout).

Move the crosshairs to point A so that a red X appears on this point.

3 If it isn't active, enable Delta point in the dialog line.

To specify the distance between the start point and point A, enter X Coordinate = 30 mm and Y Coordinate = -4 mm. Then press ENTER to confirm.

4 Change the text settings, set the Text’s Anchor Point to bottom

left and activate Paragraph Text.

5 Enter text and click OK to confirm.

6 Enter text in the other horizontal text boxes in the same manner. Experiment with the numerous text settings provided.

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To enter vertical text

1 Click Vertical Text (Text flyout).

Click the bottom left corner of the text box (= point A) with the right mouse button and select Midpoint on the shortcut menu.

3 If it isn't active, enable Delta point in the dialog line.

To specify the distance between the start point and point A, enter Y Coordinate = 1 mm (do not press ENTER to confirm this value!) and then click the bottom right corner of the text box (= point B).

4 Change the text settings as shown and set the Text's Anchor

Point to centered on the left.

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To copy and modify text

1 Click Copy (Edit flyout) and select the word Client. 2 From point

Click the bottom left corner of the text box (= point A).

3 To point or enter number of copies Specify the number of copies: 5.

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4 To point

Click the bottom right corner of the text box (= point B).

6 Use Horizontal Text – same approach – to enter the words

Index, Date and a. Press ESC to quit text entry mode.

7 Click Edit Text (Text flyout).

8 Click the text you want to edit and type the new text as shown below. Click OK to confirm after each entry you make.

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10 Use Write to Library (Standard toolbar) to save the title block as a Symbol in the Private path.

A note on text in general

Text height and width

The Text height and Text width parameters are absolute values. This means that the text will print out using the values you enter

regardless of the selected reference scale.

Confirm each line of text you enter by pressing ENTER. Pressing ESC discards any entries or changes you have made.

Line feed

The line feed is the product of the Line feed value multiplied by Text

height. Whenever you press ENTER to confirm a line of text, the

program automatically goes to the next line.

Paragraph text

When Paragraph Text is active in the Enter Text dialog box, the lines you enter will form a paragraph. The individual lines of text in a paragraph retain their original spacing regardless of the reference scale you set. The lines in a paragraph can also be addressed as a single entity for easy manipulation.

You can use Delete Text Line to delete individual lines in a paragraph. Use Explode Paragraph to resolve the paragraph into lines.

These tools are located in the Text module, Modify flyout or on the

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A note on modifying how text is displayed

You can alter how text is displayed later.

To change text settings

1 Click Change Text Settings (Text flyout).

2 For example, click in the Text Height or Text Width box, change the value and click OK to confirm.

3 Click the text you want to modify.

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Exercise 5: Project

Organization

Allplan’s Data Structure

A project is an organizational unit. A new project is created for each construction project in Allplan. A project consists of the following elements:

• Drawing files

Drawing files are the equivalent of the transparencies used in conventional building design. The actual design and data creation process happens in drawing files. You can show or hide

individual drawing files.

Drawing file 1 Drawing file 2 Drawing file 3 Drawing file 15 Drawing file 150 Drawing file 6000

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60 Allplan’s Data Structure Allplan 2005

Example: The axis grid and the various floor plans of the stories in a building are drawn on separate drawing files so that you can superimpose the drawing files as required, thus showing or hiding the floor plans and the axis grid independently from one another. • Filesets:

A fileset is a convenient way of grouping together a series of drawing files – for example, the drawing files of a construction

stage.

• Layouts:

Drawing elements and assembling layouts are separate operations in Allplan. As opposed to design using a conventional drafting board, the scope of the layout does not have to be defined in advance. Generally, you leave the layout (which involves arranging and laying out drawing files and/or filesets) until you’re finished with the design. Layouts are set up based on filesets and/or single drawing files.

Layers for the Architect design group

Layers for the Relocation Planner design group Layers for the Electrical Designer design group Other layers Other layers Electrical Designer Architect Relocation Planner

All Layers Design Groups Users

Fisher

Smith Clark Miller

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• Layers:

Layers are not limited to single drawing files i.e. different files may contain the same layer. Layers are important organizational elements, enabling you to show or hide certain elements.

Abbr. 3. Level 2. Level 1. Level Layers File 003WT111 003WT012 003WT013 003WT014 003WT016 003WT017 003WTMER General Masonry concrete Timber design Steel construction Load-bearing wall

including flush piers Design

Metaphorically speaking, a layer is a transparency on which design elements belonging to a specific category (load-bearing walls, non-bearing walls) are drawn.

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62 Task 1: Creating Project Allplan 2005

Task 1: Creating Project

To create a new project

1 On the File menu, click Open Project.

2 In the Select Project dialog box, click New Project....

3 Enter Building with Underground Parking for the name of the project, enable the Same folder name as project name option and click Next.

4 Set all the Path settings to Project and click Next.

5 Click Finish to confirm the next dialog box without selecting a project structure.

You are back in Allplan.

The new project is open and drawing file 1 is current.

Tip: In practice, the office

standard is generally used. But for the purpose of this exercise we will work with the project standard so that you are able to modify the defaults.

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A note on path settings

Use the path settings to specify which pen, line, hatching definitions, fonts and material catalogs are used.

• Office:

Choose this option if you want different projects within the same office to use the same settings. If you are working in a network, the office standard is the same on all computers and can only be changed by users with special privileges.

• Project:

Choose this option if you want the settings, for instance for pens, lines, patterns, hatching styles, layers etc., to apply to this project only (in which case they will probably be different to those used as the office standard). The settings are copied from the office standard to the project in question and can be changed by every user involved in this project.

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64 Task 2: Creating Filesets and Assigning Drawing Files Allplan 2005

Task 2: Creating Filesets and Assigning

Drawing Files

Overview

No. Fileset File # Drawing file name

1 Basics 100 Building axis 101 Section 102 103 104 105 2 Plot 200 Plot 201 Drainage 202 Outdoor facilities 203 204 205 3 Foundation 500 Foundations 501 502 503 504 505 3D terrain 4 Underground parking 800 UP – Floor plan 801 UP – Slab 802 UP – Floor slab 803 804 805

5 Basement 900 B – Floor plan 901 B – Slab 902 B – Stair 903 B – Floor slab 904

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6 First floor 1000 FF – Floor plan 1001 FF – Slab 1002 FF – Stair 1003 FF – Furniture 1004

1005

7 Top floor 1100 TF – Floor plan 1101 TF – Roof 1102 TF – Stair 1103 TF – Furniture 1104 1105 8 3D model

9 Views 2000 North view – layout 2001 North view

2002 North view – dimensions/labels 2005 East view – layout

2006 East view

2007 East view – dimensions/labels 2010 South view – layout

2011 South view

2012 South view – dimensions/labels 2015 West view – layout

2016 West view

2017 West view – dimensions/labels 10 Sections 2100 Section A-A – layout

2101 Section A-A

2102 Section A-A – dimensions/labels 2105 Section B-B – layout 2106 Section B-B 2107 Section B-B – dimensions/labels 2110 Section TF - layout 2111 Section TF 2112 Section TF – dimensions/labels

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Function Access Open on a project-specific basis Standard toolbar

Solution

To create filesets

1 Click _{Open on a project-specific basis (Standard toolbar).} 2 Click Create Fileset, enter the fileset name Basics and press

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3 Create all the other filesets as shown in the table at the beginning of this chapter.

4 Click Show/Hide Drawing File List. 5 Select drawing files 1000-1005.

Tip: You select drawing files

as in Windows® Explorer: Press the CTRL key to select a series of non-adjacent drawing files

(e.g., 10, 16 and 28).

Press the Shift key to select a range of adjacent drawing files (e.g., 10 – 20).

Or open a selection rectangle around selected drawing files with the mouse.

If you have selected a drawing file too many, you can drag it out of the list in the same way.

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6 Click one of the selected drawing files (without releasing the mouse button!), drag the selection to the fileset First floor and release the mouse button.

The drawing file tree for the fileset opens and the drawing files are thus assigned to the fileset.

7 Click next to the drawing file number and label the drawing files as specified in the table at the beginning of this chapter.

8 Click fileset 7 Top floor with the right mouse button and on the shortcut menu, click Get Structure….

9 Select fileset for structure Select fileset 6 First floor. 10 First number

Click in the list box and enter 1100 at the keyboard. 11 Click OK to confirm.

12 Click beside each drawing file number and rename the drawing files as specified in the table at the beginning of this chapter. 13 Assign drawing files to the other filesets and label the drawing

files as shown. Use – wherever possible – the Get Structure function.

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14 In addition, assign drawing file 100 Building axis to the following filesets: 5 Basement, 6 First floor and 7 Top floor. 15 Finally, make drawing file 100 Building axis (in the 1 Basics

fileset) current.

16 Click Close to confirm the Open on a project-specific basis dialog box.

A note on drawing files in general

• Up to 128 drawing files can be assigned to a fileset. • Drawing files can be assigned to one or more filesets.

• A drawing file is a conventional file stored on your hard disk. • A project can contain up to 6,000 drawing files.

• Up to 40 drawing files can be edited simultaneously.

Tip: You can only select

several drawing files when they belong to the same fileset.

To ensure that the drawing file with the building axis is also available in the

Basement, First floor and Top floor filesets, you need to

assign drawing file 100 to these filesets, too.

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Fit for CAD Basics Unit 2, Exercise 1: Floor Plan, First Floor 73

Exercise 1: Floor Plan, First

Floor

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74 Task 1: Building Axis and Basic Layer Settings Allplan 2005

Task 1: Building Axis and Basic Layer

Settings

Overview

Draw an axis (20.00 m long and at an angle of 45°) on layer

DE_GRID, which is provided in the Architecture layer

structure. This layer includes all elements that are axes in the broadest sense.

Select, Set Layers View menu Line Draft flyout Cursor Snap Dynamic toolbar

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Understanding layers

Layers provide an additional means of applying a structure - within drawing files. Metaphorically speaking, a layer is a transparency on which design elements belonging to a specific category (load-bearing walls, non-bearing walls) are drawn. Layers can be set so that they are visible or hidden.

The use of layers obviates the need for frequent switching between drawing files and they ensure that associative elements - such as wall dimensions or sill elevation labels - reside in the same drawing file and yet can still be hidden from view.

Allplan provides a very extensive layer structure called

ARCHITECTURE. This layer structure is designed to meet a broad

range of requirements. In addition, you can customize it for your needs. When you activate a tool, the corresponding layer is assigned automatically. But you can also select the active layer manually. Layers come with various predefined format properties (linetype etc.). To configure the system to apply these properties automatically to the entire project, do the following.

Solution

To set layers

1 Click Select, Set Layers (View menu).

2 On the Select Layer/Visibility tab in the List box contents area, enable the List entire layer hierarchy option.

Tip: Once you have made

these basic settings, you can select layers directly in the

Select, Set Layers list box

(Format toolbar) without having to open the Layer dialog box.

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76 Task 1: Building Axis and Basic Layer Settings Allplan 2005

3 Layers come with various predefined format properties (linetype etc.) These properties are automatically applied to design entities when you select the following settings:

• On the Format Definition tab in the Layer’s format

properties area, enable the Copy to format toolbar option.

• On the Select Layer/Visibility tab in the Layer/menu

automation area, activate the Auto-select layer with menu

check box.

• On the Select Layer/Visibility tab in the Layer’s format

properties area, activate all three Match check boxes.

4 Click the layer DE_GRID and make it Current in the Modify

status area.

5 Click OK to confirm the Layer dialog box.

Tip: The settings you make

apply to all the layers in the entire project.

Tip: When you double-click a

layer with the left mouse button, the layer clicked is automatically set to Current.

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To draw the axis of the building

Drawing file setting: 100 current Reference scale: 1:100

1 Set the unit of length to m.

Click the unit of length displayed beside Length: in the status bar and select m.

2 Click Line (Draft flyout) and check the list box on Format toolbar to see whether the DE_GRID layer is active.

3 Place the first point in the workspace.

4 Enable Cursor Snap on the Dynamic toolbar and set the angle to 45°.

5 Use the crosshairs to specify the direction of the line, enter

20.000 m for its Length in the dialog line and press ENTER to

confirm.

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78 Task 2: Exterior Walls Allplan 2005

Task 2: Exterior Walls

Introduction

In Allplan, creating walls is as easy as drawing lines. But as opposed to lines, walls contain a wide range of additional information like material and dimensions. The same is true for all other architectural components (e.g. columns, windows, chimneys etc.).

This way, you can quickly perform exact quantity takeoff operations and draw up accurate estimates as to the cost of the planned

building. The results can be transferred to a tendering, ordering and billing program.

You can set the properties for components in special, component-specific dialog boxes before you draw a component, while you are doing this or after you have created it. The process of creating a legend including all the intended wall and component types and saving it as a special file, known as “Wizard”, has proven to be useful in practice.

The Wizard is a small viewport with a legend including all the functions frequently used. Simply click an element with the right mouse button to open the shortcut menu which contains similar or related functions.

Tip: You can save frequently

used settings or values for elements and components in “favorite files”.

Detailed information is provided in Allplan’s online Help; see the section entitled “Favorite Files“.

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Double-clicking with the right mouse button copies the parameters of the element clicked. The advantage of this is that you do not need to set the properties separately for each new component. Rather, you can match all the properties from the legend prepared beforehand. Allplan comes with some predefined Wizards, which are saved in the office's standard path in the

..\Nemetschek\Allplan2005\Daten\Std\Assistent folder. You can also create your own Wizards.

Overview

Tip: You will learn about how

to define your own Wizards at the end of this chapter.

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80 Task 2: Exterior Walls Allplan 2005

Wall Architectural Components flyout Cursor Snap Dynamic toolbar

Delete Wall Sections Architectural Components flyout or

shortcut menu

Solution

In this exercise, you will use a predefined Wizard and take all the settings from a legend provided.

To load a new Wizard

1 On the View menu, point to Toolbars and click Wizard. 2 Open the shortcut menu by right clicking with the right mouse

button in an empty space in the Wizard window. Then select Load New Wizard.

3 In the Open dialog box, specify the path to the desired folder

(..\Nemetschek

\Allplan2005\Daten\Std\Assistent) and select

Bauteillegende.nas.

4 Click Open.

The legend is loaded into the Wizard.

Tip: If this folder does not

contain the legend, copy the file called

Bauteillegende.nas from the ..\Assistent folder on the training CD to

the ..\Nemetschek\

Allplan2005\Daten\

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To draw exterior walls

Drawing file setting: 1000 current, 100 open in edit mode 1 Double click wall type 1 in the legend with the right mouse

button.

The Wall (Archit. Components flyout) tool opens and the associated layer AR_MW_TR is activated automatically. The wall properties are also copied automatically.

If you want to see these settings, click Properties on the

Wall Context toolbar. If you want, you can now change the wall’s

parameters.

2 Define properties or place the start point Click the axis roughly where point A is located. 3 Check the wall’s offset direction: the arrow must point

downwards and to the left.

If this is not so, click Rotate on the Wall Context toolbar. 4 Define properties, place a point

In the Dynamic toolbar activate Cursor Snap and set it to 45°.

5 Use the crosshairs to specify the direction of the wall, enter 2.900 m in the dialog line and press ENTER to confirm. 6 Create the other walls in the same manner.

Use the values given in the illustration at the beginning of this exercise (enter 1.350 m, 6.430 m and 8.240 m for the length of the individual walls).

7 Click the building axis to define the end point of the last wall segment.

8 Press ESC twice to finish entering exterior walls.

Tip: So that you can open the

drawing file with the building axis in edit mode, it must be assigned to the Basics fileset and to the Basement, First Floor and Top Floor filesets

(see unit 1, exercise 5).

Tip: The wall's offset direction

is indicated by an arrow, which you can show/hide in the Point Entry Options on the Scan, Display tab.