- Now that we have our basic shape and planes pre-laid out,
what I want to do now is find the rest of my 2D sketches,
to define where my vertical posts are gonna be
and where my roof sections gonna be.
So, to do that, first thing's first, let's click on
plane number one, click normal two,
and I want to start a sketch. Start the sketch right here,
and then I want to come over here,
and click on "convert entities."
Now I'm gonna choose these different lines here,
which are the footprint of the building,
notice from below, and then click on "convert entities",
click "okay" and that just brings those
up to this sketch exactly the same.
Now if these change down here at the bottom,
these lines here will change as well, which is great.
When you're happy with that, exit out.
Then let's go back to the original sketch here,
which is the sketch number four, click normal two,
and I want to define some center lines,
that are gonna define where
the vertical posts are gonna lay.
So I'm gonna make a line from here, across over to here.
One right here, from there to there,
and one right down here.
Now I want to make sure these are all equally spaced.
Now you can go up here and add a dimension
from this line here to that line there,
and type a dimension in.
But if the structure grew or some changes happened,
that would never update automatically,
so we really don't want to do that,
so let's go ahead and delete that.
What I wanted to use is the center line command
and start from the endpoint here,
go right down to there, to the center,
to the center of this line and down to the bottom.
Then I want to make each one of these lines
that are connecting them together the same length.
So go ahead and choose all those by selecting "control"
and choosing them. Right, let go of that command,
as soon as you let go of the control command,
you get this little pop-up here,
and I want to say they are equal.
If you don't find equal there,
that will pop up when it doesn't show up,
it's also available right over here.
Click on "equal", and now, no matter
what size building we have,
these will always be equally spaced.
Go ahead and exit out of that,
and now we're ready to start creating our 3D sketches,
that are gonna connect the lines together
to define where these posts are gonna go.