Create design option sets and options

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In this file, we'll create an alternative layout for the upper floor.

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So we'll go to the level two floor plan.

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We can see we currently have some petitions laying out the rooms on the upper floor,

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but we'd like to try an alternative arrangement.

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So to do this, we'll go to the manage ribbon tab

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and from the design options panel, we'll choose design options.

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So currently there are no design options in the model.

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So I choose to create a new option set

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and we'll select option set one that we just created

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and we'll rename this to be the upper floor.

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So now we have that option set created.

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We have option one

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and we'll choose to create a new option which will be option two

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and these will act as containers for our alternative layouts.

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So we choose close

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and currently looking at the manage ribbon tab here,

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we can see that the main model is the active design option.

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And this means that we can select all of the objects

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and edit the objects that are in the main model.

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We need to select the objects that we want to create alternatives from

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and then add these into our design options.

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So we'll select all of the petitions at this level.

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I'll just deselect the tag here, which we can't add to the option itself.

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And now going back to the manage ribbon tab,

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we'll choose add to set from the design options panel.

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We can see this prompts us to add it into the upper floor option set

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and we have both option one and two checked.

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So when we choose, OK,

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the objects that we had selected will be moved from the main

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model and a copy placed into both option one and option two.

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So we'll choose, OK.

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And now the main model is still the current design option,

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which means that we cannot select the petitions or the doors or any

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of the objects that we've added into our options at the moment.

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However, we can still select the other objects.

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So in order to create our alternative layout, we need to set the option active.

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So I choose option two.

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Now we can see that the main model is grayed

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out and we can no longer select those objects,

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but we can now start to edit the petitions to create our alternative layout.

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So from the modify ribbon tab,

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I choose to trim, extend single element tool.

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I can still select the object in the main model and extend this wall up to it.

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Now, I can select this wall and we'll extend this one down.

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We'll choose the door

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and we'll pick a new host, which can be this wall here.

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And now we'll delete this, this angled wall. So we have our first design change.

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We'll pick a new host and place this door on this side of the petition.

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And now we can delete out some of these walls and stretch these back

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and create our alternative layout.

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This door will move into this wall here

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and we'll create a new door

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to go into this room.

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Finally, we'll take this door and move it to a different position in the wall.

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So we now have our alternative layout

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looking at the status bar at the bottom of the screen.

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We can see we have the design options down here too

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and we can see we're currently working on option two.

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So I can choose the drop down list from here

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and swap back to the main model.

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And when I'm looking at the main model, so to go back to the manage ribbon tab,

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we're looking at the main model,

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we can currently see option one

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and that's because option one has been set as the primary option.

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And this means that when we're editing the main model,

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the primary option is the option that we'll see

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and this acts as the default option.

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It's going back to the design options.

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We could choose option two here

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and choose to make this the primary option.

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We have a warning that our tag may need to be updated but will continue and close.

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And we can see now that although we're still editing the main model,

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we're now looking at option two

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as that's been set to be the primary option

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and to see option one, we need to set that as the active option.

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So I'll go back to the main model

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and I'd like to create another alternative for the roof.

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So I'll go to the design options once more

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and we'll choose to create a new option set.

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We'll rename this to be Ruf

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and then we'll create a new option.

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So we choose close.

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Now, looking at the list of design options,

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we can see we have the roof option set and the upper floor option set.

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I'll select the roof

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and from the managed ribbon tab will choose add to set.

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Now, we make sure that we got the roof option set selected

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and we can add this into

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option one and option two,

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but I'll actually uncheck option two. So we've added it just to option one.

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So I'll choose, ok,

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once again, as we have the main model active,

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we can see the primary version of the roof option so we can see it here.

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However, when I change to option two,

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the roof will actually disappear.

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So I'll create a new roof first,

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I'll switch on the underlay of the floor below to help me sketch out the roof.

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And now from the architecture ribbon tab,

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I'll choose the roof by footprint or,

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and as we're creating this, whilst working in option two of the roof,

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it will automatically be placed into that design option.

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So I'll create a rectangle

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with a 1 ft offset

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and we'll draw that around our existing walls.

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I'll change the slope to be two in 12.

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And now when I choose, finish edit mode, that roof will be created.

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I'm going to the 3D view,

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we can see the roof that we've created for our option.

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Going back to option one or the roof set, we can see the original roof

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and going back to the main model.

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We can then see the option one roof as that's set

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to be the primary option in our roof option set.