103 — Recess & Blockout¶
Most of what you cut into a panel face comes out of this one dialog.
Two ways in, same dialog:
Main Panel Details → tick Recess/Blockout
ConstructiVision menu → Recess/Blockout (
c:cv-feat-recess)
Route A holds the redraw until you accept Main Panel Details. Route B draws on OK.
Note
This lesson also exists in the browser. Work it in ConstructiVision on the web — same steps, same values, so you can follow either and end up with the same panel.
Enable comes first¶
Six rows are visible, and every field in a row is greyed until that row’s Enable is ticked. The dialog is paged — it holds thirty rows in all, reached through the page tabs (1-6, 7-12, 13-18, 19-24, 25-30). Filling the visible six is not the limit; turn the page. A row can hold a complete set of numbers and cut nothing at all. If your blockout is not appearing, check Enable before you check your dimensions.
The row¶
column |
what it means |
|---|---|
Enable |
whether this row cuts anything |
Shape |
Rectangle, Circle, Arch, Triangle |
Snap To |
which edge the Distance is measured from — L, R, T, B |
Measure From |
which side of the opening — L or R |
Distance |
from the edge you snapped to |
Elevation |
up the panel |
Width, Height |
the opening |
Radius (Peak) |
for Circle and Arch |
Thickness |
how deep — less than the panel is a recess, all the way through is a blockout |
On Face / Panel Edge / Inside Opng |
where it is cut |
Z Offset |
how far in from the face the recess starts |
Steps¶
Open Main Panel Details and tick Recess/Blockout.
Enable row one.
Distance
24, Elevation96, Width36, Height24.OK, then OK. The panel redraws once.
Reopen from the menu and widen it to
48. It draws on OK.
Seven more features live in this dialog¶
These are not separate tools. They are this dialog, configured:
you want |
set |
|---|---|
Beam pocket |
a recess with Z Offset 0 |
MEP penetration |
Shape: Circle, thickness through the panel |
Round opening |
Shape: Circle |
Non-rectangular blockout |
Shape: Arch or Triangle |
Insulation wythe |
a recess with the wythe thickness |
Form liner |
the recess plus a Liner named |
Exposed aggregate |
the recess plus Liner Aggr |
Learning the row once gets you all of them. That is why the series covers the dialog rather than filming seven near-identical videos.
What to take away¶
Thickness is the difference that matters most: less than the panel is a recess, all the way through is a blockout. Everything else on the row places it.