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Tutorial 5: Creating 3D Windows
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lace the copy of the door block at other openings, as shown.
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hange the view orientation to SW Isometric. Mirror the door block, as shown. Move the door block and place it on the bathroom door opening.
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ype EXT and press Enter. Select the outer polyline of the window, as shown. Type -50 and press Enter to extrude the polyline.
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urn off the 3D-Walls layer. On the ribbon, click Home tab > Modeling panel >
Presspull. Click in the region enclosed by the rectangle, as shown. Move the pointer, type -10. Likewise, presspull the other two regions, as shown.
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n the ribbon, click Solid tab > Solid Editing panel > Offset Edge. Select a press- pulled face. Select Distance from the command line. Type 25 and press Enter. Click on the selected face to offset the face edges.
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n the ribbon, click Solid tab > Solid panel > Presspull. Select a press-pulled face and move the pointer. Type 38 and press Enter. Likewise, press-pull the other faces, as shown.
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n the ribbon, click Home tab > Selection panel > Filter drop-down > Face . Select the faces, as shown. Right click and select Properties. On the Properties palette, select Blue from the Color drop-down. The color of the selected faces is changed to blue.
You can notice the difference when you set the View Style to Shaded with Edges.
Press Esc.
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n the ribbon, click Home tab > Selection panel > Filter drop-down > No Filter .
Select the window, type MI, and press Enter. Zoom to the top right corner of the window. Place the pointer on the side face of the window, move the pointer and select the corner point, as shown. Move the pointer downward and click to mirror the
window. Select the No option from the command line.
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ype UNI and press Enter. Select two window pieces and press Enter. The selected solids are united together.
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urn on the 3D-Wall layer. Select the window, click on the Y-axis (green arrow) of the Move gizmo, and move the pointer inside the 3D wall. Type 150 and press Enter.
Select the lines and polyline placed on the window opening, and press Delete.
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elect the window, type CO, and press Enter. Select the lower left corner of the window opening to define the base point. Move the pointer toward the right side window opening, and then select its lower left corner point. Press Esc.
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hange the view orientation to NW Isometric. Select the 2D windows on the North elevation view by creating selection windows over them. Type CO and press Enter.
Zoom to the extreme left window and select its lower left point. Move the pointer toward the 3D walls and select the lower left corner point of the extreme left window opening.
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elect the copy of the extreme left 2D-window. On the Home tab of the ribbon, expand the Modify panel and click the Explode tool; the block is exploded.
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n the ribbon, click Home tab > Modeling panel > Polysolid . Select the Height option from the command line. Type 100 and press Enter. Select the Width option from the command line, and the enter 38. Select Justify from the command line, and then select Right. Select Object from the command line. Select the outer rectangle of the window, as shown.
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n the ribbon, click Home tab > Modeling panel > Box. Specify the first and second corners of the box, as shown. Type -50 and press Enter create the box.
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n the ribbon, click Solid tab > Solid Editing panel > Offset Edge. Select the front face of the box. Select Distance, and then enter 25. Click on the front face of the box to offset the edges of the selected face.
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ctivate the Presspull tool and click in the area enclosed by the offset edge. Move the pointer inside the box and click to remove material.
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n the ribbon, click Home tab > Modeling panel > Box. Specify the first and second corners of the box, as shown. Type 4 and press Enter create the box. Select the window, click on the Y-axis (green arrow) of the Move gizmo, and move the pointer inside the
3D wall. Type 27 and press Enter.
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elect the box, right click and select Properties. On the Properties palette, select Blue from the Color drop-down.
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ype UNI and press Enter. Select the box created in the last step and the press-pulled solid. Press Enter to unite them.
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elect the combined solid, type CO, and press Enter. Select the lower left corner point of the combined solid. Select the lower right corner point on the other back side. Press Esc.
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reate a selection window over the window. On the ribbon, click Home tab > Groups panel > Group.
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elect the window group, type M, and press Enter. Select the top left corner point of the window group. Move the pointer inside the wall, type 250 and press Enter.
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ikewise, create other windows, as shown.