Professor Paul C. King, RA, AIA, ARA [email protected] Prof.Paul.King@Gmail

ARCH 3691Advanced Design &

Building Information Modeling

How to Create a Space Frame

Creating a Mass (Family) for theoverall Space Frame

Professor Paul C. King, RA, AIA, [email protected]@Gmail.com

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CREATE A NEW FAMILY FOR THE SPACE FRAME

SELECT THE “CURTAIN PANEL PATTERN BASED” TEMPLATE FILE

GO TO THE LEVEL ONE FLOOR PLAN VIEW.WORKING IN THIS VIEW WILL BE THE EASIEST.

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SELECT THE OPPOSITE CORNERS TO CREATE THE REFERENCE LINE

CREATE A REFERENCE LINECOPY ONE OF THE ADAPTIVE POINTS TO THE MIDDLE OF THE REFERENCE LINE

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DELETE THE PREVIOUS REFERENCE LINE AND CREATE 4 NEW REFERENCE LINES, EACH STARTING FROM THE OUTER ADAPTIVE POINTS TOWARDS THE CENTER.

CREATE 1REFERENCE POINT EACH ON 2 OF THE REFERENCE LINES

MAKE SURE 3D SNAPPING IS CHECKED

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SET A WORKING PLANE ON THE CORNER ADAPTIVE POINT TO CREATE THE SPACE FRAME.

ON THE SURFACE PLANE, CREATE A REFERENCE CIRCLE. THE DIMENSION WILL DETERMINE THE SPACE FRAME.

USING THE SAME STEPS CREATE A WORKING PLANE ON THE REFERENCE POINT AND CREATE A REFERENCE CIRCLE FOR THE SPACE FRAME.

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SELECT THE REFERENCE CIRCLE AS WELL AS THE 4 OUTER REFERENCE LINES.

1 2

3 4

SELECT “CREATE FORM” AND “SOLID FORM” TO CREATE THE SPACE FRAME.

USE THE SAME STEPS TO CREATE THE FORM FOR THE INNER FRAME.

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SET A WORKING PLANE ON CENTER ADAPTIVE POINT.

THE DISTANCE BETWEEN THE TWO CAN BE MANUALLY CHANGED.

CREATE A DISTANCE LINE FROM THE CENTER ADAPTIVE TO AN OUTER ADAPTIVE POINT.

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SAVE THE SPACE FRAME AS A FAMILY TO LOAD INTO A PROJECT FILE.

OPEN A NEW PROJECT FILE.

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LOAD THE SPACE FRAME FAMILY INTO THE PROJECT.

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CREATE A 20’x 20’ SQUARE FROM MODEL LINES TO USE AS REFERENCE.

OFFSET THE LINES BY 2’ TO CREATE A 2’x’2 GRID.

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CREATE AN IN-PLACE MASS AND NAME THE MASS. MAKE SURE NOT TO NAME THE MASS THE SAME NAME AS THE SPACE FRAME FAMILY

USING THE MODEL LINES AS REFERENCE CREATE THE MASSING AND SELECT CREATE FORM.

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SELECT THE TOP FACE OF THE MASS.

DIVIDE THE SURFACE TO FOLLOW THE GRID OF THE MODEL LINES.

ONCE THE SPACE FRAME FAMILY IS LOADED, WHILE STILL HAVING THE BOTTOM FACE SELECTED, CHANGE THE PATTERN TO THE SPACE FRAME FAMILY.

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ONCE THE PATTERN IS CHANGED THE SPACE FRAME SHOULD BE PLACED ON THE DIVIDED SURFACE

TO REMOVE THE MASSING OUTLINE GO TO THE VISIBILITY/GRAPHICS MENU

UNCHECK THE “FORM” BOXTO REMOVE THE BOX FROM THE VIEW

Family Editor Reference Lines Working Plane Solid Form

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