Drawing columns

- Open the drawing Drawing columns.dwg

- If the Context Modeler is not yet open, then click on the icon Context Modeler

- In Context Modeler, click on the level symbol

- Choose Eaves for the top level

- In Context Modeler, click on the level symbol

- Click on the button

- Choose HEA from the list of profile types

- Select the section HEA240

- Move the cursor to the intersection of 2 grid lines.
Meet the system by moving the cursor around the intersection point, without clicking.
Then continue to the next step.

- Now move the cursor over a vertical grid line. The column is now drawn parallel to this grid line.

Go to the next step without clicking.

- Now move the cursor over a horizontal grid line. The column is now drawn parallel to this grid line.

Go to the next step without clicking

- Activate the button Parallel to World Y

- Move the cursor to intersection B1, and click the left mouse button to draw the column

Because of thecontext button the column won't rotate any more while we move the cursor. This makes it easier to draw multiple columns with the same rotation.

- Move the cursor to intersection C1, and click the left mouse button to draw the column

- Move the cursor to intersection A1, and click the left mouse button to draw the column

- Activate the button Parallel to World X

- Move the cursor to intersection A2, and click the left mouse button to draw the column

- Move the cursor to intersection A3, and click the left mouse button to draw the column

- Then press <Enter> to end the command

We will now draw multiple ranges of columns on the grid line intersections by selecting the grid lines.

- Choose the top view by clicking in the middle of the chair in the LookFrom tool

- In Context Modeler, click on the icon Multiple columns

- Select alle horizontal grid lines using a frame by creating the illustrated frame like, from top to bottom left. While you do this make sure you do not select all vertical lines.

- Now also select the grid line C by clicking on it

- Also select the grid line J by clicking on it

- Also select the grid line L by clicking on it

- Now also press <Enter> to end the selection

- Click on the icon Multiple columns again

- Select alle vertical grid lines using a frame by creating the illustrated frame like, from top right to left. While you do this make sure you do not select all vertical lines.

- Also select the grid line 10

- Also select the grid line 3

- Also select the grid line 1

- Also press <Enter> to end the selection

A column was drawn on all intersections of the selected lines, if there wasn't one already.

The columns on the horizontal grid lines almost all have the wrong orientation.
We wll now correct this.

- Select the columns on intersections D1 to K1 using a frame from bottom left to right

(we are not starting a command this time)

- Select the columns on intersections B3 to K3 using a frame from bottom left to right

- Select the columns on intersections B10 to K10 using a frame from bottom left to right

- Select the columns on intersections B12 to K12 using a frame from bottom left to right.

- Open the properties using the menu : Modify > Properties

- In the Properties window at the top, click on All (XX) to show the objects underneath.
Then select Member (38) from the list so that we can modify the properties of these profiles

- Change the value of Rotation to 0

- Close the Properties window if it takes up too much space

- Then press <Esc> to remove the selection

- Keep the <SHIFT> button pressed while pushing the mouse wheel button
A  rotation symbol appears as cursor :
Move the cursor so that you get a 3D view.
If you reached the desired view, then release the Shift and mouse wheel buttons.

- Select the column on intersection C11 by clicking on it

- Select the other columns on intersections B10, J11, K10, K3, J2, C2 and B3

- Then press the <Delete> key to remove these 8 columns

These 8 columns were unnecessarily drawn by the command Multiple columns.