Propagate pattern
Commands
BIMPROPAGATEPATTERN
Procedure: propagating columns on top of a slab
- Consider the following situation: a column (1) is placed on top of a slab (2). There is also a grid drawn on top of this slab (3).
- We want to place this column on specific axis intersections. We could
manually copy the column but, Propagate allows us to do this faster.
Let’s launch BIMPROPAGATEPATTERN.
- You are prompted:
Select planar reference solid to which the detail is related. The detail will be copied to similar solids. [selection options (?)]:
Select the slab, and press Enter.
- You are prompted:
Select detail objects (solids, block references, faces, edges,...) to be copied. [selection options (?)]:
Select the column, and press Enter.
- A 3D detail volume is created.
You are prompted:
Blue: detail area to be copied. Purple: reference contact area. Accept? [yes, copy as Block/yes, plain Copy/No/Inflate first/Save detail/save detail to Library] <yes, copy as Block>:
Inflating the detail is not necessary in this case. For more information on inflating, read the article on Propagate. Choosing No will exit the command.
Press Enter to accept.
- A widget appears. Hovering over this widget reveals a flyout menu with several options:
- We’ll choose the Bim Grid option. Clicking this will expand the menu further; we now have the option to Explode. This will create a separate widget for each instance of this column, giving you more control over which suggestions you wish to apply (in this case which axis intersection you wish to place a column). We can now manually turn off suggestions: