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Once you have opened a new family project, this selection screen will appear.
Select a new family and scroll down to Metric Generic Model floor based.rft
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ii) Single
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Lock these lines to the reference planes by clicking the blue padlock
icon.
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On the left-hand side of the screen, about halfway down you will find a
browser titled Project Browser Family 1. Scroll down to find the
Elevation categories; front, back, left and right.
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Lock the table top and base to constrain them to the reference planes.
STEP 5 DIMENSIONS
i) To create dimensions start the dimension command by typing DI
ii) Select one reference plane, the middle reference plane and finally the
opposite reference plane to complete the command.
iii) Hover over the EQ symbol to make the dimensions equal. Do this to the
Floor Plan view, which can be found in Project Browser menu.
iv) Go to the Modify tab at the tab and select Family Types a pop up box
will appear.
v) Select Add on the right hand side and type height. Do this step again for
length and width
vi) Now we want to assign the dimensions we just made a name. Select the
overall dimension and label accordingly.
ii) The next step is to make an extrusion. Select the extrusion icon to create a
solid shape. This time, we are going to select Line and single pick to
create our unique table base. Click this icon in your toolbar.
iii) Create the base like the image shown below, using the reference planes as
guidelines.
From here, select the tab User Interface and select customise.
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Click on the command name first, and then type the new shortcut
name and click the assign button to finish.
ii) Next, select the Set Plane icon. A pop up menu will appear titled Work
Plane. Under Specify a new Work Plane a drop down selection menu is
shown. Click and choose table top as your reference plane. Click Ok
iii) Select all 4 edges of the table by selecting the Pick Lines icon, as you do
so a profile will appear cutting the table in half like this. Left click
padlocks to lock them to constraints. Select the green tick once complete.
iv) From the same ribbon, select Edit Profile
v) Now we are going to edit the profile of the edge thickness to make it
customisable.
STEP 9 ASSIGN MATERIALS AND FINISHES
To create visibility graphics for our custom table, click the Family Types icon
under the Modify tab.
i) A pop up menu will appear, select Add under the Properties heading on
the right hand side to create a new parameter.
ii) Type marble and select the type of parameter as a Material from the
Type of Parameter drop down menu.
iii) Select Instance and OK
iv) The new material name will be created, now to add the finish selection.
Double left click on the name to select a mater/finish and apply.
v) Repeat these steps for table edging and leg base powder coat
STEP 10 CREATING CUSTOM SIZES & ADDING FORMULA
Limiting sizes when loading into a project.
i) Create tab, properties palette, family types
ii) Modify to make an instant
iii) Error Check, family type, new parameter, name lengthchek1, make
instant, click OK.
iv) Add formula if(length<500,500,length)
v) Go back to model and change the dimension name to lengthchek1