Autodesk® Architectural Desktop 2006: A Comprehensive Tutorial

by Goldenberg, Ed V.

• ISBN13: 9780131714076
• ISBN10: 0131714074
• Edition: 1st
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2006-01-01
• Publisher: Prentice Hall

Summary

"Autodesk Architectural Desktop 2006" was written by a practicing architect for architects and architectural draftsmen. Emphasizing program features that are most applicable in the profession.Tutorial Format Hands On Experience Written by a Practicing Professional Architect who is also and Educator.An valuable tool for Architects, Architectural Draftsmen and CAD Managers.

Table of Contents

How to Use This Book	vi
PART I Getting Started	1	(60)
Definitions	1	(6)
AEC Objects	1	(1)
Styles	1	(1)
Multi-view Blocks	1	(1)
Tool Palettes	2	(1)
Check Boxes	3	(1)
Radio Buttons	3	(1)
Contextual Menus	4	(3)
Concepts	7	(6)
The Mass Model	7	(1)
Space Planning	8	(1)
The Virtual Building Model	9	(1)
New Architectural Desktop Features for 2006	10	(2)
AutoCAD 2006 Command Updates	12	(1)
Questions and Answers about Autodesk Architectural Desktop 2006	13	(8)
Platforms, System Requirements, and Network	18	(3)
Installing Autodesk Architectural Desktop 2006	21	(8)
Abbreviations	29	(2)
The Autodesk Architectural Desktop 2006 Interface	31	(2)
Tool Palettes	33	(6)
Bringing Up the Tool Palettes	33	(1)
Resizing the Palette	33	(1)
Auto-Hide	34	(1)
Tool Palettes Properties	35	(4)
The Properties Palette	39	(4)
Bringing Up the Properties Palettes	39	(1)
Quick Select	40	(1)
PICKADD Toggle	41	(1)
Select	41	(2)
The Content Browser	43	(4)
Bringing Up the Content Browser	43	(4)
The Open Drawing Menu	47	(14)
Drawing Setup	48	(1)
Publish--DWF Publisher	49	(1)
Publish to Architectural Studio	50	(1)
Publish to Web	50	(5)
Publish to MapGuide	55	(1)
Publish to 3D DWF	56	(3)
Link to Autodesk VIZ Render	59	(1)
eTransmit	59	(2)
PART II Sections and Tutorials: Palettes and Exercises	61	(472)
Massing/Mass Elements and Groups	61	(16)
Massing and Mass Modeling	62	(8)
Hands-On Creating a Massing Object	62	(1)
Hands-On Modifying a Massing Object	63	(6)
Hands-On Creating and Attaching Slice Plates (Floor Slices)	69	(1)
Hiding the Slice Markers	70	(7)
Hands-On Modifying the Massing Object After Applying the Slice Plates	70	(3)
Hands-On Changing the Slice Plates into Space Boundaries and Walls	73	(1)
Hands-On Using the Drape Tool to Create Contour Massing Models	74	(3)
Space and Space Boundary Objects	77	(24)
Space Objects Properties Tool Palette	78	(23)
Hands-On Creating a Spaces Tool Palette	79	(1)
Hands-On Creating a Space Object and Labeling It with a Space Tag	80	(2)
Hands-On Creating a Simple Space Plan with Space Objects	82	(3)
Hands-On Applying Space Boundaries	85	(1)
Hands-On Modifying Space Boundaries	86	(5)
Hands-On Using the Space Auto Generate Tool	91	(2)
Hands-On Using the AEC Modify Tool to Modify Spaces	93	(4)
Hands-On Using the Space Object Grip Features	97	(4)
Walls	101	(26)
Walls	101	(26)
Hands-On Placing a Wall Object	103	(1)
Hands-On Changing Walls by Dynamically Pulling on Grips	104	(1)
Hands-On Creating Wall Sweeps	105	(2)
Hands-On Creating Wall Endcaps Using Calculate Automatically	107	(3)
Hands-On Using Plan Modifiers	110	(2)
Hands-On Using Body Modifiers	112	(2)
Hands-On Using Roof/Floor Line Option	114	(4)
Hands-On Using Interference Condition	118	(1)
Hands-On Cleanups---Apply `T' Cleanup, and Wall Merge	119	(2)
Hands-On Editing Wall Styles	121	(6)
Windows	127	(14)
Hands-On Placing a Window Object Using Reference	128	(1)
Hands-On Placing a Window Object Using Offset/Center	129	(1)
Hands-On Changing Window Size with Grips	130	(1)
Hands-On Adding a Profile	131	(3)
Hands-On Modifying Window Height	134	(1)
Hands-On Editing Window Styles	135	(6)
Doors	141	(18)
Doors	141	(18)
Hands-On Placing a Door Object Using Reference	143	(1)
Hands-On Placing a Door Object Using Offset/Center	143	(1)
Hands-On Changing Door Size and Swing Location with Grips	144	(2)
Hands-On Controlling the Door Swing Angle	146	(1)
Hands-On Adding a Profile	147	(2)
Hands-On Adding a Doorknob	149	(2)
Hands-On Moving the Door Vertically, within the Wall, and along the Wall	151	(1)
Hands-On Editing Door Styles	152	(1)
Hands-On Using the Materials Tab	153	(3)
Hands-On Using In-Place Edit	156	(3)
Curtain Walls	159	(26)
Hands-On Creating a Curtain Walls Tool Palette	161	(1)
Hands-On Placing a Curtain Wall	162	(1)
Hands-On Setting Miter Angles in the Contextual Menu and the Start and End Miters in the Curtain Wall Properties Toolbar	162	(2)
Hands-On Using the Roof Line/Floor Line Selections in the Contextual Menu	164	(2)
Hands-On Applying Tool Properties to a Layout Grid	166	(2)
Hands-On Applying Tool Properties to an Elevation Sketch	168	(2)
Hands-On Editing a Grid in Place	170	(3)
Hands-On Editing Curtain Wall Styles	173	(4)
Hands-On Applying Curtain Walls to Faces	177	(4)
Hands-On Adding Doors to Curtain Walls	181	(4)
Door and Window Assemblies	185	(12)
Hands-On Creating a Primary Grid	186	(2)
Hands-On Creating a Door Style for Double Door	188	(1)
Hands-On Assigning Doors to a Door/Window Assembly Infill	188	(2)
Hands-On Testing the Partially Complete Door/Window Assembly	190	(1)
Hands-On Adding Sidelites	190	(2)
Hands-On Sizing the Frame of a Door/Window Assembly	192	(1)
Hands-On Removing the Sill of a Door/Window Assembly and Changing the Sidelite	193	(1)
Hands-On Using the New Custom Door/Window Assembly	194	(3)
Stairs	197	(24)
Properties Palette	198	(23)
Hands-On Setting the AEC Object Settings for Stairs	200	(1)
Hands-On Making a New Stairs Tool Palette	201	(1)
Hands-On Placing a Stair	201	(1)
Hands-On Modifying the Stair with the Stair Grips	202	(1)
Hands-On Changing Stair Styles	203	(1)
Hands-On Adding a Stair Rail	204	(1)
Hands-On Editing a Stair Style	205	(1)
Hands-On Placing a Multilanding Stair	206	(2)
Hands-On Interference Conditions	208	(1)
Hands-On Anchoring a Second Stair to an Existing Landing	209	(1)
Hands-On Projecting a Stair Edge to a Polyline	210	(1)
Hands-On Projecting a Stair Edge to a Wall or AEC Object	211	(2)
Hands-On Generating a Polyline from a Stair Object	213	(3)
Hands-On Creating a Stair Tower	216	(5)
Railings	221	(16)
Hands-On Making a New Railing Tool Palette	222	(1)
Hands-On Placing a Railing	222	(1)
Hands-On Editing a Railing Style	223	(4)
Hands-On Modifying Balusters	227	(2)
Hands-On Adding a Railing to a Stair and Stair Flight	229	(1)
Hands-On Adding a Railing to a Landing	230	(1)
Hands-On Adding a Railing and Landing Support---Anchor to Object	231	(1)
Hands-On Creating a Railing Using a Polyline	232	(1)
Hands-On Editing a Railing Profile in Place	233	(4)
Roofs and Roof Slab Objects	237	(18)
Roofs	237	(1)
Roof Slabs	238	(1)
Roofs	239	(1)
Roof Slabs	239	(16)
Hands-On Making a New Roof and Roof Slabs Tool Palette	240	(1)
Hands-On Placing a Roof Object	240	(1)
Hands-On Modifying a Roof Object	241	(2)
Hands-On Editing a Roof Edge	243	(2)
Hands-On Changing Facets	245	(2)
Hands-On Converting to Roof Slabs	247	(1)
Hands-On roofslabmodifyedges	247	(1)
Hands-On Applying Tool Properties to a Roof Slab	248	(1)
Hands-On Cutting a Hole in a Roof Slab	248	(1)
Hands-On Adding Edge Profiles in Place	249	(2)
Hands-On Creating a Roof Dormer	251	(4)
Slabs and Slab Objects	255	(14)
Hands-On Creating a New Slab Tool Palette	256	(1)
New for Architectural Desktop 2006	257	(12)
Hands-On Using Direct Mode and Direction	259	(1)
Hands-On Projected Mode	260	(1)
Hands-On Applying Tool Properties to Slabs	261	(3)
Hands-On Cutting Slabs	264	(1)
Hands-On Making a New Edge from a Profile	265	(2)
Hands-On Changing the New Slab Edge Profile	267	(2)
Structural Members, Column Grids, Grids, and Anchors	269	(34)
Hands-On Making a New Structure Tool Palette	271	(1)
Hands-On Placing a Column and Grid	271	(1)
Hands-On Modifying a Column Grid	272	(2)
Hands-On Creating a Column Grid from Linework and Placement of Structural Columns	274	(1)
Hands-On Placing Beams on Structural Column Grids (New Automated Feature for Architectural Desktop 2006)	275	(3)
Hands-On Using the Structural Beam ``Fill and Array'' Options (New for Architectural Desktop 2006)	278	(2)
Hands-On Modifying Structural Members	280	(2)
Hands-On Creating a Round Composite Concrete and Steel Column	282	(1)
Hands-On Adding Bar Joists	283	(3)
Hands-On Labeling a Column Grid	286	(2)
Hands-On Adding and Labeling a Layout Grid (2D)	288	(1)
Layout Curves	289	(14)
Hands-On Creating and Using a Layout Curve	290	(1)
Hands-On Using a Wall as a Layout Curve	291	(1)
Hands-On Layout Grid (2D)	292	(2)
Hands-On Using the New Trim Planes	294	(2)
Hands-On Framing Floors and Roofs Using Slabs and Structural Members	296	(5)
Hands-On Creating a Custom Structural Member from Linework, and Applying a Miter	301	(2)
AEC Dimensions	303	(14)
Hands-On Setting the Text Style	304	(1)
Hands-On Creating a Dimension Style	305	(1)
Hands-On Creating an AEC Dimension Style	306	(1)
Hands-On Using and Modifying an AEC Dimension Style	307	(2)
Hands-On Dimensioning Doors and Windows with AEC Dimension Styles	309	(3)
Hands-On Adding a Manual AEC Dimension	312	(1)
Hands-On Detaching Objects from AEC Dimensions	313	(1)
Hands-On AEC Dimension Chains	314	(2)
Hands-On The AEC Dimension Wizard	316	(1)
Elevations	317	(18)
Hands-On Making a New Elevation Tool Palette	318	(1)
Hands-On Creating a Sample Building for the Elevation Exercises	318	(2)
Hands-On Making an Elevation	320	(2)
Hands-On Modifying and Updating the 2D Elevation	322	(1)
Hands-On Understanding Subdivisions	323	(6)
Hands-On Working with Material Boundaries	329	(2)
Hands-On Showing Common Materials as One Surface and Showing Objects Hidden behind Other Objects in Generated Elevations	331	(4)
Sections	335	(14)
Hands-On Making a New Section Tool Palette	336	(1)
Hands-On Creating a Sample Building	336	(2)
Hands-On Placing the Standard Section Object	338	(1)
Hands-On Reversing the Section Direction	338	(2)
Hands-On Modifying the Section	340	(1)
Hands-On Customizing the Section Arrow Appearance	340	(1)
Live Sections	341	(8)
Hands-On Creating a Sample Building for a Live Section	342	(1)
Hands-On Creating a Live Section	343	(3)
Hands-On Modifying a Live Section	346	(3)
Drawing Management	349	(20)
The Drawing Management Concept	350	(19)
Hands-On Using the Project Browser	350	(4)
Hands-On Creating Constructs and Elements in the Project Navigator	354	(2)
Hands-On Working with Constructs and Elements in the Project Navigator	356	(5)
Hands-On Putting the Elements and Constructs Together	361	(2)
Hands-On Modifying the Constructs and Their Effects on the Views	363	(2)
Hands-On Creating Named Views and Plotting Sheets	365	(4)
Callouts	369	(16)
The Callout Methodology	373	(12)
Hands-On Creating a New Project with the Project Browser	373	(1)
Hands-On Creating Plotting Sheets in the Project Navigator	374	(1)
Hands-On Creating a New Construct in the Project Navigator	375	(1)
Hands-On Creating a New Plan View Drawing in the Project Navigator	375	(1)
Hands-On Creating Elevations with the Mark A3 Elevation Callout	376	(2)
Hands-On Placing Elevations Views in the A-201 Elevation Sheet	378	(1)
Hands-On Creating Details with the Detail Boundary Callout	378	(2)
Hands-On Placing Details into the A-401 Detail Sheet	380	(1)
Hands-On Placing the Floor Plan into the A-101 Plan Sheet	381	(4)
Detail Components and the Detail Component Manager	385	(26)
Hands-On Inserting Detail Components	386	(2)
Hands-On Creating a Wall Detail Using Detail Components	388	(6)
Hands-On Keynoting	394	(2)
The New Component Editor	396	(11)
Hands-On Creating the New Custom Detail Component Block	404	(1)
Hands-On Editing the Detail Component Database and Creating a Recipe Using the Linear Array Jig	404	(2)
Hands-On Testing the New Detail Component	406	(1)
The New Keynote Editor	407	(4)
Hands-On Creating a New Keynote and Linking It to a Detail Component	407	(4)
Property Set Definitions and Property Sets	411	(12)
Hands-On Property Set Definition	412	(1)
Hands-On Adding the Automatic Properties	412	(6)
Hands-On Using the Manual Properties	418	(1)
Hands-On Using the Formula Property Definitions	419	(4)
Schedules and Schedule Tags	423	(36)
Hands-On Creating a Schedule Tool Palette and Copying Tools from the Content Browser	423	(1)
Hands-On Creating a Wall Schedule	424	(2)
Hands-On Testing the New Schedule	426	(3)
Hands-On Modifying the Schedule---Text Appearance	429	(4)
Hands-On Scheduling across Drawings---Scheduling Xrefs	433	(1)
Schedule Tags	434	(25)
Hands-On Placing Door and Window Tags	434	(3)
Hands-On Placing Schedules	437	(1)
Hands-On Updating Schedules	438	(1)
Hands-On Using Schedules to Locate Objects	438	(1)
Hands-On Exporting Schedules to Databases	439	(1)
Hands-On Creating and Using Custom Schedules	440	(6)
Hands-On Using the New Architectural Desktop 2006 Define Schedule Tag Routine to Create Custom Schedule Tags	446	(7)
Hands-On The New Architectural Desktop 2006 Tool Catalog Generator	453	(6)
Sheet Sets	459	(6)
Hands-On Creating a New Sheet Set	460	(2)
Hands-On Testing the New Sheet Set	462	(3)
Mask Blocks	465	(8)
Hands-On Creating a Custom Fluorescent Fixture Called New Fixture	465	(1)
Hands-On Testing the New Light Fixture Mask Block	466	(3)
Hands-On Using Create AEC Content to Place the New Light Fixture in the DesignCenter	469	(1)
Hands-On Testing the New Light Fixture Mask Block from the DesignCenter	470	(3)
Multi-View Blocks	473	(10)
The Chair	474	(9)
Hands-On Creating the Autodesk Website Icon	474	(1)
Hands-On Going to the Chair at the 3D Cafe Website	475	(1)
Hands-On Creating Content from a 3D Mesh	476	(3)
Hands-On Creating a Multi-View Block	479	(1)
Hands-On Testing a Multi-View Block	480	(3)
The DesignCenter	483	(10)
Content	484	(9)
Hands-On Using the DesignCenter to Create a Kitchen	484	(9)
AEC Project Standards	493	(14)
Project Standards Terminology	494	(13)
Hands-On Creating and Locating the Standards Drawing	495	(2)
Hands-On Loading the CAD Manager and Configuring the Standards Drawing	497	(3)
Hands-On Changing a Project Drawing by Synchronizing It with the Standards Drawing	500	(4)
Hands-On Replacing an AEC Object in a Project Drawing by Synchronizing It with the Standards Drawing	504	(3)
Display Themes	507	(4)
Hands-On Creating a Test Floor	508	(3)
VIZ Render	511	(22)
Hands-On How Best to Learn to Operate Viz Render	512	(1)
Hands-On Making a Simple Scene	512	(4)
Hands-On Using VIZ Render	516	(7)
Hands-On Placing Materials in ADT	523	(4)
Hands-On People and Trees	527	(6)
PART III PUTTING IT ALL TOGETHER	533	(60)
Tutorial Project	533	(60)
Hands-On Placing the Logo in the Template File	534	(3)
Hands-On Setting up the Project	537	(1)
Hands-On Assigning the Custom Sheet Template	538	(1)
Hands-On Testing and Modifying the Custom Sheet	539	(1)
Hands-On Making, Modifying, and Placing Sheet Lists	540	(1)
Hands-On Making, Modifying, and Placing Sheet Lists	541	(1)
Hands-On The Small Country House Project	541	(1)
Hands-On Creating the Title Sheet	542	(1)
Hands-On The Current Project Settings	542	(1)
Hands-On The Basement Construct	542	(4)
Hands-On The First Floor Construct	546	(1)
Hands-On The Second Floor Construct	547	(1)
Hands-On The Grade Construct	548	(1)
Hands-On Excavating the Grade Construct	549	(2)
Hands-On The Composite View	551	(1)
Hands-On The Elevations	552	(1)
Hands-On The Sections	553	(2)
Hands-On The Floor Views	555	(1)
Hands-On Creating the Sheets	555	(4)
Hands-On Modifying the 3D Model: Adding the Upper Roof	559	(3)
Hands-On Modifying the 3D Model: Adding the Second Floor Roof	562	(3)
Hands-On Modifying the 3D Model: Adding Windows	565	(3)
Hands-On Modifying the 3D Model: Creating the Porches, Exterior Steps, and Railings	568	(4)
Hands-On Modifying the 3D Model: Creating the Chimney	572	(2)
Hands-On Modifying the 3D Model: Creating the Interior Stairs	574	(3)
Hands-On Modifying the 3D Model: Creating the Bathrooms	577	(2)
Hands-On Modifying the 3D Model: Placing Materials on the Exterior	579	(2)
Hands-On Rendering the Model	581	(3)
Hands-On Placing Room Numbers, Interior Doors, and Door Numbers	584	(4)
Hands-On Creating the Door Schedules	588	(5)
Index	593