Window not placing in a wall correctly after 7' command

[Anonymous]

when i go to place a 5' window starting at the corner of the wall placing it above the midpoint of the wall using object snap tracking and entering 7' enter ..... it randomly places it on the page; what am i doing wrong? instead of placing it over the midpoint of the wall and 7' from the corner of the wall?

[David_W_Koch]

I am not 100% certain of exactly what you are doing, but I believe I followed your description and ended up with a Window that is 7'-0" from Wall midpoint to Window opening edge.

Perhaps you could explain in more detail the steps you are taking, or, better still, use the free Autodesk Screencast app and make a video of what you are doing and the results you are getting.

[Anonymous]

This is what my teacher and I have to do because the book directions are wrong when it comes to the autocad 2016 architecture and this was her instructions.

1) Choose A-Glaz
2) Scale x to 5
3) Zoom in to A-Glaz to see it bigger
4) Right click and choose Basepoint
5) Place the cursor to the midpoint of the A-Glaz but do not click (See Basepoint image) and

6) Place the cursor at the corner of the A-Glaz as shown in the Basepoint image and do not click
7) With the help of the Tracking Object Snap, let both dashed lines intersect as shown in Basepoint Intersection image then click.

10) With the help of the Tracking OSnap, move a little bit to the right until you see the dashed lines (Image 5)
11) At this moment, enter 7' and hit enter.

I can do everything except step 11. Or step eleven does not place the window 7 feet form corner of wall. It randomly puts it on the page - software issue?  I was unable to get screencast to work on my computer because of downloading issues and a file missing.

[David_W_Koch]

I am still not clear on what you are doing.

From your drawing, I see that A-Glaz is the name of the block that represents a window (in addition to being the name of a layer).  There are four such blocks in your file, are you selecting one of those in Step 1?  If so, which one?  If not, from where are you selecting it.

Are you using AutoCAD Architecture 2016, vanilla AutoCAD 2016 or are you running AutoCAD Architecture 2016 as AutoCAD?  Your drawing does not have any AEC objects in it.  If I select one of the A-Glaz blocks in your file and right click, Basepoint is not a choice on the context menu.

Being able to see the "Basepoint image" may help explain what is to be done.

What happened to Steps 8 & 9?

[David_W_Koch]

Ok, I think I figured out what you are doing.  Just prior to Step 1, you are selecting the Insert ribbon tab (either from the vanilla AutoCAD version or the AutoCAD Architecture version) and, on the Block panel, chosing the Insert tool.  In the Block Gallery that deploys, you are then selecting A-Glaz (Step 1), to initiate the insertion of an instance of that Block Definition.

Then the X-scale factor of the block is set to 5 and the right-click context menu is used to use the Basepoint option, which allows a point other than the insertion point defined in the Block Definition to be used for placement.  I still do not know what Steps 8 and 9 are, but if I skip those and try to place the block 7' from an acquired point, such as the corner of two walls, I get what I assume is similar to what you were getting.  My solution is to make my own Steps 8 and 9.  In Step 8, I click on the intersection of the corner from which the A-Glaz block is to be moved 7', placing it there.  In Step 9, I select the A-Glaz block and select the grip at the insertion point.  Then I move the cursor to the right and type 7' and press ENTER (Steps 10 & 11).

The attached Screencast illustrates the above.  I did this in AutoCAD Architecture 2016, with the AutoCAD profile current (running AutoCAD Architecture "as AutoCAD").  The same can be done with an AutoCAD Architecture profile current; the Block panel is farther to the right on the AutoCAD Architecture Insert ribbon tab.

Screencast will be displayed here after you click Post.

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[David_W_Koch · Accepted solution]

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Or, perhaps it will not be displayed here after I click Post.

Here is the URL to the Screencast that should have been embedded in my previous post:  https://autode.sk/2WkQBIF

[Anonymous]

I'm choosing a-glaz window from block ->insert that I created as a  window block. all your guesses were right (sorry about that I dont know how to create a zip file - ill ask) and I'm using autocad architecture 2016 as AutoCAD. I also placed another attachment on another email as the window randomly  placing on the screen after all the steps or step 11. the first attachment in my second email was when the teacher and I drew a line seven feet from the bottom corner of the cabin next to the hot tub (bottom right window) where the window was placed correctly as shown in the attachment but I have not heard back form her if thats was correct the way I created it. You never told me if you got the step 11 window placement to work right on your end. I'm sending you two emails with attachments since I'm only allowed three attachment s at a time.

1) Choose A-Glaz from block -> insert
2) Scale x to 5
3) Zoom in to A-Glaz to see it bigger
4) Right click and choose Basepoint
5) Place the cursor to the midpoint of the A-Glaz but do not click (See Basepoint image) and

6) Place the cursor at the corner of the A-Glaz as shown in the Basepoint image and do not click
7) With the help of the Tracking Object Snap, let both dashed lines intersect as shown in Basepoint Intersection image then click.

8) Now your final result should look like Image 3
9) Place your cursor to the corner as in Image 4
10) With the help of the Tracking OSnap, move a little bit to the right until you see the dashed lines (Image 5)
11) At this moment, enter 7' and hit enter.

[Anonymous]

rest of images from directions for aglaz and randomly placed window.

[Anonymous]

I right click and basepoint is the option in the context menu for center the cursor on the window because my cursor gets messed up for some reason. Thats correct what you guessed or said.

And yes a-glaz window was created in the block gallery.

[Anonymous]

Thank you I think you answered our questions but ill see later today or tomorrow. This is what I was looking for with your help. seven feet to midpoint from outside corner. See attachment.