Control the spacing and layout of pile caps

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The pole

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CAPP family will have a nested pile family and the parameters linked,

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the pile

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cap size will be driven from a formula which is a component of the pile diameter,

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the spacing and the edge clearance.

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The polecat family uses shared parameters so it can be scheduled and tagged.

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This family file already contains a number of

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reference planes that have been created for us.

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And we also have some aligned dimensions placed down on the reference planes.

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Also in this family,

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we have a number of shared parameters that

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have been added to the family types dialogue.

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Let's now review those on the creates ribbon. Go ahead and select family types

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and in the family times dialog box under dimensions,

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you'll now notice that we have a number of shared parameters that have been added in.

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We also see that we have some additional

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shared parameters controlled in the pile cap material

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and also the pile material.

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And we have some additional information added under identity data.

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Let's begin by setting up some formula to control our pile cap size.

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We'll begin with the pile edge

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calk.

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So you'll see here that we have the formula column

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and the pile edge calculation is going to be the pile diameter divided by two

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plus the pile edge clearance.

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So I'm going to begin by calculating out the pile diameter divided by two.

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We'll put this into brackets

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and the reason we're putting this into brackets is rev

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it will actually work out the value of this first

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and then

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we'll add on the pile edge clearance.

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Now, of course, you have to take special care as you type in these formula

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in here.

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And also the parameter names that the case

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and the spread in are matching and identical.

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So you can now see this has successfully now calculated that out based on our formula

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and we have 1 ft and six inches.

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We also want to now control our pile spacing.

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So again, I'll select the formula column

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and our pile spacing is the pile diameter multiplied by the pile spacing ratio.

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So again, we can start to type that in

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and it'll be multiplied by pile spacing ratio.

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And again, here you can see that's now calculated

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here. You'll notice that I'm also reporting on the pile quantity.

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Now, in this particular family, because this is going to be a four pile pile cap,

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there is always four piles.

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Now having a value here would allow the user

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to change that if they edited the family's type.

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So what I can do here to safeguard this is put that into a formula.

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So if I type in four here,

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you'll then notice that the pile quantity is

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grayed out and that's almost hard coded.

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So that's quite a useful way of hard coding values that you

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don't want the users to change when they go to edit type.

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So our family types dialog box is now complete. So we'll go ahead and click. OK.

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We can now start to assign some labels to our aligned dimensions.

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I'm going to begin by holding down a control key and

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selecting these dimensions here which is controlled in the edge calculation.

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We'll go up to our context ribbon

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and on the pull down here, we'll select pile edge

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calk

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and you can now see the label has been added to those aligned dimensions.

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We'd also select this dimension over here and this dimension here

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and these are basically the pile centers.

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So once again, we can then apply that pile centers.

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I'm just gonna spend a bit of time tidying up

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the position of these aligned dimensions and labels as well.

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This isn't actually essential,

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but it does help you be able to uh read and understand the family layout a bit better.

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OK. So now they're tidied up, we'll now apply the final two dimensions.

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So we have here reporting dimensions.

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Now remember that the actual pile cap length and width

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is defined by the pile spacing the pile diameter.

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And also this edge calculation

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before we actually apply these, let's go to the modify ribbon.

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And once again, select family types

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in the family types dialogue box.

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You'll note here that we have two shared parameters,

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pile cap length and pile cap width.

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But you'll notice here that after the parameter name, we have report in brackets.

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If I come to the bottom of the dialer box and select edit parameter,

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you'll note here that this is an instance

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parameter and it's also a reporting parameter.

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So this is going to report on the dimensional value

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to allow me to schedule this and also tag it.

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OK. So let's click OK to the parameter properties, dialogue

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and OK again to the family types dialog box.

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So we can now assign those labels. So I'll select this dimension here.

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And on the context ribbon, we're going to go ahead and select pile cap length

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and this one here will be pile cap width.

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So there are our labels applied to the plan view.

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We also need to control the depth of the pile cap to do this.

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We'll go into our project browser and open up the front elevation.

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So here you can see that we have a reference plane already created.

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But of course, we'll need to add a dimension and then apply a label.

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So we'll go up to our quick access toolbar and select aligned dimension.

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I'll place my aligned dimension in here.

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I'll then go to the ribbon and select modifier.

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We'll select our aligned dimension.

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And again on the context ribbon under the label pull down here.

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We'll go ahead and choose pile cap thickness.

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We're now ready to model our pile cap.

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So I'm going to switch back to the reference level plan

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and will now create an extrusion to represent the pile cap

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to do this. We'll select the create ribbon

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on the create ribbon. We'll select extrusion

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on the context ribbon in the drawer panel. I'm going to select rectangle

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and we'll then trace the reference planes here

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and of course, ensure that these are constrained to those reference planes.

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Once we've done that again, on the context ribbon,

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we can finalize this by selecting finish edit mode.

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We'll then go back into our front elevation

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and I can use the shape handles of my extrusion here to

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make sure that it's locked and constrained to the bottom reference plane.

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And also to this reference level here

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in the project browser. If I double click on the 3D view and we open up view one,

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we can now see our pile cap.

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The final step here in this video will be to select the pile cap

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and in the property's paddock,

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I'm going to associate the material to one of my shared parameters.

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So we'll select associate family parameter.

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And here we're going to associate this to pile cap material.

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Finally, let's also take note of this setting here.

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So in the property's pads, you'll see that we have cap and currently this is checked.

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So this is going to report on the level of the underside

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of the pile cap rather than the bottom of the pile itself.

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So I've made sure that I've selected this.

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So when we report on the level, we can get the level of the pile cap,

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but then also the level of the pile itself if required.

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So we're now ready to save this. So we'll go up to our file ribbon

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and we'll select saves,

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we'll select family.

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And here we're going to call this one M 04 underscore 03

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underscore pile

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CAPP.

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We can then go ahead and click save.