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Create a dormer opening.
Type:
Tutorial
Length:
4 min.
Tutorial resources
These downloadable resources will be used to complete this tutorial:
Transcript
00:05
So now we'll insert a window into the front wall. Just here.
00:08
We'll go back to the architecture ribbon tab from the build panel.
00:11
We'll choose the window tool
00:14
looking at type selector.
00:15
We can see we have the window casement, double 57 by 48 inch type selected. So
00:21
we'll have it over the front of the dorma wall here, we can see the preview.
00:24
So we'll click to place this into the wall
00:26
and then we'll choose modify to finish placing the window.
00:31
We sit slightly off center. So we need to align that to the middle of the window
00:36
and that will be easier if we go back to the roof floor plan view.
00:40
And in this view, we can see that the window is not centered within the wall.
00:44
So we'll go to the modify ribbon tab
00:46
and from the modify panel here, we'll click the align tool.
00:49
We'll use the ridge line in the middle of the roof as the reference
00:53
and then we can select the reference plane in the middle of the window.
00:56
And those two will now be a line
00:58
and it's in the center of the wall as we want
01:01
So now we're ready to create the dorma opening within the existing roof.
01:05
But first, let's switch back to the 3D view
01:08
and we can see now we've got the dorma modeled on top of the main roof.
01:12
I'll enable a 3D section so we can review this a bit better.
01:16
So from the view cube, we'll right click
01:18
and then from the orient to view menu, we'll choose the section sub menu
01:22
and then choose the dorma section view.
01:25
And this will enable a section box and rotate
01:27
the view round to match that two D section.
01:30
If I zoom in here a little bit and then
01:32
we'll all bit the view back around slightly.
01:34
We can see the door of construction sitting on the main roof
01:38
and with the main river going through,
01:40
we can see why we need to create the door opening.
01:44
It will be easier to create the door opening in the plan view,
01:47
but also useful to see the 3D view at the same time.
01:50
So
01:51
I'll go to the view ribbon tab.
01:53
We're from the windows panel, I'll click the tile windows tool
01:56
and now we can see we have both views on the screen.
01:59
So we just need to adjust these so that we can see the correct area for them both.
02:05
Now making sure the roof plan view is active.
02:08
We'll go to the architecture ribbon tab and from the openings panel,
02:11
we'll click the dorma opening tool
02:15
first. We need to choose the roof to create the door we're opening in.
02:19
So I'll click on the main roof here
02:22
and now we're in the edit sketch mode and we have the pick roof wall edges,
02:26
tool active.
02:27
So
02:27
I'll select the inside edges of the three walls.
02:31
And as we pick on these, we can see the sketch line tracing along those walls.
02:36
And now we've done the walls.
02:36
We need to pick on the edges of the roof here to create the enclosed boundary.
02:40
So we'll pick the two edges up the top here.
02:45
So now we have all of the lines created.
02:47
We can see that they extend beyond the corners here
02:49
and we need it to be an enclosed boundary.
02:51
So
02:52
I'll use the trim extend to corner tool
02:55
and then we can work our way around the corners here, clicking on the each line
02:59
to create the enclosed boundary that we need.
03:05
So now we have that done.
03:06
We'll click the finish, edit mode from the edit sketch ribbon
03:09
and we can see that that opening has been created in the roof
03:13
and aligned with the walls in the door as we can see here in the 3d view.
03:18
So I'll close down the floor plan view. So we have just a 3d view active now
03:23
and we can see that that roof has been cut,
03:25
giving us the extra head height into the attic room here as we need,
03:30
looking at the window, we just need to move that up slightly.
03:33
So I'll select the window
03:35
and then from the property's pallet,
03:36
we change its cell height parameter to be 6 ft four inches.
03:42
And now we can see we have that Doma created
03:44
giving us the extra space that we need in the attic room.
Video transcript
00:05
So now we'll insert a window into the front wall. Just here.
00:08
We'll go back to the architecture ribbon tab from the build panel.
00:11
We'll choose the window tool
00:14
looking at type selector.
00:15
We can see we have the window casement, double 57 by 48 inch type selected. So
00:21
we'll have it over the front of the dorma wall here, we can see the preview.
00:24
So we'll click to place this into the wall
00:26
and then we'll choose modify to finish placing the window.
00:31
We sit slightly off center. So we need to align that to the middle of the window
00:36
and that will be easier if we go back to the roof floor plan view.
00:40
And in this view, we can see that the window is not centered within the wall.
00:44
So we'll go to the modify ribbon tab
00:46
and from the modify panel here, we'll click the align tool.
00:49
We'll use the ridge line in the middle of the roof as the reference
00:53
and then we can select the reference plane in the middle of the window.
00:56
And those two will now be a line
00:58
and it's in the center of the wall as we want
01:01
So now we're ready to create the dorma opening within the existing roof.
01:05
But first, let's switch back to the 3D view
01:08
and we can see now we've got the dorma modeled on top of the main roof.
01:12
I'll enable a 3D section so we can review this a bit better.
01:16
So from the view cube, we'll right click
01:18
and then from the orient to view menu, we'll choose the section sub menu
01:22
and then choose the dorma section view.
01:25
And this will enable a section box and rotate
01:27
the view round to match that two D section.
01:30
If I zoom in here a little bit and then
01:32
we'll all bit the view back around slightly.
01:34
We can see the door of construction sitting on the main roof
01:38
and with the main river going through,
01:40
we can see why we need to create the door opening.
01:44
It will be easier to create the door opening in the plan view,
01:47
but also useful to see the 3D view at the same time.
01:50
So
01:51
I'll go to the view ribbon tab.
01:53
We're from the windows panel, I'll click the tile windows tool
01:56
and now we can see we have both views on the screen.
01:59
So we just need to adjust these so that we can see the correct area for them both.
02:05
Now making sure the roof plan view is active.
02:08
We'll go to the architecture ribbon tab and from the openings panel,
02:11
we'll click the dorma opening tool
02:15
first. We need to choose the roof to create the door we're opening in.
02:19
So I'll click on the main roof here
02:22
and now we're in the edit sketch mode and we have the pick roof wall edges,
02:26
tool active.
02:27
So
02:27
I'll select the inside edges of the three walls.
02:31
And as we pick on these, we can see the sketch line tracing along those walls.
02:36
And now we've done the walls.
02:36
We need to pick on the edges of the roof here to create the enclosed boundary.
02:40
So we'll pick the two edges up the top here.
02:45
So now we have all of the lines created.
02:47
We can see that they extend beyond the corners here
02:49
and we need it to be an enclosed boundary.
02:51
So
02:52
I'll use the trim extend to corner tool
02:55
and then we can work our way around the corners here, clicking on the each line
02:59
to create the enclosed boundary that we need.
03:05
So now we have that done.
03:06
We'll click the finish, edit mode from the edit sketch ribbon
03:09
and we can see that that opening has been created in the roof
03:13
and aligned with the walls in the door as we can see here in the 3d view.
03:18
So I'll close down the floor plan view. So we have just a 3d view active now
03:23
and we can see that that roof has been cut,
03:25
giving us the extra head height into the attic room here as we need,
03:30
looking at the window, we just need to move that up slightly.
03:33
So I'll select the window
03:35
and then from the property's pallet,
03:36
we change its cell height parameter to be 6 ft four inches.
03:42
And now we can see we have that Doma created
03:44
giving us the extra space that we need in the attic room.
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