Modeling trenches

- Trenches can be tough.…This video will walk you through how I like to do it.…Under Families, let's go to New.…I want to scroll down til I find Generic Model Face Based.…Let's select Generic Model Face Based,…and let's click on Open.…Now, let's add some reference planes and parameters.…I'm going to right-click on this reference plane,…I'm going to Create Similar.…On my Draw panel,…I'm going to click the Pick Lines button.…For an Offset, I'm going to go 1 foot 6.…I'm going to go to the left and then to the right,…and hit Escape.…

I'm going to click my Aligned Dimension button.…I'm going to evenly dimension these.…I'm going to put the dimensions up here,…I'm going to click EQ,…then I'm going to click the outside…to the right side,…put a dimension up here,…and hit Escape.…Select my three foot dimension,…I'm going to add a parameter.…I'm going to call it Overall Width.…I'm going to make that an Instance parameter.…I'm going to click OK.…I'm going to hit Escape a few times.…

Now, I'm going to right-click…on this horizontal reference plane,…