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- [Instructor] So continue on with the idea,

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that we've just started a project

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and we are just trying to figure out

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some of the basic things

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that are going to kind of define our project.

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So one thing that we have to figure out

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in most of our projects is area calculations

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and so if you go over to your toolbox

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there is a tool in the Design drop down

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it's called Zones.

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So if you double click on that,

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Zones are a representation of space in three dimensions.

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So they can represent both volume and area,

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they have a few different categories.

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At the top we have categories and this is G.

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Let's use Site Area

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'cause that definitely is something that comes up often.

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You can adjust the zone height

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so if it was going to go more than the second floor

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there's a double height space

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or something of that nature

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and similar to the Fill tool

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it has a few different geometry methods

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that can be used to put it together.

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So we have a polygonal method,

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we also have one that will extend to the inside of a wall

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and then we have one that will extend

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to the reference line of a wall

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and we'll get into that a little bit later in the course

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and so we have what it looks like on the floor plan.

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So we can have a line around the edge

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and since I'm doing this site information

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I'm going to try to pick one

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that's kind of a site boundary line

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and I'm not too concerned about

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what it looks like on floor plan

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so I'm just going to leave it with no fill

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but again like the Fill tool itself,

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you can adjust the origin of the fill

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and then the Zone Stamp

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defines how that information that the zone produces

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is going to be reflected on the floor plan

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and then we have text style,

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we have some settings

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so what kind of content are we going to be showing.

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So the name

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and these are at different scales.

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So this content will only show at scales at one to 50

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and then you can do one to 100.

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So it will show different information

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when it's a reduced scale.

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So less information so it's not so cluttered

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and we can also adjust what it looks like

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in a three dimensional kind of aspect

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So you can put,

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what I typically do is I use one of these MEP colors

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so I'll use a red color

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but I might actually duplicate this surface

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and then make it more translucent

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so that I can do kind of a massing model

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and then you can also define

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how it's going to be calculating the information

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as well as the classification properties.

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Classification properties is a little bit more advanced

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but it is definitely something to be cognizant of

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and so we also have the layer

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that's going to be on.

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So this is pretty good for now

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and then I'm just going to adjust

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so that exterior line looks good.

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So I'll just say okay

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and so I'm just trying to figure out

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what the site area of this project is.

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So I'm going to go to the edge of the property line up

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and so I have it selected to go to the inner edge of a wall.

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We don't have any walls right now

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so we're just going to use the poly method

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and so I'm going to click there

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and just like the Fill tool

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it operates basically the same.

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So now I'm looking for that other edge

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or property corner

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and I'm going to go over to the,

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another property corner

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and let's go to the final property corner

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and just like with the fill

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you're going to have to close it.

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So I'm going to close it here

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and then it's going to give me this little hammerhead.

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This is asking me

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where do I want to put the Zone Stamp itself

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so I'll place it there

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and there we have it.

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So it's about 9,429 square feet

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and let me just change the name of that

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and I'll just put Site Area

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and one other thing I want to do,

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I want to identify what the footprint of this building is.

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So I'm going to go back to my zone.

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I'm going to change it from Site Area

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at the top here

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instead of going to the dialog box

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and I am just going to do G Building Footprint.

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So I click on that,

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I'm going to use the polygon method.

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I might want to change the color

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so it's a little bit more distinct.

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Let's see, yeah

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so the color is associated with the zone itself

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and so let me show you

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where the zone information can be found.

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So if you go to Options

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and then Zone Categories

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and click on that

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and you can create those categories that you want.

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These are the ones that come with ArchiCAD

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so there's about 15 of them

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but if you wanted to create a new one,

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you could create a category yourself

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and then you can also change

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what that stamp looks like when it's placed

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and let's place this one

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so let's just make sure I get Building Footprint

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and because I've already placed this fill previously,

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I could use that.

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So what I'm going to do

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is I'm going to turn off my trace.

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So if I turn off the trace,

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I'm not going to select anything that's behind there

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and it's only going to select the things

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that are on this active level.

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So if I click here,

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I'm just using my space bar

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and I click

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and then it's asking me

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where do I want to put that Zone Stamp

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and I click there

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and if I hide this fill,

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you can see that it's 1,850 square feet

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as the footprint of the building.

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So right there,

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now I have the beginnings of some of the documentation

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or the calculations I'm going to need

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to submit to the Building Department.

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I recommend getting familiar with that

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and we will definitely talk about zones

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as we kind of progress through this

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but this is a good way to get started

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and get through your kind of schematic design phase

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and I hope you have the ability to play around with this.