Showing Floor Patterns

Here is a procedure to allow the display of flooring patterns in your floorplan view without drawing any CAD.

1. Assign floor patterns in the materials tab of the room definition dbx. Shift the patterns in the X or Y direction by adjusting the origin in the pattern tab.
2. Generate a “Vector Floor Overview” camera, and then select “Top View”. You should see your floor patterns.
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3. Select ”Cad Detail From View”. Think of this command as a snap shot of your screen, with the result stored in a 2D Cad Detail Window.
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4. Now turn off “Default Cad Layer Lines”, leaving only the floor pattern lines showing. Block these patterns and assign the block to a new layer called “Floor Patterns” change the color to gray, and select "Back Group".

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5. Copy the block, then return to the plan window and click “Paste Hold Position”. Floor patterns can now be turned on or off with the “Floor Patterns” layer. (Not all the lines are showing on this "screen capture".)
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NOTES:

1. If advanced deck framing was used as in this example, it must be selected in the Cad Detail and assigned to the Default Cad Layer Patterns layer before turning off Default Cad Layer Lines.
2. Countertop patterns may project outside of the base cabinet face. This is a result of the overview camera seeing the full countertop including the overhang. We could select these overhang lines and add them to the Default Cad Layer Patterns layer as well. Alternatively, we could set the default countertop O/H to 0” before starting as I did here.

Rob,

Great tip! I've always used swatches of flooring to indicate type of and direction, but wasn't fond of too much clutter on plans. However, since I've discovered that everything coming out of my printers is now gray scale with my conversion to X1, I'll be inclined to give it a try.

Thanks,
Kelly

I have to admit something....why would you not just turn on the room fill patterns and set the color to light gray?

Why all the extra steps? I am surly missing something!

Joey
I am wondering the same thing..
The person posting makes me thing we are missing some thing..
Another KAT from Canada..

I may be wrong but isn't Rob's method useful to show floor pattern direction ?

I can also see where you could have multiple floor patterns on separate layers and then easily switch between the various floor patterns ?

Maybe I missed the boat ???

Lew

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I may be wrong but isn't Rob's method useful to show floor pattern direction ?

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But I can show direction...just type in the angle you want, and the direction changes.....

Come on Rob, what gives....what am I missing...:confused:

Rob,
I noticed in your stairwell you are showing a handrail, is this a cad line or mline or did CA do this automatically, Thanks for the input
-scott

Scott, it id showing in the first picture, because it is a vector floor overview shot.

Rob,
Sorry for another stupid question, but how did you get the base cabinet fill, is that a fill pattern you added or am I missing something in the cab dbx.
-scott

I believe the "cabinet fill" you are referring to is the counter top pattern.

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it id showing in the first picture, because it is a vector floor overview shot

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of course, thanks
-scott

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Originally Posted by joey3032

I have to admit something....why would you not just turn on the room fill patterns and set the color to light gray?

Why all the extra steps? I am surly missing something!

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Joey,

I've never messed with room fill style because it was something that I haven't been interested in, but You are right, with the exception if you don't have cab. plan fill turned on, something I don't do because I use a darkened background.

That being the case I'm not sure that Rod's method wouldn't be quicker than going back and turning on plan fill as needed.

So good tip to you too Joey!

Kelly

I use fill for showing headroom in attics.

http://www.chieftalk.com/showthread....light=headroom

Lew

Lew,

Interesting, how do you take out the slope ceiling part of the room that falls below the code - habitable room height of 7'.

I bring this point up because I have always felt that one should not have to pay property taxes on floor footage that falls out of the habitable range, not to mention paying for a permit based on sq.ft.

Kelly

Kelly:

set the room(s) ceiling height to 6' 8" and then Chief will create "wall beams" I place invisible walls over the "wall beams" and then set the ceiling hights back as needed.


I would like Chief to do this automagically for us :)

Lew

Lew,

Thanks, but I'm not sure that I'm comfortable creating yet another room just for the hatch.

Kelly

Joey, Well it seems I didn't do a very good job of explaining where and why one would use this procedure. My appologies. I think I
should have called it "Showing existing floor material patterns in plan view". This procedure is for those who have already
applied floor materials with their associated patterns. Interior designers are quite meticulous about this.They may have even
adjusted the origin of some patterns to make them work out properly. I am showing a way to have the floor/countertop/deck
patterns show in floorplan exactly as they are in 3D vector/render cameras. It's a good idea not to have a duplication of
information as would be the case if one had floor materials applied then used a p-line fill on the floorplan that was
different than the 3D views. Also I think this avoids doing the same job twice ...applying floor materials then redrawing it
in floorplan. Another point that might be made is that with a p-line fill you do not have the flexibility of the material
pattern dbx. Also for those using advanced deck framing, why would you want to redraw it when its already done? Although this
procedure looks like a bit of work it really only takes a few minutes. Of course if you are not showing any 3D
perspective/renders and are not worried about the exact correlation between 2d/3d view patterns (and I think most of us are
not) then this post will probably not interest you. On the other hand,if you look at the procedure you may find other uses for
it, for example with a little variation we can show a reflected ceiling plan that exactly correlates to 3d views without
drawing any CAD.

Allen42, what is KAT?

Alan Brown, that is correct it is the countertop material pattern.

Lew, good tip.

Rob, "kick ass trainer"

Hi Rob
What Dan said.
Seeing it was you posting the tip,I figured it was something important..
Not sure how much I would use this tip..
Just for a pdf it might be worth having an extra page for it..

KAT, I think thats a Louis term. Maybe it should be DAT.:)

Very funny.:)