Create a Window & Door Schedule FAST (Step-by-Step) — Transcript

Full transcript

1. 0:00Hi there. In this video, I will show you
2. 0:02how to create a window and door schedule
3. 0:04in Ryan. We will dive into an
4. 0:06architectural drawing and produce an
5. 0:08exhaustive schedule exploring Ryan's
6. 0:11various features that will help you
7. 0:13create it faster. Feel free to open the
8. 0:15template below to follow along with me.
9. 0:17Now, let us get started. First, open
10. 0:20your browser and go to Ryan Design. You
11. 0:23can create a free account with your
12. 0:24email address by clicking the sign up
13. 0:26button in the top right corner or just
14. 0:28loging in if you already have an
15. 0:30account. Once you are signed in, you
16. 0:32will see the main dashboard which looks
17. 0:34like this. You can create a new model
18. 0:36from scratch or choose to use the
19. 0:38pre-made drawings from Ryan's template
20. 0:40section. Today we will review this
21. 0:42architectural drawing and demonstrate
22. 0:44how to add a window and door to this
23. 0:46layout. Update them with the missing
24. 0:48details in the window and door schedule
25. 0:50that this model already contains and
26. 0:52explore how a full schedule can be
27. 0:54created. Since we are starting from a
28. 0:56ready floor plan, it is important to
29. 0:58clarify this was made completely in
30. 1:01Ryan. To learn more about creating and
31. 1:03editing drawing, visit Ryan's YouTube
32. 1:05channel.
33. 1:08One of the things that makes Ryan such
34. 1:10an incredibly easy and efficient
35. 1:12software when it comes to creating such
36. 1:14detailed architectural drawings is its
37. 1:17vast resources which are available to
38. 1:20everyone. Scroll down to search door or
39. 1:22window. And as you can see, each block
40. 1:25has a purple tag here labeled family.
41. 1:27What this means is that each block will
42. 1:30include under it all views of the same
43. 1:32component that is the top, side and
44. 1:35front elevation views. Let us first zoom
45. 1:38into the area which has the missing
46. 1:40window. Simply drag or doubleclick the
47. 1:43desired block to add it into your
48. 1:44drawing. You can move it around, resize
49. 1:47or rotate according to your
50. 1:48requirements.
51. 2:00To label the window in the drawing, you
52. 2:02can create the required shape or text
53. 2:05and simply use the pick style tool to
54. 2:07maintain consistent styles across your
55. 2:09drawings.
56. 2:24This addition of an element can now be
57. 2:26easily carried forward into the window
58. 2:29and door schedule.
59. 2:40Since this window is part of a family,
60. 2:43it means I have easy access to front and
61. 2:46side views of the exact same window.
62. 2:49This makes it perfect for developing a
63. 2:51window and door schedule quickly and
64. 2:53allows us to keep it consistent and
65. 2:56clean. While these blocks are very
66. 2:58handy, do not think that your choice is
67. 3:01limited to just the options available
68. 3:03here. You can easily create your own
69. 3:06block from scratch or personalize one
70. 3:08from the options available here and then
71. 3:11use it in your drawings. Let us see how
72. 3:13blocks can be created from scratch. Let
73. 3:16us start drawing a new window block.
74. 3:18Select the polyline tool or simply type
75. 3:20PL and enter to begin drawing. I will
76. 3:23draw a basic frame here quite similar to
77. 3:26the window block we recently used in our
78. 3:28drawing.
79. 4:04Once you are happy with the design,
80. 4:06select everything, right click and then
81. 4:08from drop-own menu, select block. Now if
82. 4:12you access the library again, you will
83. 4:14see your newly created block saved and
84. 4:16stored right here. For demonstration
85. 4:18purposes, I will rename it window new
86. 4:22one. Clicking it will now add your new
87. 4:24block again into your drawing.
88. 4:32Additionally, existing blocks can also
89. 4:35be edited to create new ones. To edit
90. 4:37this window block again, simply double
91. 4:40click it and you will enter the editing
92. 4:41mode. As you can see in the right hand
93. 4:43panel, you can access the style section
94. 4:45where you are free to change the line
95. 4:47weights, fill in any colors, hatches,
96. 4:50duplicate any desired features or even
97. 4:52add new details. Here too, you can edit
98. 4:55their shape and size by simply moving
99. 4:57its vertices and scaling it.
100. 5:37While the drawing on the screen already
101. 5:38has a window and door schedule grid, let
102. 5:41us look at how you can make one from
103. 5:43scratch. To start drawing the grid for
104. 5:46the window and door schedule, you can
105. 5:48use the line tool to draw the vertical
106. 5:50and horizontal lines of your table.
107. 5:54But this can sometimes cause uneven gaps
108. 5:56between adjacent lines. Thus to do this
109. 5:59faster, simply activate the grid
110. 6:01background and this automatically
111. 6:03activates the grid snap feature. This
112. 6:06ensures equal spacing between lines and
113. 6:09ensures that all new lines are aligned
114. 6:11with each other.
115. 6:29Are you?
116. 7:21Once made, you can group all items
117. 7:24together if you plan to use the same
118. 7:26format in other drawings. This lets you
119. 7:28drop in a ready-made blank schedule
120. 7:30anywhere, anytime.
121. 7:43To now start filling our schedule, we
122. 7:45first need to finish our detail
123. 7:46drawings. Let us first start with our
124. 7:49newly added window. Placing the
125. 7:51corresponding front and side views of
126. 7:53our chosen window next to each other, we
127. 7:56can start drawing some contextual
128. 7:57details.
129. 8:50to the toolbar at the bottom and select
130. 8:52the dimension tool. Then click to define
131. 8:55the start and end points of the element
132. 8:57you want to measure and label. Once done
133. 9:00to clean up the appearance of the
134. 9:02dimension lines and text, head to the
135. 9:04style panel. Here you can adjust the
136. 9:07size, color, font, style, line weight,
137. 9:10arrow styles, and color to make your
138. 9:12elements fit better with the grid
139. 9:14layout. You can also switch between the
140. 9:16units according to your requirements.
141. 9:19This makes the schedule board
142. 9:20technically sound and visually
143. 9:22informative. Let us now add the
144. 9:24remaining dimensions
145. 9:32to further label your drawings. You can
146. 9:34also use the leader tool to make
147. 9:36necessary annotations.
148. 9:58Ryan also allows one to create their own
149. 10:00sts. For example, let us select this
150. 10:03dimension and change its font size,
151. 10:05dimension extensions and symbols, their
152. 10:08size and the text alignment.
153. 10:25Then select the save style icon on the
154. 10:28right tab. Here I will name it my style.
155. 10:31Now if you select the styles icon in the
156. 10:33left tab, you will see that this has
157. 10:35been added to the collection of saved
158. 10:37annotation styles. Now you can select
159. 10:40all the remaining dimensions and easily
160. 10:43format them as a batch to match your
161. 10:45edited annotation style.
162. 10:52Let us now fill our schedule. As you can
163. 10:54see, I have moved the elevations closer
164. 10:56to make them fit into the designated
165. 10:58box. You can see, however, the adjacent
166. 11:00drawings have a slight hatch in the wall
167. 11:02area to match. Select the required area.
168. 11:05Head to the style panel and simply fill
169. 11:08color. Once done, let us now fill in the
170. 11:11remaining rows in the schedule.
171. 11:20Select the text tool and type in the
172. 11:22element details and use pick style tool
173. 11:25to ensure the style matches the one
174. 11:28already used in the table.
175. 12:09Another benefit of using brine is that
176. 12:12it just makes life easier by supporting
177. 12:13metadata properties. What this means is
178. 12:16that you can attach data to your blocks.
179. 12:18For example, if you look at the tab to
180. 12:20the right, you can easily attach details
181. 12:23such as material, finish, supplier info,
182. 12:25and then generate annotations from this
183. 12:27data easily. Ryan also offers advanced
184. 12:31metadata options where a tag like this
185. 12:34can autogenerate information from a
186. 12:36block. If you would like to find out
187. 12:38more about how to do that, check out the
188. 12:40in-depth tutorial on Ryan's YouTube
189. 12:42channel.
190. 12:53Finally, do not forget to finish up your
191. 12:55table by adding a title for clarity. For
192. 12:58this drawing, it is template window and
193. 13:01door schedule. Let us now repeat all
194. 13:03these steps for the missing door in the
195. 13:05plan.
196. 14:34Now finally your drawing is ready for
197. 14:36presentation. You can click present at
198. 14:38the top right corner to view this in
199. 14:40full screen mode. And the drawing is
200. 14:43ready to be shared with your clients,
201. 14:45suppliers and even in meetings.
202. 14:53Place a page on the canvas and set its
203. 14:56scale and paper size from the right hand
204. 14:58panel. From the layers option on the
205. 15:00left, you can select which view you want
206. 15:02to display on the page and then set your
207. 15:04preferred scale for the drawing.
208. 15:26Once set, you can either right click on
209. 15:28the page and export it as a PDF or an
210. 15:30image. Else, you can also head to the
211. 15:33pages icon on the left and select to
212. 15:35export all the pages together in PDF or
213. 15:38image format.
214. 15:40And that's it. Thanks for watching. I
215. 15:43have been using Ryan Design throughout
216. 15:45this tutorial and you can sign up for
217. 15:48free using the links in the video
218. 15:49description. If you found this tutorial
219. 15:52helpful, make sure to hit like,
220. 15:54subscribe, and turn on notifications so
221. 15:56you never miss a new video. Got any
222. 15:59questions? Drop them in the comments and
223. 16:01we will be happy to help. And stay
224. 16:03around. We've got plenty more videos for
225. 16:05you on this channel. Thanks again and I
226. 16:08will see you in the next one.