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INFOSHEET DAY 03 – N

MODEL IN – PLACE:
- CREATES A COMPONENT THAT IS
UNIQUE TO THE PROJECT.

EXTRUSION
● ACTIVATE THE COMMAND MODEL IN PLACE.
● IN THE FAMILY CATEGORY SELECT GENERIC MODELS.
● FOR DISCUSSION PURPOSES.
● INPUT EXTRUSION FOR THE NAME.
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 NOTE: EXTRUSION IN AUTOCAD IS SIMILAR WITH REVIT YOU HAVE
TO CREATE OBJECT FIRST, THEN ADD DEPTH OR EXTRUSION
HEIGHT TO IT TO CREATE A 3D MODEL.

● ACTIVATE EXTRUSION
● USE RECTANGLE
● CREATE SQUARE PROFILE 1500 X 1500

● ON THE PROPERTIES PALETTE

● YOU HAVE EXTRUSION END &
EXTRUSION START
● INPUT EXT END = 3000, EXT S = 500
● CLICK FINISH

● AFTER CLICKING FINISH EDIT MODE.

● YOU ONLY TERMINATED THE
CREATION.
● YOU STILL HAVE A CONTEXTUAL TAB.
● THERE IS AN ACTIVE COMMAND
WHICH IS EXTRUSION
● MEANING YOU CAN STILL EDIT THE
PROFILE.

● ON THE PROPERTIES PALETTE

● YOU HAVE MATERIAL MEANING YOU CAN STILL ADD
MATERIAL.
● BUT FOR NO MUNA.
● SINCE THEY ALREADY KNOW HOW TO CREATE
MATERIAL.
● CLICK FINISH TO TERMINATE THE COMMAND.

NOTE: 1ST FINISH TO TERMINATE THE CREATION, 2ND IS TO

TERMINATE THE COMMAND.

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● OPEN SOUTH ELEVATION VIEW.

● EXTRUSION START - NAG SIMULA MAG EXT 500

ABOVE LEVEL 1.
● EXTRUSION END - 3000 FROM LEVEL 1.
● MEANING TOTAL EXTRUSION HEIGHT IS 2500.

MODIFY EXTRUSION PROFILE

● CHANGE EXTRUSION PROFILE TO 2000 X 2000

● CLICK THE EXTRUDED MODEL.
● CLICK EDIT IN PLACE
● CLICK AGAIN THE 3D MODEL
● CLICK EDIT EXTRUSION
● GO TO VIEW - FLOOR PLAN LEVEL 1
● EDIT TO 2000X2000.

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BLEND

● ACTIVATE THE COMMAND MODEL IN PLACE.

● IN THE FAMILY CATEGORY SELECT GENERIC
MODEL.
● INPUT BLEND FOR THE NAME.

NOTE: IN EXTRUSION YOU ONLY CREATED 1

PROFILE, IN BLEND YOU HAVE TO CONSIDER
HAVING 2 PROFILES.

NOTE: ON THE CONTEXTUAL

YOU HAVE EDIT TOP MEANING
YOU ARE CREATING FIRST THE
BASE PROFILE.

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 ● CREATE BASE PROFILE 2000X2000 SQUARE
● THEN AFTER, CLICK EDIT TOP.
● CREATE THE TOP PROFILE CIRCLE

NOTE: IN REVIT YOU DON'T HAVE OSNAP MODE LIKE M2P TO CREATE
OBJECT IN ORDER FOR YOU TO HAVE AN REFERENCE PT OF AN
ELEMENT.

● AFTER CREATING BOTH PROFILES TOP & BASE,

CLICK FINISH
● AT PROPERTIES CHANGE SECOND AND FIRST END
THIS IS ALSO SIMILAR TO THE IDEA OF EXTRUSION
START AND EXTRUSION END

BASE PROFILE
(1ST CREATION)

TOP PROFILE
(2ND CREATION)

● CLICK FINISH
● OPEN SOUTH ELEVATION VIEW.

NOTE: SAME PROCESS WITH

EXTRUSION IF YOU ARE GOING TO
EDIT BLEND. START IT WITH EDIT IN
PLACE.

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REFERENCE PLANE
- CREATES REFERENCE PLANE USING DRAWING TOOLS.
● IN AUTOCAD REFERENCE PLANE IS EQUIVALENT TO YOUR UCS.
● GIVES YOU A PREVIEW OF THE ELEMENT THAT YOU’RE CREATING.
● IT SETS THE ORIENTATION OF THE ELEMENTS AND RESTRICTS THE
OBJECT BASE ON THE REFERENCE

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ASSOCIATING REFERENCE PLANE WITH REVOLVE

● ACTIVATE MODEL IN PLACE

● FAMILY CATEGORY SELECT GENERIC
MODEL.
● NAME REVOLVE
● ACTIVATE REVOLVE
● SET WORK PLANE TO HORIZONTAL
● 1ST CREATE THE PROFILE.
● THEN CREATE AN AXIS LINE USE PICK LINE
(SET OFFSET TO 300)

NOTE: YOU WILL ONLY MAKE

HALF OF THE PROFILE WHICH
LATER ON WE WILL REVOLVE.

● CLICK FINISH TO TERMINATE THE

CREATION.
● THEN SET END ANGLE TO 180
● CLICK FINISH TO TERMINATE THE
COMMAND.

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NOTE: YOU CAN STILL MODIFY THE ANGLE.
● SELECT 3D REVOLVE
● CLICK EDIT IN PLACE ● CLICK HOLD AND DRAG THE GRIP TO
CHANGE THE ANGLE.
● YOU CAN CHANGE THE ANGLE IN THE
PROPERTIES.

ASSOCIATE AND DISSOCIATE REFERENCE PLANE

NOTE: IF YOU TRY TO MOVE YOUR 3D
REVOLVE IT CAN ONLY BE MOVE
HORIZONTAL DIRECTION ONLY.

● CLICK THE 3D REVOLVE MODEL

● EDIT IN PLACE
● CLICK THE 3D MODEL
● CLICK EDIT WORK PLANE

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SWEEP
● ACTIVATE THE COMMAND MODEL
IN PLACE.
● IN THE FAMILY CATEGORY
SELECT GENERIC MODEL.
● INPUT SWEEP FOR THE NAME.

NOTE:
● LIKE SWEEP IN AUTOCAD YOU HAVE TO SELECT A PATH THEN AN
OBJECT TO SWEEP.
● THERE ARE TWO METHOD FOR YOU TO CREATE THE SWEEP PATH:
○ SKETCH PATH - YOU WILL DRAW THE SWEEP PATH.
○ PICK PATH - YOU CAN SELECT EDGES OF EXISTING 3D THAT
YOU TO USE AS SWEEP PATH.
● SWEEP CAN USE IT TO CREATE LIKE CORNICE.

NOTE: AFTER CREATING A PATH

AND THE REFERENCE PLANE OF
THE PATH. YOU CAN NOW CLICK
EDIT PROFILE TO CREATE THE
PROFILE FOR SWEEP.

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 ● TO EDIT PROFILE OPEN
EAST ELEVATION VIEW.
● USE INSCRIBED
POLYGON.
● USE CIRCLE.
● CLICK FINISH (TERMINATE
THE CREATION)
● CLICK FINISH (TERMINATE
THE COMMAND)

HOW TO EDIT SWEEP PATH?

● SELECT 3D SWEEP
● CLICK EDIT IN PLACE
● SELECT 3D SWEEP
● CLICK EDIT SWEEP
● DOUBLE CLICK ON THE SWEEP
PATH HOW TO EDIT SWEEP PROFILE?
● THEN MODIFY THE PATH. ● SELECT SWEEP PROFILE
● CLICK FINISH ● CLICK EDIT PROFILE

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SWEPT BLEND - COMBINATION OF SWEEP (PATH) AND BLEND (2 PROFILES)

● ACTIVATE MODEL IN PLACE

● FAMILY CATEGORY SELECT GENERIC
MODEL.
● NAME SWEPT BLEND

● USE SKETCH PATH

● DRAW THE SWEPT BLEND PATH

NOTE: IN CREATING
SWEPT BLEND PATH YOU CAN ONLY HAVE 1
PATH MEANING YOU CAN ONLY SPECIFY 2 POINTS.
1ST PT PROFILE 1 AND 2ND PT PROFILE 2.
● CLICK FINISH

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 ● SELECT PROFILE 2
● CLICK EDIT PROFILE
● CREATE CIRCLE
● CLICK FINISH
(TO TERMINATE THE CREATION)
● CLICK FINISH
NOTE: YOU CAN NOW SELECT IF (TO TERMINATE THE COMMAND)
WANT TO CREATE PROFILE 1 OR 2
● SELECT PROFILE 1
● CLICK EDIT PROFILE
● CREATE RECTANGLE
● CLICK FINISH

HOW TO EDIT SWEPT BLEND PATH

AND PROFILES?

● SELECT 3D SWEPT BLEND

● CLICK EDIT SWEPT BLEND
● IF PATH DOUBLE CLICK ON THE
PATH TO EDIT
● IF PROFILE SELECT PROFILE 1
OR 2, CLICK EDIT PROFILE

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VOID (EXTRUSION)
- ALWAYS STARTS WITH EDIT IN PLACE OF AN
EXISTING OBJECT,

● SELECT THE EXTRUSION BOX

● CLICK EDIT IN PLACE
● ACTIVATE VOID EXTRUSION

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● CREATE RECTANGLE FOR THE EXTRUSION BOX
PROFILE
● SET EXTRUSION END 2000 AND EXTRUSION START 0.
● CLICK FINISH (TERMINATE THE CREATION)
● CLICK FINISH (TERMINATE THE COMMAND)

PICK A PLANE
- YOU WILL SELECT A WORK PLANE IN YOUR DRAWING AREA.

● SELECT THIS PLACE AS YOUR REFERENCE

PLANE.
● ACTIVATE MODEL TEXT
● PLACE TEXT ON THE PLANE SELECTED.

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