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Contents Workflow and User Interface . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 Chapter 1 New Features and Introduction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3 New Features in AutoCAD Architecture 2011 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3 Productivity Tools for Grids and Walls . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3 Renovation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8 Wall Enhancements . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10 Geometric Constraints . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13 A Quick Start for Transitioning from AutoCAD to AutoCAD Architecture . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15 Autodesk Training Programs and Products . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25 Autodesk Authorized Training Centers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25 Autodesk Official Training Courseware . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25 Autodesk Certification . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25 e-Learning . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25 Contacting Autodesk . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25 Sales Information . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25 Technical Support . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25 Feedback . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26 Chapter 2 The Workspace . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27 Changes to the Workspace . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27 The Workspace Concept . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30 iii Workspace Components . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31 The Ribbon . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32 The Application Menu . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 44 The Quick Access Toolbar . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 49 Context Menus . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 50 Tool Palettes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 51 Properties Palette . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 52 Drawing Status Bar . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 52 Command Line . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 55 Application Status Bar . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 56 Project Navigator Palette . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 59 Finding Information in AutoCAD Architecture . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 60 InfoCenter Toolbar . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 60 F1 Context Help . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 62 Tooltips . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 62 Working with Objects in the Workspace . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 69 Adding Objects . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 70 Modifying Objects . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 70 View and Navigation Tools . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 73 Quick View Tools . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 73 ViewCube . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 75 SteeringWheels . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 76 ShowMotion . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 78 Working with Tool Palettes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 78 Opening the Tool Palettes Set . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 81 Controlling the Appearance of the Tool Palettes Set . . . . . . . . 81 Specifying Different Tool Palettes for the Tool Palettes Set . . . . . 83 Creating a New Tool Palettes Set . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 84 Creating a New Tool Palettes Group . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 85 Creating a New Tool Palette . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 86 Defining the Appearance of Tool Palettes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 87 Adding Text and Separator Lines to Tool Palettes . . . . . . . . . 89 Working with Tool Palettes from a Central Location . . . . . . . . 90 Tools . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 93 Creating an Object with a Tool . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 95 Changing the Tool Properties . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 97 Changing a Tool Icon . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 98 Changing a Tool Icon . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 99 Creating a Tool from an Object in the Drawing . . . . . . . . . . 100 Copying a Tool from a Tool Palette . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 101 Creating a Tool from the Style Manager . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 101 Creating a Tool from AEC Content in DesignCenter . . . . . . . 103 Using Command Tools . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 104 Working with Tools from a Central Location . . . . . . . . . . . 109 Applying the Properties of a Tool to an Existing Object . . . . . 113 Re-Importing Styles for a Tool . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 114 iv | Contents Deleting a Tool . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . The Properties Palette . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Opening the Properties Palette . . . . . . . . . . Setting the Appearance of the Properties Palette . The Design Tab . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . The Display Tab . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . The Extended Data Tab . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Worksheets . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Direct Editing with Grips and Dynamic Dimensions . . Grip Tips . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Grip Color . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Using the CTRL Key with Grips . . . . . . . . . . Trigger Grips . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Dynamic Dimensions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Grip Constraints . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Temporary Grip Coordinate Systems . . . . . . . Aligning the UCS to an Object Face . . . . . . . . . . . Matching Object Properties . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Styles and Support Files . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Integration of AutoCAD Architecture and AutoCAD . . Chapter 3 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 115 . 115 . 116 . 116 . 118 . 120 . 121 . 122 . 123 . 125 . 126 . 127 . 127 . 128 . 131 . 131 . 132 . 132 . 134 . 135 Content Browser . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 137 Content Browser Overview . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Exploring the Content Browser . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Viewing a Tool Catalog . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Using the Items in a Tool Catalog . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Managing Your Catalog Library . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Creating a New Tool Catalog . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Creating a Tool Catalog from Content Drawings . . . . . . Adding Tools from Content Drawings to a Tool Catalog . . Adding an Existing Tool Catalog to Your Catalog Library . Creating a Catalog Install File . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Publishing Tool Catalogs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Adding a Website to Your Catalog Library . . . . . . . . . . Editing Tool Catalog Properties . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Creating Catalog Types . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Sorting Catalogs in the Library View . . . . . . . . . . . . Filtering Catalogs in the Library View . . . . . . . . . . . . Removing a Tool Catalog or Website Link . . . . . . . . . . Opening a Different Catalog Library . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Renaming a Catalog Library . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Searching for Items in a Tool Catalog . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Performing a Search . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Adding Content to a Tool Catalog . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Defining Categories in a Tool Catalog . . . . . . . . . . . . Adding a Tool Palette to a Tool Catalog . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 137 . 139 . 140 . 143 . 144 . 145 . 146 . 149 . 152 . 153 . 154 . 156 . 158 . 160 . 161 . 161 . 162 . 162 . 163 . 163 . 164 . 165 . 168 . 168 Contents | v Adding a Tool Package to a Tool Catalog . . . . . . . . Adding Tools to a Tool Catalog . . . . . . . . . . . . . Copying and Moving Tool Palettes and Tool Packages . Copying and Moving Tools . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Customizing a Tool . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Deleting Tool Catalog Items . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Using Tool Catalog Items . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Linked and Unlinked Tool Catalog Items . . . . . . . . Using a Tool in the AutoCAD Architecture Workspace . Copying a Tool Palette to the AutoCAD Architecture Workspace . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Copying a Tool Package to the AutoCAD Architecture Workspace . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Refreshing Linked Tools . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Refreshing Linked Tool Palettes . . . . . . . . . . . . . Specifying Refresh Options for Linked Tool Palettes . . Working with Multiple Content Browser Windows . . . . . . Opening a Tool Catalog in a New Content Browser Window . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Opening Catalog Items in a New Content Browser Window . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Dragging Catalog Items Between Content Browser Windows . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Starting the Content Browser from a Windows Command Prompt . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Chapter 4 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 169 . 170 . 171 . 172 . 174 . 175 . 175 . 175 . 176 . . . . . 178 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 179 . 180 . 181 . 181 . 181 . . . . . 182 . . . . . 182 . . . . . 183 . . . . . 185 Creating and Saving Drawings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 187 About Templates . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Creating a Drawing from a Template . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Creating a Drawing Without a Template . . . . . . . . . . . . . Opening Legacy Drawings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Saving a Drawing to a Previous Release File Format . . . . . . . . Setting Up a Drawing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Specifying the Drawing Units . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Creating Annotation Scales and Assigning them to Display Configurations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Specifying a Layer Standard and a Layer Key Style . . . . . Specifying the Default Display Representations . . . . . . . Specifying AEC Options . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Changing the AEC Editor Settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Changing the AEC Content Settings . . . . . . . . . . . . Specifying AEC Object Settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Specifying the Display Resolution of Objects with Facets . . Changing the AEC Project Defaults . . . . . . . . . . . . . Sharing Drawings with AutoCAD Users . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Comparing Methods of Sharing Drawings . . . . . . . . . vi | Contents . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 187 . 188 . 189 . 190 . 191 . 191 . 192 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 195 . 198 . 201 . 203 . 203 . 207 . 208 . 208 . 210 . 211 . 213 Generating Proxy Graphics . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 213 Exporting a Drawing to AutoCAD . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 214 Exporting a Drawing to a DXF File . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 217 Chapter 5 Interoperability with Other Applications . . . . . . . . . . . . 219 Importing and Exporting IFC Files . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 219 General Information for Exporting Drawing Files to IFC . . . . . 220 How IFC Files Are Imported . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 236 Importing Building Components from Autodesk Inventor . . . . . . . 243 Importing a Building Component into AutoCAD Architecture . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 244 Importing LandXML . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 245 Schema Version . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 246 Supported Data Types . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 247 File Validation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 250 Importing LandXML Data . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 250 Selecting Layer Keys for LandXML Data . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 254 Publishing Drawing Files to Autodesk MapGuide . . . . . . . . . . . 255 Prerequisites . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 255 Published Data Types . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 255 Generating a MWX File . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 256 An Overview of the Published Data Structure . . . . . . . . . . . 257 An Overview of the Database Structure . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 258 Publishing Data to Autodesk MapGuide . . . . . . . . . . . . . 260 Exporting Property Set Data to an MDB . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 263 Publishing Drawings to DWF and DWFx . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 263 Workflow for Publishing Drawings to DWF or DWFx . . . . . . 264 Conditions and Limitations to Publishing Drawings to 3D DWF or DWFx . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 265 Exporting Property Set Data to a DWF or DWFx File . . . . . . . 266 Publishing Property Set Data from External References . . . . . . 267 Property Set Data Structure . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 268 Publishing a 3D DWF or 3D DWFx File with Automatic Property Set Data . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 269 Publishing a 3D DWF or 3D DWFx file with User-Defined Property Set Data . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 272 Publishing a 2D or 3D DWF or DWFx File with Property Set Data . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 275 Creating a New Published Property List (PPL) . . . . . . . . . . . 278 Publishing Drawings to PDF . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 280 Publishing to PDF . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 280 Exporting Property Set Data to a PDF File . . . . . . . . . . . . . 284 Publishing Property Set Data from External References . . . . . . 285 Publishing a PDF File with Automatic Property Set Data . . . . . 285 Publishing a PDF with All Property Set Data . . . . . . . . . . . 287 Contents | vii Chapter 6 Drawing Management . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 289 Workflow for a Project Environment . . . . . . . . . . . Concepts of Drawing Management . . . . . . . . . . . . The Project Structure . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Before You Begin: External References . . . . . . . . . . . Before You Begin: Working in a Network Environment . . Project Support Files . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Specifying the Default Project Options . . . . . . . . . . Working with Design Teams Located Remotely . . . . . . Opening a Project From a Mapped Drive . . . . . . The Project Browser . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Opening the Project Browser . . . . . . . . . . . . Using the Project Browser . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Setting a Project Current . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Creating a New Project . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Working with Project Properties . . . . . . . . . . . Moving a Project . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Renaming a Project . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Closing All Project Files . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Electronically Transmitting a Project . . . . . . . . Deleting a Project . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Closing the Project Browser . . . . . . . . . . . . . Removing the Project Context . . . . . . . . . . . Opening a Project from Windows Explorer . . . . . . . . The Project Navigator . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Opening the Project Navigator . . . . . . . . . . . The Tabs of the Project Navigator . . . . . . . . . . Using the Project Navigator . . . . . . . . . . . . . The Drawing Status Bar . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Displaying the Project Tool Palette Group . . . . . . . . . Displaying the Project Content Browser Library . . . . . Levels . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Creating a New Level . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Copying a Level with Assigned Constructs . . . . . Changing the Properties of a Level . . . . . . . . . Deleting a Level . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Changing Levels: Interactions with the Project . . . Divisions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Creating a New Division . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Changing a Division . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Deleting a Division . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Changing Divisions: Interactions with the Project . Categories . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Creating a Category in the Drawing Explorer . . . . Creating a Category from Windows Explorer . . . Specifying the Location of Top-Level Categories . . viii | Contents . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 289 . 291 . 298 . 300 . 302 . 302 . 304 . 307 . 307 . 307 . 308 . 308 . 312 . 313 . 318 . 333 . 334 . 335 . 337 . 342 . 342 . 343 . 344 . 345 . 345 . 346 . 352 . 361 . 361 . 363 . 364 . 365 . 367 . 369 . 370 . 371 . 372 . 372 . 373 . 374 . 374 . 375 . 378 . 379 . 381 Changing the Subcategory of a Project File . . . . . . . . Deleting a Category . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Constructs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . When To Start with Constructs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . The Role of Constructs in the Building Project . . . . . . The Content of Constructs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Creating a New Construct . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Copying Constructs to Levels . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Converting a Drawing to a Construct . . . . . . . . . . . Opening and Closing a Construct . . . . . . . . . . . . . Dragging Objects into a Construct . . . . . . . . . . . . Referencing Elements into Constructs . . . . . . . . . . Displaying External References of a Construct . . . . . . Changing the Properties of a Construct . . . . . . . . . . Electronically Transmitting a Construct . . . . . . . . . . Deleting a Construct . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Converting a Construct to an Element . . . . . . . . . . Changing Constructs: Interactions with the Project . . . Elements in the Building Project . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . When to Start with Elements . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Processing Elements in the Building Project . . . . . . . Creating an Element . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Converting a Drawing to an Element . . . . . . . . . . . Opening and Closing an Element . . . . . . . . . . . . . Dragging Objects into an Element . . . . . . . . . . . . . Changing the Properties of an Element . . . . . . . . . . Electronically Transmitting an Element . . . . . . . . . . Deleting an Element . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Referencing an Element into Another Element . . . . . . Displaying External References Attached to an Element . Converting an Element to a Construct . . . . . . . . . . Changing Elements: Interactions with the Project . . . . Views . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . When to Start with Views . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Workflow to Create View Drawings . . . . . . . . . . . . Creating a New View Drawing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Displaying External References of a View Drawing . . . . Opening and Closing a View Drawing . . . . . . . . . . Creating a Model Space View Drawing from a Callout . . Changing the Properties of a View Drawing . . . . . . . Regenerating the View Drawings in a Project . . . . . . . Placing a View Drawing onto a Sheet . . . . . . . . . . . Electronically Transmitting a View Drawing . . . . . . . Deleting a View Drawing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Creating a Model Space View . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Placing a Model Space View onto a Sheet . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 382 . 384 . 385 . 387 . 387 . 388 . 389 . 392 . 393 . 396 . 397 . 398 . 402 . 404 . 406 . 407 . 408 . 410 . 411 . 413 . 414 . 414 . 417 . 421 . 422 . 423 . 424 . 425 . 426 . 428 . 429 . 431 . 432 . 438 . 439 . 439 . 444 . 447 . 448 . 449 . 451 . 451 . 452 . 453 . 454 . 457 Contents | ix Changing the Properties of a Model Space View . . . Deleting Model Space Views . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Synchronizing View Drawing Layers with Sheet View Layers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Changing Views: Interactions with the Project . . . . Sheets . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . When to Start with Sheets . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Creating a Sheet . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Setting the Properties of the Project Sheet Set . . . . . Creating a Sheet Subset . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Setting the Properties of a Sheet Subset . . . . . . . . Removing a Sheet Subset . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Importing Sheets into the Sheet Set . . . . . . . . . . Importing the Current Layout as a Sheet . . . . . . . Opening and Closing a Sheet . . . . . . . . . . . . . Changing the Properties of a Sheet . . . . . . . . . . Removing a Sheet . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Deleting a Sheet Drawing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Creating a Sheet View . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Opening a Sheet View . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Numbering Sheet Views . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Deleting a Sheet View . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Displaying External References of a Sheet Drawing . . Inserting a Sheet List . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Changing the Sheet List Properties . . . . . . . . . . Updating the Sheet List . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Refreshing the Sheet Set . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Creating a Sheet Selection . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Activating a Sheet Selection . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Removing a Sheet Selection . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Electronically Transmitting Sheets and Sheet Sets . . Publishing Sheet Sets . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Changing Sheets: Interactions with the Project . . . . Creating a Sheet Set Template . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Creating a Sheet Set Template . . . . . . . . . . . . . Creating a Template from Existing Drawings . . . . . Repath the Project . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Refreshing the Project Navigator . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Object Display in External References . . . . . . . . . . . . Workflow for Annotating a Project . . . . . . . . . . . . . Generating Spaces . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Tagging in a Project . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Property Set Data and Schedule Tables in Projects . . Workflow for Creating Title Blocks . . . . . . . . . . Dimensioning a Project . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Working with Cut Planes in a Project . . . . . . . . . . . . x | Contents . . . . . . 459 . . . . . . 460 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 461 . 466 . 467 . 469 . 470 . 473 . 476 . 477 . 479 . 479 . 480 . 481 . 482 . 482 . 483 . 483 . 484 . 484 . 485 . 486 . 488 . 491 . 491 . 491 . 492 . 493 . 493 . 494 . 496 . 497 . 497 . 498 . 505 . 511 . 513 . 514 . 515 . 516 . 516 . 518 . 527 . 533 . 534 Global Cut Planes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Object-Specific Cut Planes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Drawing Management Commands . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Command Line: Opening the Project Browser . . . . . . . Command Line: Opening the Project Navigator . . . . . . Command Line: Refreshing the Project . . . . . . . . . . . Command Line: Regenerating Views . . . . . . . . . . . . Command Line: Selecting a New Project Environment . . . Command Line: Closing the Project Navigator . . . . . . . Frequently Asked Questions about Drawing Management . . . . Appendix 1: Template Projects . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Levels and Divisions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Project File Naming . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Constructs Included in the Commercial Template Project . The Element File Included in the Commercial Template Project . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Views Included in the Template Project . . . . . . . . . . . Sheets Included in the Template Project . . . . . . . . . . Project Standards . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Chapter 7 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 536 . 545 . 548 . 548 . 549 . 549 . 549 . 550 . 550 . 550 . 554 . 555 . 555 . 558 . . . . . . . . . 561 . 561 . 563 . 564 Renovation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 565 Overview of Renovation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Renovation Plans . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Demolition Plans . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Revision Plans . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Renovation Mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Working in Renovation Mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Activating Renovation Mode for the First Time . . . . . . . Renovation Settings for Objects . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Working on Your Drawings with Renovation Mode Active . Customizing Renovation Design Rules . . . . . . . . . . . Chapter 8 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 565 . 565 . 565 . 566 . 567 . 567 . 568 . 571 . 575 . 578 Project Standards . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 585 Project Standards Terminology . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Project Standards Overview . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . AEC Standards . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . AutoCAD Standards . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Standard Tools . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Synchronizing the Project . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Process Overview: Using Standards in a Project . . . Using Project Standards . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Prerequisites for Working with Project Standards . . Setting up Standards in a Project . . . . . . . . . . . . . Creating a New Project with Predefined Standards . Configuring Project Standards . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 585 . 587 . 588 . 590 . 590 . 591 . 591 . 592 . 593 . 593 . 594 . 595 Contents | xi Setting up Standard Tools in a Project . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Creating a Tool Catalog for a Project . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Adding a Project Catalog to a Content Browser Library . . . . Adding a Project Library and Tool Palette Group . . . . . . . . Displaying the Project Tool Palette Group . . . . . . . . . . . Building the Tool Palette Group . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Copying the Project Tool Palettes to the Tool Palette File Location . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Adding the Project Profile to the Tool Palette File Location . . Adding Standards to a Project Drawing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Project Tool Palette Group . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Adding Standard Styles from Content Browser . . . . . . . . . Adding Standard Styles from Style Manager . . . . . . . . . . Adding Standard Display Settings from Display Manager . . . Synchronizing a Project with the Standards . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Synchronization Status . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Synchronizing a Project with AEC Standards . . . . . . . . . . Synchronization Exceptions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Synchronizing a Project Drawing with AEC Standards . . . . . Synchronizing Selected Styles and Display Settings with AEC Standards . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Generating a Synchronization Report . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Synchronizing a Project with AutoCAD Standards . . . . . . . Synchronizing a Project Drawing with AutoCAD Standards . . Auditing a Project or a Drawing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Showing Display Overrides in Project Drawings . . . . . . . . . . . Editing Project Drawings Outside the Project . . . . . . . . . . . . . Creating a New Project Standards Drawing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Updating Project Standards Drawings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Process Overview: Updating AEC Standards in a Project . . . . Versioning Standards . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Change Types in Project Standards Drawings . . . . . . . . . . Updating Standard Objects in a Project Standards Drawing . . Updating Standard Objects in a Project Standards Drawing from a Project Drawing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Adding Standard Objects from a Project Drawing to a Project Standards Drawing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Editing the Version History of a Standard Object . . . . . . . . Versioning a Project Standards Drawing . . . . . . . . . . . . . Purging the Version History from a Project Standards Drawing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Purging the Version Information from a Project Standards Drawing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Synchronizing Project Standards with Each Other . . . . . . . Editing Project Standards Drawings Outside the Project . . . . . . . Scripting Project Standards Commands . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . xii | Contents . 608 . 612 . 617 . 618 . 623 . 625 . 627 . 627 . 628 . 629 . 630 . 630 . 632 . 633 . 638 . 640 . 642 . 643 . 645 . 651 . 652 . 653 . 654 . 656 . 657 . 657 . 660 . 661 . 661 . 663 . 665 . 668 . 670 . 672 . 673 . 674 . 675 . 676 . 677 . 678 Chapter 9 Drawing Compare . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 681 Overview of Drawing Compare . . . . . . . . . . . . . Starting a Drawing Compare Session . . . . . . . . . . Reviewing the Results of a Drawing Compare Session . Creating a Visual Filter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Drawing Compare Commands . . . . . . . . . . . . . Frequently Asked Questions about Drawing Compare . Chapter 10 Layer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 681 . 684 . 690 . 696 . 697 . 697 Management . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 701 Layer Management . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Managing Drawing Layers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Opening the Layer Properties Manager . . . . . . . Making a Layer Current . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Creating a Layer with a Layer Standard . . . . . . . Creating a Nonstandard Layer . . . . . . . . . . . . Renaming a Layer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Deleting a Layer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Changing the Layer Standard of a Layer . . . . . . Defining the Properties of a Layer . . . . . . . . . . Overriding Layer Properties in Layout Viewports . . Identifying Viewport Layer Overrides . . . . . . . . Removing Viewport Layer Overrides . . . . . . . . Working with Layer Groups . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Types of Layer Filters . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Creating a Group Filter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Creating a Property Filter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Creating a Layer Standards Filter . . . . . . . . . . Adding Layers to Layer Groups . . . . . . . . . . . Changing the Properties of a Layer Group . . . . . Renaming and Deleting Layer Groups . . . . . . . . Converting a Property Filter to a Group Filter . . . New Layer Notification . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Setting up the Notification for New Layers . . . . . Identifying New Layers in the Drawing . . . . . . . Reconciling New Layers in the Drawing . . . . . . . Working with Layer States . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Creating a Saved Layer State . . . . . . . . . . . . . Editing a Saved Layer State . . . . . . . . . . . . . Restoring a Layer State . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Deleting a Layer State . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Importing Layer States to the Current Drawing . . . Exporting a Layer State from the Current Drawing . Working with Layer Keys . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Default Layer Keys . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Default Layer Key Values . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 701 . 706 . 706 . 707 . 708 . 709 . 710 . 710 . 711 . 711 . 715 . 716 . 717 . 719 . 721 . 721 . 722 . 727 . 728 . 729 . 730 . 730 . 731 . 731 . 733 . 734 . 735 . 736 . 739 . 741 . 743 . 743 . 745 . 745 . 747 . 752 Contents | xiii Creating a Layer Key Style . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Creating a Layer Key Style from an LY File . . . . . . . . Editing Layer Key Styles . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Attaching Notes and Files to a Layer Key Style . . . . . . Layer Key Overrides . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Creating and Editing Layer Standards . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Component Fields in Layer Standards . . . . . . . . . . . Creating a Layer Standard . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Editing Component Fields . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Editing Descriptive Fields . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Editing Descriptions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Editing Description Specifications . . . . . . . . . . . . . Purging Layer Standards . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Importing Layer Standards . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Exporting Layer Standards . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Appendix: LISP Changes for Layer Snapshots and Layer States . Chapter 11 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 752 . 753 . 754 . 756 . 757 . 760 . 761 . 769 . 770 . 771 . 772 . 773 . 773 . 774 . 775 . 775 Display System . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 777 Introduction to the Display System . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 777 Using the Properties Palette to Change Display Properties . . . . . . . 779 Display System Structure . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 787 Display Representations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 789 Display Sets . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 794 Display Configurations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 796 The Display Manager . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 800 Opening the Display Manager . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 802 Viewing Display Configurations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 802 Viewing Display Sets . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 804 Viewing Display Representations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 806 Viewing an Object in a Display Representation . . . . . . . . . . 808 Viewing the Display Representation of an Object in a Display Set . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 809 Accessing the Default Display Properties of an Object . . . . . . 810 Creating and Editing Display Configurations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 810 Process Overview: Creating a Display Configuration . . . . . . . 810 Tips for Working with Display Configurations, Sets, and Representations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 811 Creating a Display Configuration . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 812 Creating a Display Set . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 813 Creating a Display Representation for an Object . . . . . . . . . 814 Editing a Display Representation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 815 Assigning a Display Representation to a Display Set . . . . . . . 817 Comparing Display Representations Between Display Sets . . . . 819 Assigning a Display Set to a View Direction . . . . . . . . . . . . 821 Assigning a Display Configuration to a Viewport . . . . . . . . . 822 Specifying a Display Set as a Default Display Set . . . . . . . . . 822 xiv | Contents Specifying the Default Display Configuration . . . . . . . . . Specifying the Display Configurations Used in Xref Overlays . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Changing the Display Configuration Used in Xref Drawings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Displaying Objects by Classification . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Specifying Settings for Live Sections and Materials . . . . . . . Managing Display Configurations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Renaming a Display Configuration or a Display Set . . . . . . Renaming a Display Representation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Deleting a Display Configuration or a Display Set . . . . . . . Deleting a Display Representation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Adding Notes and Reference Files to a Display Configuration or a Display Set . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Using Display Settings in Multiple Drawings . . . . . . . . . . Purging a Display Configuration . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Purging a Display Set . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Purging a Display Representation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Working with Standard Display Settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Synchronizing Individual Display Settings with AEC Standards . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Excluding Display Settings from Synchronization . . . . . . . Updating Standard Display Settings in a Project Standards Drawing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Updating Standard Display Settings in the Project Standards Drawing from a Project Drawing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Adding Standard Display Settings from a Project Drawing to a Project Standards Drawing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Editing the Version History of a Standard Display Setting . . . Purging the Version History from a Project Standards Drawing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Purging the Version Information from a Project Standards Drawing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Synchronizing Project Standards with Each Other . . . . . . . Troubleshooting the Display System . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Object Not Displayed in a Viewport . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Viewport Not Updating Properly . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Objects Copied from Another Drawing Display Differently . . Verifying the Existence of Objects Not Displayed in a Drawing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Object Linetype Displayed Incorrectly . . . . . . . . . . . . . Chapter 12 . 823 . 824 . 825 . 826 . 828 . 829 . 829 . 830 . 830 . 831 . 832 . 833 . 836 . 836 . 837 . 838 . 840 . 841 . 841 . 844 . 846 . 848 . 849 . 849 . 850 . 851 . 851 . 852 . 852 . 852 . 853 Style Manager . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 855 What Are Styles? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 855 Style Manager Overview . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 856 Sorting Styles in the Style Manager . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 859 Contents | xv Creating a Style from the Style Manager . . . . . . . . . . . . . Creating a Style from an Object . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Creating a Tool from a Style . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Renaming a Style . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Copying Styles Between Drawings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Sending Styles to Other Users . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Purging Styles . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Working with Drawings and Templates in the Style Manager . . Starting a New Drawing or Template in the Style Manager . Opening a Drawing or Template in the Style Manager . . . Dragging a Drawing into the Style Manager . . . . . . . . Closing Drawings and Templates in the Style Manager . . . Chapter 13 . . . . . . . . . . . . . 860 . 861 . 862 . 863 . 863 . 865 . 866 . 867 . 868 . 868 . 869 . 869 Materials . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 871 Materials . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Objects That Support Materials . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Working with Material Tools . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Using the Material Tool to Add Materials to Objects . . . Creating Custom Material Tools . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Material Components and Display Properties . . . . . . . . . . Linework Material Component . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Plan Hatch Material Component . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3D Body Material Component . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Surface Hatch Material Component . . . . . . . . . . . . 2D Section/Elevation Linework . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Section Hatch Material Component . . . . . . . . . . . . Sectioned Body and Sectioned Boundary . . . . . . . . . Displaying Materials in a Drawing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Working with Surface Hatches . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Surface Hatches on Curved Surfaces . . . . . . . . . . . . Surface Hatches on Multiple Faces . . . . . . . . . . . . Surface Hatches on Extrusions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Surface Hatches on Free Form Mass Elements . . . . . . . Overriding the Surface Hatch on Individual Objects . . . . . . Hiding a Surface Hatch . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Displaying a Hidden Surface Hatch . . . . . . . . . . . . Specifying the Rotation of a Surface Hatch . . . . . . . . Specifying the Horizontal and Vertical Offset of a Surface Hatch . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Editing Surface Hatch Overrides . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Displaying a List of Materials . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Displaying a Material Query . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Process Overview: Creating and Assigning Materials . . . . . . Creating and Editing Material Definitions . . . . . . . . . . . Creating a Material Definition . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . xvi | Contents . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 871 . 873 . 876 . 877 . 879 . 884 . 885 . 885 . 886 . 886 . 887 . 888 . 888 . 889 . 890 . 891 . 892 . 893 . 895 . 895 . 896 . 898 . 899 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 900 . 902 . 902 . 903 . 903 . 905 . 905 Defining the Layer, Color and Linetype of a Material Definition . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Specifying the Plan and Section Hatch Patterns of a Material Definition . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Specifying the Surface Hatch Pattern of a Material Definition . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Assigning Render Materials . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Excluding a Material Definition from 2D Section Shrinkwrap . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Controlling the Display of Hidden Lines by Material . . . . . Merging Material Definitions in a 2D Section/Elevation . . . Attaching Notes and Files to a Material Definition . . . . . . Chapter 14 . . 906 . . 907 . . 909 . . 911 . . . . . 914 . 915 . 917 . 918 Content Creation Guidelines . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 919 General Content Standards and Conventions . . . . . . . . . . . . Content Types . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . National CAD Standard Compliance . . . . . . . . . . . . . Content Resources . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Template Drawings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Style Library Drawings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Template Projects . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Tool Catalogs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Display Control . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Style-Based Content . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Architectural Objects . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Documentation Objects . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Multi-Purpose Objects . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Symbol & Tool-Based Content . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . AEC Content . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Palette-Based and Miscellaneous Annotation Tool Content . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 919 . 919 . 921 . 925 . 926 . 928 . 929 . 932 . 933 . 935 . 935 . 959 . 967 . 979 . 979 . 983 Conceptual Design . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 987 Chapter 15 Creating Conceptual Models . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 989 Mass Elements and Mass Groups . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 989 Using Massing Tools to Create Mass Elements . . . . . . . . . . 991 Editing Mass Elements . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1010 Mass Element Styles . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1043 Using Massing Tools to Create Mass Groups . . . . . . . . . . . 1051 Using Materials for Mass Elements and Mass Groups . . . . . . 1068 Using the Model Explorer to Create Mass Models . . . . . . . . . . . 1073 Displaying the Model Explorer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1075 Defining the View in the Model Explorer . . . . . . . . . . . . 1076 Navigating the View in the Model Explorer . . . . . . . . . . . 1077 Contents | xvii Navigating the View with the ViewCube . . . . . . . . . Navigating the View with SteeringWheels . . . . . . . . . Viewing Objects on a Nonvisible Layer . . . . . . . . . . Maintaining Zoom Percentage and Position of an Object . Using Toolbar Commands in the Model Explorer . . . . . Creating Slice Floorplates from a Conceptual Model . . . . . . Generating a Slice . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Specifying the Slice Elevation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Attaching Objects to a Slice . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Detaching Objects from a Slice . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Converting a Slice to a Polyline . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Changing the Location of a Slice . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Attaching Hyperlinks, Notes, or Files to a Slice . . . . . . Chapter 16 Quick . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1077 . 1078 . 1079 . 1080 . 1080 . 1087 . 1088 . 1090 . 1090 . 1090 . 1091 . 1091 . 1092 Slice . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1095 Quick Slice . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1095 Creating a Quick Slice . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1095 Chapter 17 Object Viewer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1097 Object Viewer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1097 Defining the View in the Object Viewer . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1101 Navigating the View in the Object Viewer . . . . . . . . . . . . 1103 Navigating the View with the ViewCube . . . . . . . . . . . . 1104 Navigating the View with SteeringWheels . . . . . . . . . . . . 1105 Setting the View Direction of the Object Viewer to the Drawing Area . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1106 Saving a Preview Image from the Object Viewer . . . . . . . . . 1107 Chapter 18 Napkin Sketch . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1109 Napkin Sketch . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1109 Creating a Napkin Sketch . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1111 Editing a Napkin Sketch . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1113 Designing with Architectural Objects . . . . . . . . . . 1115 Chapter 19 General Object Tools . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1117 The General Panel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Selecting Similar Objects . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . The Object Viewer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Isolating and Hiding Objects . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Editing Objects in Temporary Views . . . . . . . . . . . . Adding Objects of the Same Type as the Selected Object . Editing Object Styles . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . xviii | Contents . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1117 . 1117 . 1118 . 1118 . 1121 . 1124 . 1124 Copying and Assigning an Object Style . . . . . . . . . . . . Dimensioning an Object . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Tagging an Object . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Editing Object Components In Place . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Editing Polyline-based Components in Place . . . . . . . . . Editing Profile-based Object Components in Place . . . . . . Editing in Place: Special Cases . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Changing the Display of Object Components in Edit-in-Place Mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . AEC Object Constraints . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Chapter 20 . 1125 . 1125 . 1126 . 1126 . 1128 . 1129 . 1130 . 1132 . 1134 Walls . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1145 Workflow for Adding Walls . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1147 Drawing Walls . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1149 Creating Walls from Linework and 3D Objects . . . . . . . . . . . . 1159 Adding Doors and Windows to Walls . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1163 Adding Unconstrained Doors and Windows . . . . . . . . . . . 1164 Adding Doors and Windows Relative to Walls . . . . . . . . . . 1165 Adding Doors and Windows relative to column grids . . . . . . 1168 Adding an Opening to a Wall . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1173 Adding a Door/Window Assembly to a Wall . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1173 Removing Windows, Openings, Doors, or Door/Window Assemblies from a Wall . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1174 Anchoring an Object to a Wall . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1174 Detaching Objects from a Wall . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1175 Editing Walls . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1176 Using Grips to Edit Walls . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1177 Changing the Shape of a Wall . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1185 Changing the Wall Justification . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1193 Offsetting New Walls from Existing Walls . . . . . . . . . . . . 1193 Repositioning a Wall . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1195 Adjusting the Position of Wall . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1196 Applying Tool Properties to an Existing Wall . . . . . . . . . . 1197 Changing the Style of a Wall . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1198 Changing the Location of a Wall . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1199 Merging Walls . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1200 Removing Individual Merge Conditions . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1200 Removing All Merged Walls . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1201 Joining Walls . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1201 Filleting Walls . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1203 Chamfering Walls . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1206 Reversing the Direction of a Wall . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1208 Using AutoCAD Commands to Edit Walls . . . . . . . . . . . . 1209 Changing the Roof Line and the Floor Line of a Wall . . . . . . 1210 Specifying the Materials of Individual Walls . . . . . . . . . . . 1222 Changing the Display Properties of Individual Walls . . . . . . 1224 Contents | xix Attaching Notes and Files to a Wall . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1232 Wall Parameters . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1233 Creating a Wall Tool . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1236 Troubleshooting Walls . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1240 Creating Special Conditions and Customized Wall Surfaces . . . . . . 1241 Working with Wall Sweeps . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1242 Working with Wall Modifiers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1254 Working with Body Modifiers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1270 Working with Interference Conditions . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1278 Wall Styles . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1282 Creating a Wall Style . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1283 Adding Property Set Data to a Wall Style . . . . . . . . . . . . 1284 Specifying the Components of a Wall Style . . . . . . . . . . . 1285 Specifying the Materials of a Wall Style . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1299 Specifying the Display Properties of a Wall Style . . . . . . . . 1302 Adding Classifications to a Wall Style . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1308 Defining a Wall Style as Bounding for Associative Spaces . . . . 1308 Attaching Notes and Files to a Wall Style . . . . . . . . . . . . 1309 Workflow for Cleaning Up Wall Intersections . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1309 Working with Intelligent Cleanup . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1310 Using Intelligent Cleanup for L Intersections . . . . . . . . . . 1311 Using Intelligent Cleanup for T Intersections . . . . . . . . . . 1314 Using Intelligent Cleanup for Multiple Wall Intersections . . 1 3 1 6 Wall Justification Lines and Cleanup Circles . . . . . . . . . . 1319 Wall Cleanups and Priorities . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1323 Guidelines for Successful Wall Cleanup . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1325 Assigning a Different Wall Cleanup Group Definition to Existing Walls . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1326 Specifying Cleanup for Individual Walls . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1326 Overriding the Wall Cleanup Circle Radius . . . . . . . . . . . 1327 Overriding Component Priorities . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1328 Troubleshooting Wall Cleanups . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1329 Cleanup Group Definitions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1337 Using Edit in Place to Clean Up Wall Intersections . . . . . . . . . . 1340 Specifying a Component Cleanup Override . . . . . . . . . . . 1343 Hiding the Edge of a Wall Intersection Component . . . . . . . 1343 Showing the Edge of a Wall Intersection Component . . . . . . 1345 Filleting a Wall Intersection Component . . . . . . . . . . . . 1347 Chamfering a Wall Intersection Component . . . . . . . . . . 1348 Adding a Vertex to a Wall Intersection Component . . . . . . . 1349 Removing a Vertex from a Wall Intersection Component . . . . 1352 Subtracting a Profile from a Wall Intersection Component . . . 1353 Merging a Profile with a Wall Intersection Component . . . . . 1354 Trimming a Wall Intersection Component . . . . . . . . . . . 1356 Extending a Wall Intersection Component . . . . . . . . . . . 1358 xx | Contents Working with Wall Endcaps and Opening Endcaps . . . . . . Workflow for Creating Wall and Opening Endcaps . . . Using Edit in Place to Modify Wall Endcaps . . . . . . . Filleting a Wall Endcap Component . . . . . . . . . . . Chamfering a Wall Endcap Component . . . . . . . . . Showing the Edge of a Wall Endcap Component . . . . Hiding the Edge of a Wall Endcap Component . . . . . Trimming a Wall Endcap Component . . . . . . . . . . Extending a Wall Endcap Component . . . . . . . . . . Subtracting a Profile from a Wall Endcap Component . Merging a Profile with a Wall Endcap Component . . . Creating Wall Endcaps Using Calculate Automatically . Applying Wall Endcap Styles from the Style Manager . . Modifying the Geometry of a Wall Endcap Style . . . . Changing the Return Offset of a Wall Endcap Style . . . Attaching Notes and Files to a Wall Endcap Style . . . . Creating a Wall Opening Endcap Style . . . . . . . . . . Applying a Wall Opening Endcap Style to a Wall Style . Overriding a Wall Opening Endcap Style on a Wall . . . Using Ortho Close and Close with Walls . . . . . . . . . . . . About Wall Lengths . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . About Curved Walls . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Specifying Offsets for Roof Line and Floor Line Vertices . . . . Specifying the Width and Edge Offset of a Wall Component . Chapter 21 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1359 . 1360 . 1361 . 1371 . 1373 . 1374 . 1375 . 1376 . 1377 . 1379 . 1381 . 1382 . 1387 . 1389 . 1392 . 1393 . 1393 . 1394 . 1395 . 1395 . 1396 . 1396 . 1397 . 1398 Curtain Walls . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1401 Curtain Walls . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Using Curtain Wall Tools To Create Curtain Walls . . . . . . Creating a Straight Curtain Wall . . . . . . . . . . . . . Creating a Curtain Wall with User-Specified Settings . . Creating a Curved Curtain Wall . . . . . . . . . . . . . Creating a Curtain Wall that References a Curve . . . . Converting a Layout Grid to a Curtain Wall . . . . . . . Creating a Curtain Wall from an Elevation Sketch . . . Converting a Wall to a Curtain Wall . . . . . . . . . . . Converting a 3D Face to a Curtain Wall . . . . . . . . . Creating a Curtain Wall Tool . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Curtain Wall Styles . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Process Overview: Creating a Curtain Wall Style . . . . Tips for Working Efficiently with Curtain Wall Styles . . Creating Element Definitions for a Curtain Wall Style . Creating a Curtain Wall Style . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Defining Divisions for Curtain Wall Grids . . . . . . . . Defining Infills for Curtain Wall Cells . . . . . . . . . . Defining Curtain Wall Frames . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Defining Curtain Wall Mullions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1401 . 1405 . 1406 . 1407 . 1409 . 1412 . 1413 . 1415 . 1417 . 1418 . 1419 . 1422 . 1423 . 1424 . 1425 . 1426 . 1428 . 1441 . 1447 . 1454 Contents | xxi Assigning Definitions to Curtain Wall Elements . . . . . . . . . 1461 Assigning a Division to a Curtain Wall Grid . . . . . . . . . . . 1462 Assigning Infills to Curtain Wall Cells . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1463 Assigning Definitions to Curtain Wall Frames . . . . . . . . . . 1475 Assigning Definitions to Curtain Wall Mullions . . . . . . . . . 1478 Specifying the Materials of a Curtain Wall Style . . . . . . . . . 1482 Specifying the Display of Curtain Walls . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1484 Defining a Curtain Wall Style as Bounding for Associative Spaces . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1491 Attaching Notes and Files to a Curtain Wall Style . . . . . . . . 1491 Using Overrides in Curtain Walls . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1492 Overriding Curtain Wall Infills . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1493 Overriding Curtain Wall Frames and Mullions . . . . . . . . . 1503 Overriding Curtain Wall Divisions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1514 Removing Curtain Wall Overrides . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1520 Modifying Element Definitions for Curtain Wall Styles . . . . . . . . 1520 Editing Curtain Walls . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1522 Using Grips to Edit Curtain Walls . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1523 Selecting a Different Curtain Wall Style . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1532 Applying the Properties of an Existing Curtain Wall . . . . . . 1533 Changing the Dimensions of a Curtain Wall . . . . . . . . . . 1533 Changing the Curtain Wall Location Properties . . . . . . . . . 1534 Adding an Interference Condition to a Curtain Wall . . . . . . 1535 Removing an Interference Condition from a Curtain Wall . . . 1536 Mitering Curtain Walls . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1536 Specifying a Miter Angle for a Curtain Wall Adjacent to Another Object . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1537 Specifying the Cut Plane Display of a Curtain Wall . . . . . . . 1538 Specifying the Display of Other Characteristics of a Curtain Wall . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1539 Attaching Hyperlinks, Notes, or Files to a Curtain Wall . . . . . 1541 Changing the Roof Line and the Floor Line of a Curtain Wall . . . . 1542 Offsetting or Projecting the Roof Line of a Curtain Wall . . . . 1542 Offsetting or Projecting the Floor Line of a Curtain Wall . . . . 1544 Editing the Roof Line or the Floor Line of a Curtain Wall . . . . 1545 Changing the Roof Line and the Floor Line . . . . . . . . . . . 1547 Adding a Gable to the Roof Line of a Curtain Wall . . . . . . . 1549 Adding a Step to the Roof Line or Floor Line of a Curtain Wall . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1551 Changing Vertices in the Roof Line or Floor Line of a Curtain Wall . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1552 Specifying Gable Settings for a Roof Line . . . . . . . . . . . . 1554 Specifying Step Settings for a Roof Line or Floor Line . . . . . . 1555 Specifying Vertex Settings for a Roof Line or Floor Line . . . . . 1556 Editing Objects Anchored in Curtain Walls . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1558 xxii | Contents Changing the Orientation of an Object Anchored in a Curtain Wall . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1558 Changing the Alignment of an Object Anchored in a Curtain Wall . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1558 Changing the Offset of an Object Anchored in a Curtain Wall . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1559 Swapping Two Objects Anchored in a Curtain Wall . . . . . . . 1559 Releasing an Object Anchored in a Curtain Wall . . . . . . . . 1559 Curtain Wall Units . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1560 Creating Curtain Wall Units . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1562 Creating a Curtain Wall Unit . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1562 Converting a Layout Grid to a Curtain Wall Unit . . . . . . . . 1563 Creating a Curtain Wall Unit with a Custom Grid . . . . . . . 1565 Curtain Wall Unit Styles . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1567 Creating Element Definitions for a Curtain Wall Unit Style . . . 1567 Creating a Curtain Wall Unit Style . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1568 Defining Divisions for Curtain Wall Unit Grids . . . . . . . . . 1570 Defining Infills for Curtain Wall Unit Cells . . . . . . . . . . . 1579 Defining Curtain Wall Unit Frames . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1584 Defining Curtain Wall Unit Mullions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1591 Assigning a Division to a Curtain Wall Unit Grid . . . . . . . . 1597 Assigning Infills to Curtain Wall Unit Cells . . . . . . . . . . . 1598 Assigning Definitions to Curtain Wall Unit Frames . . . . . . . 1607 Assigning Definitions to the Mullions of a Curtain Wall Unit . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1611 Specifying the Materials of a Curtain Wall Unit Style . . . . . . 1615 Specifying the Display of Curtain Wall Units . . . . . . . . . . 1617 Defining a Curtain Wall Unit Style as Bounding for Associative Spaces . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1624 Attaching Notes and Files to a Curtain Wall Unit Style . . . . . 1624 Using Overrides in Curtain Wall Units . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1625 Overriding Curtain Wall Unit Infills . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1626 Overriding Curtain Wall Unit Frames and Mullions . . . . . . . 1636 Overriding Curtain Wall Unit Divisions . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1648 Removing Curtain Wall Unit Overrides . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1654 Editing Curtain Wall Units . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1654 Using Grips to Edit Curtain Wall Units . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1655 Selecting a Different Curtain Wall Unit Style . . . . . . . . . . 1659 Matching the Properties of an Existing Curtain Wall Unit . . . 1660 Changing the Dimensions of a Curtain Wall Unit . . . . . . . 1661 Specifying a Miter Angle for a Curtain Wall Unit Adjacent to Another Object . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1661 Changing the Location of a Freestanding Curtain Wall Unit . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1662 Modifying the Position of Anchored Curtain Wall Units . . . . 1663 Specifying the Cut Plane Display of a Curtain Wall Unit . . . . 1664 Contents | xxiii Specifying the Display of Other Characteristics of a Curtain Wall Unit . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1666 Attaching Hyperlinks, Notes, or Files to a Curtain Wall Unit . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1668 Facet Deviation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1668 Chapter 22 Door and Window Assemblies . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1671 Door and Window Assemblies . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1671 Using Door and Window Assembly Tools to Create Door and Window Assemblies . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1675 Creating a Door and Window Assembly Tool . . . . . . . . . . 1684 Door and Window Assembly Styles . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1687 Using Overrides in Door and Window Assemblies . . . . . . . . 1763 Modifying Element Definitions for Door and Window Assembly Styles . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1792 Editing Door and Window Assemblies . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1793 Editing Objects Anchored in Door and Window Assemblies . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1808 Chapter 23 AEC Polygons . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1811 AEC Polygons . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Using AEC Polygon Tools to Create AEC Polygons . . . Creating an AEC Polygon . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Creating an AEC Polygon with User-Specified Settings . Creating an AEC Polygon from a Polyline . . . . . . . . Creating an AEC Polygon from a Profile . . . . . . . . . Creating an AEC Polygon Tool . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Editing AEC Polygons . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Using Grips to Edit AEC Polygons . . . . . . . . . Changing the AEC Polygon Style . . . . . . . . . Centering AEC Polygons . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Subtracting AEC Polygons . . . . . . . . . . . . . Merging AEC Polygons . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Arraying AEC Polygons . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Repositioning AEC Polygons . . . . . . . . . . . . Evenly Spacing AEC Polygons . . . . . . . . . . . Trimming AEC Polygons . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Dividing AEC Polygons . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Cropping AEC Polygons . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Adding a Vertex to an AEC Polygon . . . . . . . . Removing a Vertex from an AEC Polygon . . . . . Converting an AEC Polygon to a Polyline . . . . . Converting an AEC Polygon to a Profile . . . . . . Changing the Rotation of an AEC Polygon . . . . Changing the Elevation of an AEC Polygon . . . . xxiv | Contents . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1811 . 1814 . 1814 . 1815 . 1816 . 1817 . 1817 . 1819 . 1820 . 1829 . 1829 . 1829 . 1830 . 1831 . 1832 . 1832 . 1833 . 1833 . 1834 . 1835 . 1836 . 1836 . 1837 . 1837 . 1838 Changing the Location of an AEC Polygon . . . . . . . . . . . 1838 Specifying Fill Properties for the True Color Display Representation of an AEC Polygon . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1839 Attaching Hyperlinks, Notes, or Files to an AEC Polygon . . . . 1841 AEC Polygon Styles . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1842 Creating an AEC Polygon Style . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1842 Changing the Width and Justification of the AEC Polygon Edges . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1844 Masking Underlying Objects with AEC Polygons . . . . . . . . 1845 Specifying the Display Properties of an AEC Polygon Style . . . 1845 Setting the Colors of the True Color Display Representation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1850 Attaching Notes and Files to an AEC Polygon Style . . . . . . . 1851 Adding Classifications to an AEC Polygon Style . . . . . . . . . 1852 Chapter 24 Doors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1855 Doors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Creating a Door . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Creating a Door in a Door and Window Assembly . . . . . . . Converting Objects to a Door . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Door Properties . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Editing Doors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Using Grips to Edit Doors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Moving a Door Along a Wall . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Moving a Door Within a Wall . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Using Anchors to Change Doors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Moving a Door to a Different Wall . . . . . . . . . . . . . Releasing a Door from a Wall . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Changing the Location of a Freestanding Door . . . . . . Center a Door Using Modify Tools . . . . . . . . . . . . . Create a Door Array Using Modify Tools . . . . . . . . . . Repositioning a Door with Modify Tools . . . . . . . . . Spacing Doors Evenly with Modify Tools . . . . . . . . . Display Properties of Doors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Attaching Hyperlinks, Notes, and Files to a Door . . . . . Door Styles . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Creating a Door Style . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Specifying the Dimensions of a Door Style . . . . . . . . Specifying the Design Rules of a Door Style . . . . . . . . Specifying the Standard Sizes of a Door Style . . . . . . . Creating a Custom Door Shape . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Replacing the Door Shape in a Door Style . . . . . . . . . Editing the Geometry of a Door Style . . . . . . . . . . . About Door Display Components and Materials . . . . . Specifying the Display Properties of a Door Style . . . . . Defining a Door Style as Bounding for Associative Spaces . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1855 . 1857 . 1859 . 1859 . 1860 . 1867 . 1868 . 1870 . 1871 . 1872 . 1877 . 1877 . 1878 . 1879 . 1879 . 1879 . 1880 . 1880 . 1884 . 1884 . 1885 . 1887 . 1888 . 1889 . 1890 . 1891 . 1892 . 1895 . 1899 . 1908 Contents | xxv Attaching Notes and Files to a Door Style . . . . . . . . . . . . 1908 Creating Muntins in a Door Style . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1909 Chapter 25 Windows . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1941 Windows . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Using Window Tools to Create Windows . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Creating a Window . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Creating a Window with User-Specified Settings . . . . . . . . . . Creating a Window in a Door and Window Assembly . . . . . . . . Creating a Window from Doors, Door/Window Assemblies and Openings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Creating a Window Tool . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Editing Windows . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Using Grips to Edit Windows . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Changing the Window Style . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Changing How Window Width is Measured . . . . . . . . . . Changing the Window Swing Angle or Opening Percent . . . Changing the Vertical Alignment of a Window . . . . . . . . Moving a Window Along a Wall . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Moving a Window Within a Wall . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Using Anchors to Change the Horizontal Position of a Window . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Using Anchors to Change the Vertical Position of a Window . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Using Anchors to Change the Position of a Window Within a Wall . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Changing the Orientation of a Window to a Wall . . . . . . . Moving a Window to a Different Wall . . . . . . . . . . . . . Releasing a Window from a Wall . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Center a Window Using Modify Tools . . . . . . . . . . . . . Create a Window Array Using Modify Tools . . . . . . . . . . Repositioning a Window with Modify Tools . . . . . . . . . . Spacing Windows Evenly with Modify Tools . . . . . . . . . Changing the Opening Endcap Assigned to a Window . . . . Changing the Location of a Freestanding Window . . . . . . Changing the Cut Plane Setting for a Window . . . . . . . . Specifying the Display of Muntins Blocks for a Window . . . Specifying the Display of Sills for a Window . . . . . . . . . Reversing the Handing for a Window in an Elevation View . . Specifying the Display of Frames for a Window . . . . . . . . Specifying the Display of Custom Block Components of a Window . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Attaching Hyperlinks, Notes, and Files to a Window . . . . . Window Styles . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Creating a Window Style . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Specifying the Dimensions of a Window Style . . . . . . . . . xxvi | Contents . 1941 . 1943 . 1945 . 1945 . 1949 . 1949 . 1950 . 1953 . 1954 . 1956 . 1956 . 1957 . 1958 . 1959 . 1962 . 1963 . 1965 . 1966 . 1968 . 1968 . 1968 . 1969 . 1969 . 1969 . 1970 . 1970 . 1970 . 1971 . 1972 . 1973 . 1975 . 1976 . 1977 . 1979 . 1980 . 1981 . 1983 Specifying the Standard Sizes of a Window Style . . . Creating a Custom Window Shape . . . . . . . . . . . Specifying the Design Rules of a Window Style . . . . Replacing the Window Shape in a Window Style . . . Editing the Geometry of a Window Style . . . . . . . About Window Display Components and Materials . . Assigning Materials to a Window Style . . . . . . . . Adding Classifications to a Window Style . . . . . . . Specifying the Display Properties of a Window Style . Defining a Window Style as Bounding for Associative Spaces . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Attaching Notes and Files to a Window Style . . . . . Creating Muntins in a Window Style . . . . . . . . . Chapter 26 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1983 . 1984 . 1986 . 1987 . 1987 . 1990 . 1992 . 1993 . 1993 . . . . . 2001 . . . . . 2001 . . . . . 2002 Openings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2031 Openings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Using Opening Tools to Create Openings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Creating an Opening . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Creating an Opening with User-Specified Settings . . . . . . . . . . Creating an Opening from Doors, Door/Window Assemblies and Windows . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Creating and Editing Custom Openings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Creating a Profile for a Custom Opening . . . . . . . . . . . Creating an Opening with a Custom Shape . . . . . . . . . . Editing the Geometry of a Custom Opening . . . . . . . . . Creating an Opening Tool . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Editing Openings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Using Grips to Edit Openings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Changing the Shape and Dimensions of an Opening . . . . . Flipping an Opening along the X or Y Axis . . . . . . . . . . Changing Endcap Style for an Opening . . . . . . . . . . . . Applying Tool Properties to an Existing Opening . . . . . . . Repositioning an Opening . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Using Anchors to Change the Position and Orientation of an Opening . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Center an Opening Using Modify Tools . . . . . . . . . . . . Create an Opening Array Using Modify Tools . . . . . . . . . Repositioning an Opening with Modify Tools . . . . . . . . . Spacing Openings Evenly with Modify Tools . . . . . . . . . Changing the Cut Plane Setting for an Opening . . . . . . . Specifying the Display of Sills for an Opening . . . . . . . . . Specifying the Display of Custom Block Components of an Opening . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Specifying the Display of Fill Type for an Opening . . . . . . Attaching Hyperlinks, Notes, and Files to an Opening . . . . Changing the Display Properties of Openings . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2031 . 2032 . 2033 . 2034 . 2037 . 2037 . 2037 . 2038 . 2041 . 2044 . 2046 . 2046 . 2048 . 2048 . 2049 . 2049 . 2050 . 2053 . 2059 . 2059 . 2060 . 2060 . 2061 . 2061 . 2063 . 2064 . 2066 . 2066 Contents | xxvii Specifying the Display Properties of an Opening . . . . Specifying the Hatching of an Opening . . . . . . . . . Using Custom Blocks to Create Opening Components . Adding Components to an Opening . . . . . . . . . . . Turning Off Custom Components in an Opening . . . . Removing Custom Components from an Opening . . . Chapter 27 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2067 . 2068 . 2070 . 2070 . 2071 . 2072 Stairs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2073 Stairs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2073 Solution Tips for Stairs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2074 Specifying AEC Options for Stairs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2078 Using Stair Tools to Create Stairs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2079 Creating a Stair . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2080 Creating a Straight Stair with User-Specified Settings . . . . . . . . . 2080 Creating a Multi-Landing Stair with User-Specified Settings . . . . . 2085 Creating an L-Shaped Stair with 45-Degree Tread . . . . . . . . . . . 2092 Creating a U-Shaped Stair with User-Specified Settings . . . . . . . . 2095 Creating a Spiral Stair with User-Specified Settings . . . . . . . . . . 2102 Creating a Custom Stair from Linework . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2109 Creating a Custom Stair from Tread Profiles . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2113 Modifying Custom Stairs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2117 Creating a Ramp . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2122 Creating a Stair Tool . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2124 Editing Stairs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2126 Using Grips to Edit Stairs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2126 Changing the Width of a Flight . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2150 Changing the Shape of a Flight . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2152 Changing the Shape of a Landing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2154 Changing the Side of a Stair . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2156 Changing the Height of a Stair . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2164 Changing the Justification of a Stair . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2166 Changing the Style of a Stair . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2166 Changing the Horizontal Direction of a Spiral or U-Shaped Stair . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2166 Changing the Constraints of a Spiral Stair . . . . . . . . . . . . 2167 Changing the Outside Edge of a Spiral Stair . . . . . . . . . . . 2168 Changing the Dimensions of a Stair . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2171 Changing the Floor Settings of a Stair . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2174 Adjusting Stair Length Automatically . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2175 Changing the Length Limits of a Flight . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2177 Anchoring a Stair to a Landing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2179 Releasing Anchored Stairs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2181 Editing Winders . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2181 Working with Stair Body Modifiers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2198 Stair Interference Conditions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2207 Changing the Alignment of a U-Shaped Stair . . . . . . . . . . 2221 xxviii | Contents Changing the Components of a Flight . . . . . . . . . . Changing the Components of a Landing . . . . . . . . About the Dimensions of Landing Components . . . . Changing the Extension of a Landing . . . . . . . . . . Specifying Stair Component Display by Cut Plane Elevation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Changing the Display of an Overlapping Stair . . . . . Applying Tool Properties to an Existing Stair . . . . . . Changing the Location of a Stair . . . . . . . . . . . . . Specifying the Materials of a Stair . . . . . . . . . . . . Changing the Display Properties of Individual Stairs . . Attaching Hyperlinks, Notes, or Files to a Stair . . . . . Stair Styles . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Managing Stair Styles . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Creating a Stair Style . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Specifying the Design Rules of a Stair Style . . . . . . . Specifying the Stringers of a Stair Style . . . . . . . . . Specifying Mitered Corners for Center Stringers . . . . . Specifying the Components of a Stair Style . . . . . . . Specifying the Landing Extension of a Stair Style . . . . Assigning Materials to Components in a Stair Style . . . Specifying the Display Properties of a Stair Style . . . . Specifying the Riser Numbering Display of a Stair Style . Specifying Classifications for a Stair Style . . . . . . . . Adding Notes and Files to a Stair Style . . . . . . . . . . Stair Winder Styles . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Creating a Stair Winder Style . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Specifying the Stair Winder Style Settings . . . . . . . . Adding Notes and Files to a Stair Winder Style . . . . . Stair Tower Generator . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Creating a Stair Tower . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Modifying a Stair Tower . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Chapter 28 . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2222 . 2223 . 2225 . 2226 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2227 . 2233 . 2235 . 2235 . 2236 . 2237 . 2246 . 2247 . 2248 . 2248 . 2249 . 2251 . 2253 . 2256 . 2258 . 2260 . 2262 . 2268 . 2269 . 2270 . 2271 . 2271 . 2272 . 2273 . 2274 . 2274 . 2277 Railings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2279 Railings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Using Railing Tools to Create Railings . . . . . . . . . . . . . Creating a Railing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Creating an Attached Railing with User-Specified Settings . . Creating a Freestanding Railing with User-Specified Settings . Creating a Railing from a Polyline . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Creating a Railing Tool . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Editing Railings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Using Grips to Edit Railings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Adding a Post to a Railing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Removing a Post from a Railing . . . . . . . . . . . . . Redistributing Posts on a Railing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2279 . 2281 . 2282 . 2282 . 2286 . 2290 . 2290 . 2292 . 2292 . 2293 . 2294 . 2295 Contents | xxix Hiding Posts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Showing Hidden Posts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Reversing the Direction of the Railing . . . . . . . . . . . . Anchoring an Existing Railing to a Stair . . . . . . . . . . . Anchoring an Existing Railing to an Object . . . . . . . . . Releasing an Anchored Railing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Center a Railing Using Modify Tools . . . . . . . . . . . . . Create a Railing Array Using Modify Tools . . . . . . . . . . Repositioning a Railing with Modify Tools . . . . . . . . . Spacing Railings Evenly with Modify Tools . . . . . . . . . Specifying the Display of Custom Block Components of a Railing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Specifying Cleanup Settings for a Railing . . . . . . . . . . Adding a Custom Profile to a Railing Component . . . . . . Editing a Custom Profile of a Railing Component . . . . . . Specifying the Display of a Custom Profile Component of a Railing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Changing the Style of a Railing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Changing the Upper Rails . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Changing the Bottom Rails . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Changing the Posts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Changing the Railing Extensions at Floor Levels . . . . . . Changing the Railing Extensions at Landings . . . . . . . . Changing the Anchor Properties of a Railing . . . . . . . . Specifying Perpendicular Railing Orientation . . . . . . . . Changing the Location of a Railing . . . . . . . . . . . . . Applying Tool Properties to an Existing Railing . . . . . . . Attaching Hyperlinks, Notes, and Files to a Railing . . . . . Railing Styles . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Creating a Railing Style . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Specifying the Upper Rails of a Railing Style . . . . . . . . . Specifying the Bottom Rails of a Railing Style . . . . . . . . Specifying Posts of a Railing Style . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Specifying the Components of a Railing Style . . . . . . . . Creating a Profile for a Custom Railing Component . . . . Specifying the Railing Extensions of a Railing Style . . . . . Specifying the Materials of a Railing Style . . . . . . . . . . Specifying the Display Components of a Railing Style . . . Specifying Classifications for a Railing Style . . . . . . . . . Attaching Notes and Files to a Railing Style . . . . . . . . . Adding Custom Railing Blocks and Profiles to a Railing Style . . . Adding a Custom Block to a Railing Style . . . . . . . . . . Adding a Custom Profile to a Railing Style . . . . . . . . . . Turning Off a Custom Block or Custom Profile in a Railing Style . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Removing a Custom Block from a Railing Style . . . . . . . xxx | Contents . . . . . . . . . . . 2295 . 2295 . 2296 . 2296 . 2297 . 2299 . 2299 . 2299 . 2300 . 2300 . . . . . 2301 . 2305 . 2306 . 2307 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2311 . 2315 . 2315 . 2317 . 2318 . 2319 . 2320 . 2321 . 2322 . 2324 . 2326 . 2326 . 2327 . 2329 . 2330 . 2332 . 2333 . 2335 . 2337 . 2337 . 2339 . 2342 . 2343 . 2343 . 2344 . 2344 . 2349 . . 2354 . . 2354 Chapter 29 Roofs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2357 Roofs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2357 Using Roof Tools to Create Roofs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2358 Creating a Slope Roof . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2359 Creating a Gable Roof . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2360 Creating Dormers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2362 Creating a Slope Roof with User-Specified Settings . . . . . . . . . . 2362 Creating a Gable Roof with User-Specified Settings . . . . . . . . . . 2363 Creating a Roof from Walls . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2364 Creating a Roof from Polylines . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2365 Creating a Roof Tool . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2366 Editing Roofs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2368 Using Grips to Edit Roofs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2369 Applying Tool Properties to an Existing Roof . . . . . . . . . . 2369 Changing the Dimensions of a Roof . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2370 Changing the Edges and Faces of a Roof . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2371 Converting a Roof to Roof Slabs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2372 Specifying the Material of a Roof . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2373 Specifying the Display Properties of a Roof . . . . . . . . . . . 2374 Specifying the Hatching of a Roof . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2375 Changing the Location of a Roof . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2376 Attaching Hyperlinks, Notes, or Files to a Roof . . . . . . . . . 2377 Chapter 30 Slabs and Roof Slabs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2379 Overview of Slabs and Roof Slabs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Using Tools to Create Slabs and Roof Slabs . . . . . . . . . . . Creating a Slab or a Roof Slab . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Creating a Slab/Roof Slab with User-Specified Settings . . . . . Creating a Slab or Roof Slab from Walls . . . . . . . . . . . . . Creating a Roof Slab from a Roof . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Creating a Slab or Roof Slab from a Polyline . . . . . . . . . . . Creating a Slab from a Space . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Creating a Slab or Roof Slab Tool . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Editing Slabs and Roof Slabs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Using Grips to Edit Slabs/Roof Slabs . . . . . . . . . . . . Applying Tool Properties to an Existing Slab/Roof Slab . . Changing the Properties of Slabs or Roof Slabs . . . . . . Using Slab and Roof Slab Contextual Tools . . . . . . . . Creating a Clipped Gable Roof . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Creating a Dormer in a Roof Slab . . . . . . . . . . . . . Slab and Roof Slab Styles . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Creating a Slab or Roof Slab Style . . . . . . . . . . . . . Specifying the Components of a Slab or Roof Slab Style . Specifying the Materials of a Slab or Roof Slab Style . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2379 . 2384 . 2384 . 2386 . 2389 . 2392 . 2393 . 2396 . 2397 . 2400 . 2401 . 2420 . 2420 . 2426 . 2458 . 2459 . 2460 . 2461 . 2463 . 2470 Contents | xxxi Specifying the Display Properties of a Slab or Roof Slab Style . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Adding Classifications to a Slab or Roof Slab Style . . . . . . Defining a Slab/Roof Slab Style as Bounding for Associative Spaces . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Attaching Notes and Files to a Slab or Roof Slab Style . . . . . Slab and Roof Slab Edge Styles . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Creating a Slab or Roof Slab Edge Style . . . . . . . . . . . . Specifying the Overhang, Edge Cut, and Angle of a Slab/Roof Slab Edge Style . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Creating Profiles for the Fascia and Soffit . . . . . . . . . . . Controlling Profile Edges and Extrusion . . . . . . . . . . . . Specifying a Fascia and a Soffit for a Slab/Roof Slab Edge Style . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Editing the Geometry of Fascia and Soffits . . . . . . . . . . Assigning Materials to a Slab/Roof Slab Edge Style . . . . . . Turning on Materials for a Slab/Roof Slab Edge Style . . . . . Attaching Notes and Files to a Slab/Roof Slab Edge Style . . . Chapter 31 Structural . 2473 . 2478 . 2478 . 2479 . 2480 . 2482 . 2484 . 2485 . 2487 . 2488 . 2490 . 2494 . 2495 . 2496 Members . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2499 Structural Members . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2499 Workflow to Create Styles for Structural Members . . . . . . . . . . 2504 Creating Structural Member Styles in the Structural Member Catalog . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2505 Opening the Structural Member Catalog . . . . . . . . . . . . 2507 Creating a Style from a Shape in the Structural Member Catalog . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2507 Locating a Shape in the Structural Member Catalog from a Structural Member in a Drawing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2509 Opening a Catalog File in the Structural Member Catalog . . . 2509 Creating a Structural Member Style with the Structural Member Style Wizard . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2510 Creating Columns with User-Defined Profiles . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2512 Creating Structural Member Tools . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2513 Creating a Beam Tool . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2513 Creating a Brace Tool . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2518 Creating a Column Tool . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2523 Using Structural Member Tools to Create Structural Members . . . . 2527 Creating a Beam . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2528 Creating Beams with User-Specified Settings . . . . . . . . . . 2530 Creating a Brace . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2539 Creating a Brace with User-Specified Settings . . . . . . . . . . 2540 Creating a Freestanding Column . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2545 Creating a Freestanding Column with User-Specified Settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2546 Creating Columns with User-Defined Profiles . . . . . . . . . . 2550 xxxii | Contents Creating Grid-Anchored Columns . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2551 Creating Grid-Anchored Columns with User-Specified Settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2553 Creating a Structural Member from Linework . . . . . . . . . . 2558 Editing Structural Members . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2559 Using Grips To Edit Structural Members . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2560 Changing the Structural Member Length . . . . . . . . . . . . 2566 Changing the Structural Member Start and End Offsets . . . . . 2567 Changing the Structural Member Start Point and Endpoint . . 2569 Changing the Structural Member Roll . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2570 Changing the Radius of a Curved Structural Member . . . . . . 2571 About Curved Structural Members . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2572 Changing the Structural Member Justification . . . . . . . . . 2573 Changing the Structural Member Type . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2575 Trimming Structural Members . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2576 Changing the Style of a Structural Member . . . . . . . . . . . 2584 Applying Tool Properties to a Structural Member . . . . . . . . 2584 Specifying the Cut Plane Display of a Structural Member . . . . 2584 Specifying the Display of Custom Block Components of a Structural Member . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2586 Specifying the Offsets for a Structural Member in Plan Low Detail . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2588 Attaching Hyperlinks, Notes, and Files to a Structural Member . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2589 Working with Structural Member Body Modifiers . . . . . . . . . . . 2589 Adding a Body Modifier to a Structural Member . . . . . . . . 2590 Subtracting a Body Modifier from a Structural Member . . . . . 2591 Replacing a Structural Member with a Body Modifier . . . . . . 2593 Editing the Geometry of a Body Modifier . . . . . . . . . . . . 2594 Managing Body Modifiers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2597 Restoring a Body Modifier to a Mass Element . . . . . . . . . . 2598 Working with Structural Member Interference Conditions . . . . . . 2598 Creating Structural Member Interference Conditions . . . . . . 2599 Removing Structural Member Interference Conditions . . . . . 2601 Editing Structural Member Interference Conditions . . . . . . . 2601 Structural Member Styles . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2602 Creating a Structural Member Style in the Style Manager . . . . 2603 Specifying the Materials of a Structural Member Style . . . . . . 2604 Specifying the Display Properties of a Structural Member Style . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2607 Specifying Classifications for a Structural Member Style . . . . 2617 Defining a Structural Member Style as Bounding for Associative Spaces . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2618 Attaching Notes and Files to a Structural Member Style . . . . . 2618 Creating Custom Structural Members . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2619 Understanding the Design Rules of a Structural Member . . . . 2622 Contents | xxxiii Changing the Shape in the Style of a Structural Member . . Adding a Shape to a Structural Member . . . . . . . . . . . Process Overview: Creating a Single-Component Structural Member (Tapered Column) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Process Overview: Creating a Multi-Component Structural Member (Composite Column) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Process Overview: Creating a Multi-Component Structural Member Using Multiple Segments (Rigid Frame) . . . . . Creating Custom Shapes for Structural Members . . . . . . . . 2625 . . 2626 . . 2627 . . 2630 . . 2633 . . 2640 Design Utilities . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2645 Chapter 32 Anchors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2647 Anchors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Working with Object Anchors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Adding Object Anchors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Releasing Object Anchors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Working with Curve Anchors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Adding Curve Anchors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Changing the Position of Objects Anchored to Curves . . . . Anchoring Objects to New Curves . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Working with Leader Anchors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Adding Leader Anchors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Changing the Position of Objects Anchored to Layout Nodes with Leader Anchors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Grip-Editing Leaders . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Extending Leaders . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Copying Objects to All Layout Nodes . . . . . . . . . . . . . Working with Node Anchors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Adding Node Anchors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Changing the Position of Objects Anchored to Layout Nodes with Node Anchors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Anchoring Objects to Different Nodes . . . . . . . . . . . . . Copying Objects to All Layout Nodes . . . . . . . . . . . . . Working with Cell Anchors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Adding Cell Anchors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Changing the Position and Size of Objects Anchored to Layout Cells . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Anchoring Objects to a Different Cell . . . . . . . . . . . . . Copying Objects to All Layout Cells . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Working with Volume Anchors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Adding Volume Anchors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Changing the Position and Size of Objects Anchored to Volumes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Anchoring Objects to a Different Volume . . . . . . . . . . . xxxiv | Contents . 2647 . 2648 . 2649 . 2650 . 2651 . 2651 . 2652 . 2656 . 2657 . 2657 . 2658 . 2659 . 2660 . 2660 . 2661 . 2661 . 2662 . 2663 . 2664 . 2665 . 2666 . 2667 . 2668 . 2669 . 2669 . 2669 . 2670 . 2672 Copying Objects to All Layout Volumes . Releasing and Positioning Anchored Objects . Releasing Anchored Objects . . . . . . . Positioning Anchored Objects . . . . . . Creating an Anchor Tool . . . . . . . . . . . . Chapter 33 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2672 . 2673 . 2673 . 2673 . 2674 Layout Curves and Grids . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2677 Layout Curves and Grids . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Using Layout Curves . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Creating a Layout Curve Tool . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Adding Layout Curves . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Adding Nodes to Layout Curves . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Removing Nodes from Layout Curves . . . . . . . . . . . Changing the Offsets of Layout Curves . . . . . . . . . . Changing the Node Spacing of a Layout Curve . . . . . . Changing the Node Positions on a Layout Curve . . . . . Changing the Spacing Mode of Layout Curves . . . . . . Switching Layout Curves . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Changing the Display Properties of Layout Curves . . . . Changing the Node Radius for a Layout Curve . . . . . . Attaching Hyperlinks, Notes, or Files to a Layout Curve . Using Layout Grids . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Creating a Layout Grid Tool . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Adding Radial Layout Grids . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Changing Radial Layout Grids . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Adding Rectangular Layout Grids . . . . . . . . . . . . . Changing Rectangular Layout Grids . . . . . . . . . . . . Creating a Layout Grid with User-Specified Settings . . . . Creating a Custom Layout Grid from Linework . . . . . . Adding Lines to Layout Grids . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Removing Grid Lines from Layout Grids . . . . . . . . . . Changing the Spacing Mode of Layout Grids . . . . . . . Changing the Display Properties of Layout Grids . . . . . Changing the Node Radius for a Layout Grid . . . . . . . Creating and Removing Boundaries for Layout Grids . . . Creating Holes in Layout Grids . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Removing Holes from Layout Grids . . . . . . . . . . . . Changing the Location of Layout Grids . . . . . . . . . . Attaching Hyperlinks, Notes, or Files to a Layout Grid . . Using Layout Volumes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Creating a Layout Volume Tool . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Adding Layout Volumes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Changing Layout Volumes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Adding Grid Lines to Layout Volumes . . . . . . . . . . . Removing Grid Lines from Layout Volumes . . . . . . . . Changing the Spacing Mode of Layout Volumes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2677 . 2678 . 2679 . 2680 . 2683 . 2684 . 2685 . 2686 . 2687 . 2688 . 2689 . 2690 . 2691 . 2692 . 2693 . 2693 . 2694 . 2696 . 2697 . 2698 . 2699 . 2701 . 2702 . 2703 . 2704 . 2705 . 2706 . 2707 . 2708 . 2708 . 2708 . 2709 . 2710 . 2710 . 2712 . 2714 . 2714 . 2715 . 2716 Contents | xxxv Changing the Display Properties of Layout Volumes . . . Changing the Node Radius for a Layout Volume . . . . . Changing the Location of Layout Volumes . . . . . . . . Attaching Hyperlinks, Notes, or Files to a Layout Volume Chapter 34 . . . . . . . . . 2718 . 2718 . 2719 . 2720 Grids . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2723 Grids . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2723 Using Column Grid Tools to Create Column Grids . . . . . . . . . . 2724 Creating Rectangular and Radial Column Grids . . . . . . . . . . . . 2725 Creating a Column Grid . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2726 Creating a Column Grid from a Layout Grid . . . . . . . . . . 2729 Creating a Column Grid Dynamically . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2730 Creating a Structural Column Grid Tool . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2730 Creating a Custom Column Grid from Linework . . . . . . . . . . . 2732 Creating Enhanced Custom Column Grids . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2732 Creating a Rectangular Grid . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2734 Creating a Radial Grid . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2737 Editing the List of Preconfigured Bay Sizes . . . . . . . . . . . . 2739 Creating an Enhanced Grid with Different Sized Grid Bays . . . 2740 Creating an Enhanced Grid with Varying Grid Lines for each side . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2741 Defining the Display of Grid Numbering when Inserting the Grid . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2745 Defining the Numbering and Lettering Scheme for Grid Bubbles . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2747 Defining the Numbering Scheme for Secondary Grid Lines . . . 2748 Editing Column Grids and Custom Column Grids . . . . . . . . . . 2749 Labeling Column Grids . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2750 Dimensioning Column Grids with Automatic AEC Dimensions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2751 Changing the Dimensions of a Column Grid . . . . . . . . . . 2752 Changing the Lines of a Column Grid or Custom Column Grid . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2753 Editing Enhanced Custom Column Grids . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2760 Adding Lines to an Enhanced Custom Column Grid . . . . . . 2760 Removing Lines from an Enhanced Custom Column Grid . . . 2761 Dimensioning an Enhanced Custom Column Grid . . . . . . . 2762 Adding Labels to an Enhanced Custom Column Grid after Insertion . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2763 Editing Labels on an Enhanced Custom Column Grid . . . . . 2764 Dimensioning Individual Grid Bays . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2765 Editing General Column Grid Properties . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2765 Attaching Clipping Profiles to Column Grids . . . . . . . . . . 2765 Attaching Hyperlinks, Notes, or Files to a Column Grid . . . . 2767 Changing the Location of Column Grids . . . . . . . . . . . . 2768 Changing the Display of Column Grids . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2769 xxxvi | Contents Changing the Node Radius for a Column Grid . . . . . Using Ceiling Grid Tools to Create Ceiling Grids . . . . . . . Creating a Ceiling Grid . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Creating a Ceiling Grid with User-Specified Settings . . Creating a Ceiling Grid from a Layout Grid . . . . . . . Creating a Custom Ceiling Grid from Linework . . . . . Creating a Ceiling Grid Dynamically . . . . . . . . . . Creating a Ceiling Grid with a Clipping Boundary . . . Creating a Ceiling Grid Tool . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Editing Ceiling Grids . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Changing the Dimensions of a Ceiling Grid . . . . . . . Changing the Lines of a Ceiling Grid . . . . . . . . . . Attaching Clipping Profiles to Ceiling Grids . . . . . . . Attaching Hyperlinks, Notes, or Files to a Ceiling Grid . Changing the Location of Ceiling Grids . . . . . . . . . Changing the Display of Ceiling Grids . . . . . . . . . Changing the Node Radius for a Ceiling Grid . . . . . . Chapter 35 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2770 . 2771 . 2772 . 2772 . 2774 . 2774 . 2775 . 2776 . 2777 . 2778 . 2778 . 2779 . 2786 . 2789 . 2790 . 2791 . 2791 Detail Drafting Tools . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2793 Construction Lines . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Creating Construction Lines From Existing Objects/Linework . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Creating Construction Lines Independently . . . . . . . . Hatch Productivity Tools . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Repositioning a Hatch . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Generating a Hatch Boundary . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Redefining a Hatch Boundary . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . AEC Modify Tools . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Trimming Linework or Profile-Based Objects . . . . . . . Trimming Linework or Profile-Based Objects to an Edge . Extending Linework to an Edge . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Dividing Linework and Profile-Based Objects . . . . . . . Subtracting from Linework and Profile-Based Objects . . . Obscuring Regions of Linework . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Merging Linework or Profile-Based Objects . . . . . . . . Cropping Linework or Profile-Based Objects . . . . . . . . Shrinkwrapping Linework . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Creating Arrays . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Repositioning from a Reference Point . . . . . . . . . . . Evenly Spacing Linework or Objects . . . . . . . . . . . Centering Linework or Objects . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Chapter 36 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2793 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2793 . 2796 . 2796 . 2797 . 2797 . 2798 . 2802 . 2803 . 2804 . 2805 . 2806 . 2808 . 2809 . 2810 . 2811 . 2813 . 2814 . 2815 . 2815 . 2816 Profiles . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2817 What are Profiles? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2817 Creating Profiles . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2819 Contents | xxxvii Defining the Direction of Profile Edges and Extrusion . Adding a Profile to an Object Component . . . . . . . . Editing a Profile In Place . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Converting Profiles to Polylines . . . . . . . . . . . . . Chapter 37 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Mask Blocks . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2831 Mask Blocks . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Creating Mask Block Definitions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Creating a Mask Block Definition from a Polyline . . . . . . . Creating a Mask Block Definition from an Existing Mask Block Definition . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Importing Mask Block Definitions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Exporting Mask Block Definitions to a New Drawing . . . . . Exporting Mask Block Definitions to an Existing Drawing . . Editing a Mask Block Definition . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Adding Classifications to a Mask Block Definition . . . . . . Purging Mask Block Definitions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Using Mask Block Tools to Create Mask Blocks . . . . . . . . . . . Adding a Mask Block . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Adding a Mask Block with User-Specified Settings . . . . . . . Creating a Mask Block from Polylines . . . . . . . . . . . . . Creating a Mask Block Tool . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Attaching Mask Blocks to Objects . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Detaching Mask Blocks from Objects . . . . . . . . . . . . . Editing Mask Blocks . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Using Grips to Move Mask Blocks . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Changing the Location of a Mask Block . . . . . . . . . . . . Editing the Profile of a Mask Block . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Applying Tool Properties to an Existing Mask Block Reference . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Changing Display Properties of Mask Blocks . . . . . . . . . Attaching Hyperlinks, Notes, and Files to a Mask Block . . . . Chapter 38 . 2820 . 2823 . 2824 . 2828 . 2831 . 2832 . 2832 . 2833 . 2834 . 2835 . 2835 . 2836 . 2838 . 2839 . 2839 . 2840 . 2841 . 2842 . 2842 . 2845 . 2846 . 2846 . 2847 . 2847 . 2848 . 2851 . 2851 . 2852 Multi-View Blocks . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2855 Multi-View Blocks . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Creating Multi-View Block Definitions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Process Overview: Creating Multi-View Block Definitions . Creating View Blocks . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Creating a New Multi-View Block Definition . . . . . . . . Connecting View Blocks to View Directions . . . . . . . . . Defining a Multi-View Block Definition as Bounding for Associative Spaces . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Attaching Notes and Files to a Multi-View Block Definition . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Adding Classifications to a Multi-View Block Definition . . xxxviii | Contents . . . . . . . 2855 . 2856 . 2857 . 2857 . 2859 . 2860 . . 2862 . . 2862 . . 2863 Adding a Multi-View Block Definition to DesignCenter . . . . . 2864 Creating a Multi-View Block Tool . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2866 Adding Multi-View Blocks to a Drawing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2869 Inserting a Multi-View Block . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2869 Modifying Multi-View Blocks . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2871 Changing the Rotation of a Multi-View Block . . . . . . . . . . 2871 Changing the Associated Multi-View Block Definition . . . . . 2871 Changing the Scale Factor of a Multi-View Block . . . . . . . . 2872 Changing the Offset of a Multi-View Block Using Grips . . . . 2872 Changing the Location of a Multi-View Block Using Grips . . . 2873 Attaching Hyperlinks, Notes, or Files to a Multi-View Block . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2875 Editing the Location and Rotation of Attributes in a Multi-View Block . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2876 Updating Multi-View Block Attributes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2877 Documentation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2879 Chapter 39 Spaces . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2881 Space Types . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2881 Workflows for Spaces . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2884 Workflow for Generating Associative Spaces . . . . . . . . . . . 2884 Workflow for Manually Defining Net, Usable, and Gross Areas . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2884 Workflow for Determining Net, Usable, and Gross Areas With a Calculation Standard . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2885 Workflow for Creating a Space Evaluation Report . . . . . . . . 2886 Adjusting Space Calculations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2887 Working with List Definitions - Overview . . . . . . . . . . . . 2887 Working with Zones - Overview . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2888 Working with Calculation Modifiers - Overview . . . . . . . . . 2890 Working with Calculation Cut Planes - Overview . . . . . . . . 2891 Moving Forward to AutoCAD Architecture 2011 from Autodesk Architectural Desktop 2006 and Earlier . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2892 Auto-Converting Legacy Areas to Spaces . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2895 Space Properties . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2897 Using Space Tools to Create Spaces . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2903 Generating Associative Spaces . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2904 Boundary Objects for Associative Spaces . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2905 Generating an Associative Space . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2916 Generating Associative Spaces from Xrefs and Blocks . . . . . . 2921 Defining a Maximum Gap Size for Associative Spaces . . . . . . 2926 Updating Associative Spaces . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2927 Activating and Deactivating Automatic Updates . . . . . . . . 2928 Manually Updating Associative Spaces . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2930 Contents | xxxix Merging Associative Spaces . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2931 Dividing an Associative Space . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2933 Deducting Spaces from an Associative Space . . . . . . . . . . 2935 Making a Space Associative or Non-Associative . . . . . . . . . 2936 Troubleshooting Associative Spaces . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2938 Creating Non-Associative Spaces . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2947 Drawing a Non-Associative 2D or Extruded 3D Space . . . . . 2947 Converting Objects, Profiles, and Polylines to Non-Associative Spaces . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2951 Creating a Space Tool . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2955 Editing General Space Properties . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2960 Renaming a Space . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2961 Changing the Style of a Space . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2961 Changing the Location of a Space . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2961 Specifying the Decomposition Type for a Space . . . . . . . . . 2962 Specifying the Decomposition Text Properties for a Space . . . 2964 Specifying the Cut Plane Display of a Space . . . . . . . . . . . 2966 Attaching Hyperlinks, Notes, or Files to a Space . . . . . . . . . 2967 Working with Space Boundaries . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2968 Working with Manual Boundaries . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2969 Working with Style-Based Boundaries . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2970 Working with Boundaries Based on an Area Calculation Standard . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2970 Defining the Boundary Offset Type of a Space . . . . . . . . . . 2972 Specifying an Area Calculation Standard for a Drawing . . . . . 2974 Classifying a Space According to an Area Calculation Standard . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2976 Changing the Area Calculation Standard for Existing Spaces . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2977 Working with Drawings with Different Area Calculation Standards . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2977 User-Defined Area Calculation Standards . . . . . . . . . . . . 2978 Editing Space Boundaries . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2978 Changing the Type of a Space . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2990 Changing the Space Height . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2993 Changing the Height of Extruded 3D Spaces . . . . . . . . . . 2993 Changing the Height of 3D Freeform Spaces . . . . . . . . . . 2995 Changing the Height of Space Surfaces (Extruded 3D Spaces) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2997 Boolean Operations for Extruded 3D Spaces . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2998 Creating Interference Conditions for Spaces . . . . . . . . . . . 2999 Removing Interference Conditions from Spaces . . . . . . . . . 3000 Merging Extruded 3D Spaces . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3000 Dividing Extruded 3D Spaces . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3004 Creating Holes in Extruded 3D Spaces . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3005 Creating Spaces from the Intersection of Other Spaces . . . . . 3006 xl | Contents Trimming an Extruded 3D Space . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Removing Voids from Spaces . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Reversing Space Rings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Reversing All Rings in a Space . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Boolean Operations for 3D Freeform Spaces . . . . . . . . . . . . Trimming 3D Freeform Spaces . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Splitting Surfaces of 3D Freeform Spaces . . . . . . . . . . . Joining Surfaces of 3D Freeform Spaces . . . . . . . . . . . Merging 3D Freeform Spaces with AEC Objects . . . . . . . Subtracting AEC Objects from 3D Freeform Spaces . . . . . Intersecting 3D Freeform Spaces with AEC Objects . . . . . Grip-Editing the Surfaces of 3D Freeform Spaces . . . . . . Editing Space Surface Properties . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Opening the Space/Zone Manager . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Editing Surface Properties . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Editing Ceiling and Floor Surfaces . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Working with Surface Openings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Setting Up Adjacency Relations between Space Surfaces . . Displaying Adjacency Relations between Space Surfaces . . Space Styles . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Creating a Space Style . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Specifying Target Dimensions for the Space . . . . . . . . . Specifying Space Boundary Offsets in a Space Style . . . . . Attaching a List Definition to a Space Style . . . . . . . . . Specifying Classifications for a Space Style . . . . . . . . . Specifying the Materials of a Space Style . . . . . . . . . . . Specifying the Display Properties of a Space Style . . . . . . Specifying the Hatching for Components of a Space Style . Setting the Object Cut Plane of a Space Style . . . . . . . . Attaching Notes and Files to a Space Style . . . . . . . . . . Converting Area Styles to Space Styles . . . . . . . . . . . . List Definitions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Creating a List Definition . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Specifying the Application for a List Definition . . . . . . . Editing a List Definition . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Attaching Notes and Files to a List Definition . . . . . . . . Zones . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Using Zone Tools to Create Zones . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Zone Properties . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Creating a Zone . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Creating Zones with User-Specified Settings . . . . . . . . . Creating Zone Structures from a Zone Template . . . . . . . Creating a Zone Tool . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Converting Area Groups to Zones . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Zones and Spaces . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Attaching Spaces and Zones to Zones . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3011 . 3013 . 3013 . 3014 . 3014 . 3014 . 3016 . 3017 . 3018 . 3019 . 3020 . 3021 . 3025 . 3026 . 3028 . 3029 . 3031 . 3055 . 3056 . 3057 . 3058 . 3059 . 3060 . 3061 . 3062 . 3062 . 3065 . 3068 . 3070 . 3071 . 3072 . 3073 . 3075 . 3075 . 3076 . 3076 . 3077 . 3079 . 3080 . 3083 . 3083 . 3085 . 3087 . 3089 . 3090 . 3091 Contents | xli Detaching Spaces and Zones from Zones . . . . . . . . . . . . 3092 Selecting Spaces and Zones Attached to a Zone . . . . . . . . . 3092 Editing Zones . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3093 Renaming a Zone . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3093 Changing the Zone Style . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3093 Changing the Zone Boundary Offset . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3094 Changing the Content Rules of a Zone . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3095 Changing the Calculation Type of a Zone . . . . . . . . . . . . 3095 Changing Calculation Modifiers for a Zone . . . . . . . . . . . 3096 Ordering Zone Structures . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3097 Creating Polylines from Zones . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3098 Specifying Additional Display Properties for a Zone . . . . . . . 3100 Attaching Hyperlinks, Notes, or Files to a Zone . . . . . . . . . 3102 Zone Styles . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3102 Creating a Zone Style . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3103 Attaching a List Definition to a Zone Style . . . . . . . . . . . 3104 Restricting the Content of a Zone Based on the Zone Style . . . 3105 Specifying Classifications for a Zone Style . . . . . . . . . . . . 3106 Specifying the Display Properties of a Zone Style . . . . . . . . 3106 Attaching Notes or Files to a Zone Style . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3112 Converting Area Group Styles to Zone Styles . . . . . . . . . . 3112 Zone Templates . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3114 Creating a Zone Template . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3115 Building the Structure of a Zone Template . . . . . . . . . . . . 3116 Attaching Notes and Files to a Zone Template . . . . . . . . . . 3119 Converting Area Group Templates to Zone Templates . . . . . 3120 Working with Space Data . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3121 Schedule Properties of Spaces . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3121 Calculation Modifiers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3127 Setting Calculation Cut Planes for 3D Freeform Spaces . . . . . 3133 Generating Output Data and Exporting Space Data . . . . . . . 3134 Space Decomposition . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3135 Space Evaluation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3140 Using Spaces for Load Analysis . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3152 Conversion of Space Boundaries to Walls and Spaces . . . . . . . . . 3160 Appendix 1: Command Changes for Spaces and Areas . . . . . . . . 3161 Area Commands . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3161 Area Group Commands . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3162 Space Boundary Commands . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3163 Appendix 2: Predefined Area Calculation Standards . . . . . . . . . . 3164 Calculating Spaces Based on the Basic Area Calculation Standard . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3165 Calculating Spaces Based on the DIN 277 Standard . . . . . . . 3166 Calculating Spaces Based on the SIS Standard . . . . . . . . . . 3170 Calculating Spaces Based on the BOMA Standard . . . . . . . . 3175 xlii | Contents Appendix 3: Implementing an Area Calculation Standard Plug-in with the AutoCAD Architecture .NET API . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3180 Implementing an Area Calculation Standard . . . . . . . . . . 3181 Implementing Offset Rules . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3189 Chapter 40 Sections . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3213 Sections . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Workflow to Create a 2D or 3D Section or a Live Section View . . . Drawing and Editing Section Lines . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Drawing a Section Line and Marks . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Changing the Height of a Section Using Grips . . . . . . . . Changing the Lower Extension of a Section Using Grips . . . Changing the Length of a Section Using Grips . . . . . . . . Changing the Angle Dimensions of a Section . . . . . . . . . Creating Graphic Subdivisions for 2D and 3D Sections . . . . Changing a Subdivision Using Grips . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Changing Section Mark Attributes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Changing the Location of a Section Line . . . . . . . . . . . Modifying a Section Line Using Grips . . . . . . . . . . . . . Attaching Hyperlinks, Notes, and Files to a Section Line . . . Creating a 2D or 3D Section . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Creating a Horizontal 2D Section . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Creating and Editing a Live Section View . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Creating a Live Section View . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Updating a Live Section View . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Displaying the Sectioned Body in a Live Section View . . . . Removing a Live Section View . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Editing a 2D or 3D Section . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Using Grips to Edit Linework in a 2D Section . . . . . . . . . Changing the Display of Graphic Subdivisions in a 2D Section . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Changing the Display of Graphic Subdivisions in a 3D Section . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Reversing a 2D or 3D Section . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Changing the Style of a 2D Section . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Creating a Material Boundary in a 2D Section . . . . . . . . . Editing a Material Boundary . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Editing and Merging Linework in a 2D Section . . . . . . . . Changing the Location of a 2D or 3D Section . . . . . . . . . Attaching Hyperlinks, Notes, and Files to a 2D or 3D Section . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Updating a 2D or 3D Section . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Globally Updating 2D Sections . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Supported Project Drawing Types . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Globally Updating 2D Sections and Elevations in a Project or a Folder . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3213 . 3219 . 3220 . 3222 . 3224 . 3225 . 3226 . 3228 . 3229 . 3230 . 3230 . 3231 . 3232 . 3233 . 3233 . 3235 . 3237 . 3238 . 3239 . 3239 . 3241 . 3241 . 3242 . 3243 . 3245 . 3246 . 3247 . 3247 . 3248 . 3253 . 3255 . 3256 . 3257 . 3259 . 3260 . 3261 Contents | xliii Updating Legacy Drawings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2D Section Styles . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Creating a 2D Section Style . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Adding a Display Component to a 2D Section Style . . . . . . Removing a Display Component from a 2D Section Style . . . About 2D and 3D Section Display Components and Materials . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Use Subdivision Properties and Materials in 2D Section Styles . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Use the 3D Body Component of a Material for the 2D Section Linework . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Adding a Design Rule to a 2D Section Style . . . . . . . . . . Changing a Design Rule in a 2D Section Style . . . . . . . . . Removing a Design Rule from a 2D Section Style . . . . . . . Adding Classifications to a 2D Section Style . . . . . . . . . . Changing the Layer, Color, and Linetype of a 2D Section Style . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Attaching Notes and Files to a 2D Section Style . . . . . . . . Chapter 41 . 3262 . 3263 . 3265 . 3266 . 3267 . 3268 . 3275 . 3275 . 3276 . 3278 . 3278 . 3279 . 3279 . 3280 Elevations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3283 Working With Elevations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3283 Workflow to Create a 2D or 3D Elevation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3289 Drawing and Editing Elevation Lines . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3290 Drawing an Elevation Line and Mark . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3293 Changing the Height of an Elevation Using Grips . . . . . . . . 3295 Changing the Lower Extension of an Elevation Using Grips . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3296 Changing the Length of an Elevation Using Grips . . . . . . . 3297 Changing the Angle Dimensions of an Elevation . . . . . . . . 3298 Creating Graphic Subdivisions for 2D and 3D Elevations . . . . 3299 Changing Elevation Mark Attributes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3301 Changing the Location of an Elevation Line . . . . . . . . . . 3301 Modifying an Elevation Line Using Grips . . . . . . . . . . . . 3302 Attaching Hyperlinks, Notes and Files to an Elevation Line . . . 3303 Creating a 2D or 3D Elevation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3304 Creating a Horizontal 2D Elevation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3306 Editing a 2D or 3D Elevation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3308 Using Grips to Edit Linework in a 2D Elevation . . . . . . . . 3308 Changing the Display of Graphic Subdivisions in a 2D Elevation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3310 Changing the Display of Graphic Subdivisions in a 3D Elevation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3311 Reversing a 2D or 3D Elevation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3312 Changing the Style of a 2D Elevation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3313 Adding and Removing Custom Components for an Elevation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3313 xliv | Contents Specifying the Display of Surface Hatching for an Elevation Subdivision . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3315 Specifying the Display of 2D Linework for an Elevation . . . . 3317 Creating a Material Boundary in a 2D Elevation . . . . . . . . . 3318 Editing a Material Boundary . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3319 Editing and Merging Linework in a 2D Elevation . . . . . . . . 3323 Changing the Location of a 2D or 3D Elevation . . . . . . . . . 3325 Attaching Hyperlinks, Notes, and Files to a 2D or 3D Elevation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3326 Updating a 2D or 3D Elevation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3326 Globally Updating 2D Elevations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3328 Supported Project Drawing Types . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3329 Globally Updating 2D Sections and Elevations in a Project or a Folder . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3330 Updating Legacy Drawings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3331 2D Elevation Styles . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3331 Creating a 2D Elevation Style . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3333 Adding a Display Component to a 2D Elevation Style . . . . . 3335 Removing a Display Component from a 2D Elevation Style . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3335 About 2D and 3D Elevation Display Components and Materials . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3336 Use Subdivision Properties and Materials in 2D Elevation Styles . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3340 Use the 3D Body Component of a Material for the 2D Elevation Linework . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3341 Adding a Design Rule to a 2D Elevation Style . . . . . . . . . . 3341 Changing a Design Rule in a 2D Elevation Style . . . . . . . . . 3343 Removing a Design Rule from a 2D Elevation Style . . . . . . . 3344 Adding Classifications to a 2D Elevation Style . . . . . . . . . . 3344 Changing the Layer, Color, and Linetype of a 2D Elevation Style . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3345 Attaching Notes and Files to a 2D Elevation Style . . . . . . . . 3346 Chapter 42 Hidden Line Projection . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3347 Hidden Line Projection . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3347 Creating a Hidden Line Projection . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3347 Chapter 43 AEC Dimensions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3349 AEC Dimensions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Dimension Options and Uses . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Associative Dimensions from Selecting Objects . . Associative Dimensions from Picked Points . . . . Non-Associative Dimensions from Picked Points . AutoCAD Dimensions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3349 . 3351 . 3351 . 3352 . 3353 . 3353 Contents | xlv Process Overview: Creating AEC Dimensions . . . . . . . . . . 3354 Associative Dimensions from Objects . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3355 Dimension Points for Walls . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3355 Dimension Points for Wall Openings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3358 Dimension Points for Grids . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3358 Dimension Points for Other Object Types . . . . . . . . . . . . 3359 AutoCAD Dimension Points . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3360 Associative Dimensions in External References . . . . . . . . . 3363 Associative Dimensions From Picked Points . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3364 Specifying AEC Dimension Preferences . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3365 Creating AEC Dimensions Using AEC Dimension Tools . . . . . . . . 3368 Creating an AEC Dimension . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3369 Creating an AEC Dimension with User-Specified Settings . . . . . . 3370 Use Cases for AEC Dimensions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3373 Converting an AutoCAD Dimension to an AEC Dimension . . . . . 3380 Copying Properties of AEC Dimensions to AutoCAD Dimensions . . 3382 Creating an AEC Dimension Tool . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3383 Editing AEC Dimensions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3384 Adding Points to an AEC Dimension . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3385 Detaching Dimension Points from an AEC Dimension . . . . . 3390 Restoring Object Points Set in the AEC Dimension Style . . . . 3392 Removing Non-Style Defined Dimension Points . . . . . . . . 3394 Reversing the Direction of an AEC Wall Dimension . . . . . . . 3395 Flip Text Position for AEC Dimensions . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3397 Overriding Associative Wall Component Dimension Points . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3398 Repositioning Dimension Texts, Extension Lines, and Dimension Chains . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3402 Resetting Repositioned Dimension Texts, Extension Lines and Dimension Chains . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3403 Overriding Dimension Values and Hiding Dimension Segments . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3405 Changing the AEC Dimension Style . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3409 Specifying Object Dimension Points for an AEC Dimension . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3409 Specifying the AutoCAD Style and Other Properties for an AEC Dimension . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3411 Attaching Hyperlinks, Notes, and Files to an AEC Dimension . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3414 AEC Dimension Styles . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3415 AEC Dimension Styles and AutoCAD Dimension Styles . . . . . 3415 The AEC Dimension Style Wizard . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3416 Creating AutoCAD Dimension Styles . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3416 Creating an AEC Dimension Style . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3417 Changing the Number of Chains in an AEC Dimension Style . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3418 xlvi | Contents Changing the AEC Dimension Display Components . . . . . . 3419 Defining Dimensioned Objects in the AEC Dimension Style . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3420 Specifying Object Dimension Points in AEC Dimension Styles . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3422 Selecting the AutoCAD Dimension Styles and Other Properties of AEC Dimension Styles . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3424 Changing Style Properties with the AEC Dimension Style Wizard . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3426 Attaching Notes and Files to an AEC Dimension Style . . . . . 3429 Q and A for Working with AEC Dimensions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3430 Changing Color, Text Size and Arrowheads . . . . . . . . . . . 3430 Updating AEC Dimensions On Demand . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3430 Changing the Text Height of Superscripted Numbers . . . . . . 3431 Fixing the Error Symbol . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3431 Finding More Dimension Points than Expected . . . . . . . . . 3432 Chapter 44 Elevation Labels . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3433 Elevation Labels . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3433 Using Elevation Label Tools to Create Elevation Labels . . . . . . . . 3434 Creating an Elevation Label . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3435 Creating Elevation Labels with User-Specified Settings . . . . . 3435 Creating an Elevation Label Tool . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3437 Modifying Elevation Labels . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3438 Changing the Elevation of an Elevation Label . . . . . . . . . . 3439 Changing the Coordinate System of an Elevation Label . . . . 3439 Changing the Associated Multi-View Block Definition . . . . . 3439 Changing the Scale Factor of an Elevation Label . . . . . . . . 3440 Changing the Offset of an Elevation Label . . . . . . . . . . . 3440 Display the View Blocks and Attributes of an Elevation Label . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3441 Attaching Hyperlinks, Notes, or Files to an Elevation Label . . . 3442 Creating User-Defined Elevation Labels . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3443 Creating a Graphic Symbol . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3443 Adding Attributes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3444 Creating a Block . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3445 Creating a Multi-View Block . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3445 Adding the Elevation Label to the AutoCAD DesignCenter . . . 3446 Chapter 45 Fields . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3449 Fields Overview . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Inserting Fields . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Inserting Fields in a Drawing . . . . . . . . . . . . Inserting Fields in Property Set Definitions . . . . Inserting Field Placeholders in Object Properties . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3449 . 3451 . 3451 . 3453 . 3456 Contents | xlvii Adding Fields to Object Style Properties . . . Inserting Fields in AutoCAD Text Elements . Editing Fields . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Editing the Field Display . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Updating Fields . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Converting Fields to Text . . . . . . . . . . . . . . AutoCAD Architecture Field Types . . . . . . . . . Project Fields . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Selecting a Project Field . . . . . . . . . . . Sheet Set Fields . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Selecting a Sheet Set Field . . . . . . . . . . Keynote Fields . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Selecting a Keynote Field . . . . . . . . . . . Database Fields . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Selecting a Database Field . . . . . . . . . . Creating a Data Link to an ODBC Source . . Chapter 46 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3458 . 3459 . 3463 . 3466 . 3466 . 3467 . 3467 . 3467 . 3468 . 3469 . 3472 . 3474 . 3475 . 3476 . 3478 . 3481 Detail Components . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3489 Understanding Detail Components . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Inserting Detail Components . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Stamp Components . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Linear Array Components . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Backfill Components . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Bookends Components . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Countable Linear Array Components . . . . . . . . . . . . . Surface Components . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Dynamically Sized Surface Components . . . . . . . . . . . . Bolt Components . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Editing Detail Components in a Drawing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Using Detail Component Tools . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Adding Detail Component Tools to a Tool Palette . . . . . . . Modifying Detail Component Tools . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Applying Detail Component Properties to Linework . . . . . Applying Detail Component Properties to Linework from a Tool . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Applying Detail Component Properties to Linework from the Detail Component Manager . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Using the Detail Component Manager . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Locating a Detail Component . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Creating and Modifying Detail Component Databases . . . . Configuring Detail Component Database Availability . . . . . . . . Adding a Detail Component Database to Available Databases . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Removing a Detail Component Database from Available Databases . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . xlviii | Contents . 3489 . 3490 . 3491 . 3493 . 3494 . 3495 . 3496 . 3498 . 3499 . 3500 . 3501 . 3504 . 3504 . 3507 . 3510 . 3510 . 3511 . 3511 . 3512 . 3515 . 3545 . 3545 . 3547 Setting Detail Component Database Permissions in a Multi-User Environment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3547 Merging Old and New Detail Component Databases . . . . . . . . . 3548 Chapter 47 Annotation and Keynoting Tools . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3549 The Basic Annotation Tool . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Creating a Text-Only Annotation . . . . . . . . . . . . . Creating Text with Single Leader Annotation . . . . . . . Adding and Removing Leader Lines from Leaders . . . . . Creating a Break Mark . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Creating a Block-Based Annotation with a Leader . . . . . Editing a Text-Based Annotation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Editing a Masking Break Mark . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Editing a Block-Based Annotation . . . . . . . . . . . . . Keynoting Tools . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Configuring the Annotation Tool for Keynoting . . . . . Using Keynote Insertion Tools . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Using Keynote Legends . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Viewing and Editing Keynotes in a Drawing . . . . . . . . Specifying Keynotes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Working with Keynote Databases . . . . . . . . . . . . . North Arrow and Datum Point Tools . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Inserting a North Arrow or Datum Point in the Drawing . Fire Rating Line Tools . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Inserting a Fire Rating Line in the Drawing . . . . . . . . Match Line Tools . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Inserting a Match Line in the Drawing . . . . . . . . . . Revision Cloud Tools . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Inserting a Revision Cloud in the Drawing . . . . . . . . Bar Scale Tools . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Inserting a Bar Scale in the Drawing . . . . . . . . . . . . Column Grid Bubble Tools . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Inserting a Column Grid Bubble in the Drawing . . . . . Editing Annotation Symbols in the Drawing . . . . . . . . . . Editing Block-Based Annotation Symbols . . . . . . . . . Editing Polyline-Based Annotation Symbols . . . . . . . . Annotation Scaling . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Annotation Tools with Annotative Properties . . . . . . . Specifying Annotation Scale . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Annotation Scales and Viewports . . . . . . . . . . . . . Updating Legacy Annotative Objects . . . . . . . . . . . Derivation of Annotative Properties . . . . . . . . . . . . Chapter 48 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3549 . 3562 . 3562 . 3564 . 3566 . 3567 . 3568 . 3569 . 3569 . 3570 . 3571 . 3575 . 3579 . 3588 . 3593 . 3596 . 3615 . 3617 . 3617 . 3619 . 3620 . 3622 . 3622 . 3625 . 3626 . 3628 . 3628 . 3630 . 3631 . 3631 . 3634 . 3637 . 3637 . 3640 . 3640 . 3642 . 3646 Callouts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3649 Working with Callouts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3649 Contents | xlix Callout Tools . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Workflow for Annotating Drawings with Callouts . . . . . . The Properties of a Callout Tool . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Setting the Properties of a Callout Tool . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Placing Title Marks . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Placing a Title Mark . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Placing Detail Callouts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Creating a Detail in the Current View Drawing . . . . . . . . Creating a Detail in an Existing Drawing . . . . . . . . . . . Creating a Detail in a New Drawing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Placing Section Callouts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Creating a Section in the Current Drawing . . . . . . . . . . Creating a Section in an Existing Drawing . . . . . . . . . . . Creating a Section in a New Drawing . . . . . . . . . . . . . Placing Elevation Callouts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Placing a Single Elevation Callout . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Placing a Four-Way Interior Elevation Callout . . . . . . . . . Placing a Four-Way Exterior Elevation Callout . . . . . . . . Placing a Callout Without a Model Space View . . . . . . . . . . . Referencing a Callout to an Existing View . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Opening a Model Space View . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Deleting a Model Space View . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Resolving Fields in Callout Symbols . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Working with Callouts Outside a Project . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Placing a Callout in a Non-Project Drawing File . . . . . . . . Opening Model Space Views in a Non-Project Drawing File . Deleting Model Space Views in a Non-Project Drawing File . . Creating New Callout Tools . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Using Fields in Callout Tools . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Creating a Callout Tool . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Chapter 49 Schedules and Display Themes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3701 Schedules . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Schedule Table Terminology in AutoCAD Architecture . . . Workflow to Annotate Drawings with Tags and Schedules . Property Sets and Property Set Definitions . . . . . . . . . . . . . Basic Schedules . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Adding Schedules Using Schedule Table Tools . . . . . . . . Creating a Schedule Table Tool . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Adding Objects to a Schedule . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Removing Objects from a Schedule . . . . . . . . . . . . . Reselecting Objects for a Schedule . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Turning Off the Out-of-Date Marker . . . . . . . . . . . . . Updating a Schedule Manually . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Locating and Viewing Scheduled Objects in a Drawing . . . Schedule Tags . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . l | Contents . 3652 . 3655 . 3656 . 3663 . 3664 . 3664 . 3665 . 3665 . 3668 . 3670 . 3671 . 3672 . 3674 . 3677 . 3679 . 3679 . 3681 . 3684 . 3685 . 3687 . 3688 . 3689 . 3689 . 3690 . 3691 . 3692 . 3693 . 3694 . 3694 . 3695 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3701 . 3702 . 3704 . 3705 . 3709 . 3709 . 3710 . 3713 . 3713 . 3714 . 3714 . 3715 . 3715 . 3716 Adding Tags Using Schedule Tag Tools . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3718 Creating a Schedule Tag . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3719 Creating a Schedule Tag Tool . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3722 Anchoring an Existing Schedule Tag to an Object . . . . . . . . 3725 Releasing an Anchored Schedule Tag . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3726 Viewing the Connection Between Tags and Objects . . . . . . . 3726 Renumbering Property Set Data . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3727 Managing Schedule Tables . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3728 Workflow to Customize Schedule Tables . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3729 Working with Schedule Table Styles . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3731 Exporting a Schedule . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3753 Exporting Schedule Data for Selected Objects . . . . . . . . . . 3754 Specifying the Display Properties of a Schedule . . . . . . . . . 3755 Changing General Schedule Properties . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3756 Changing the Selection Criteria for a Schedule . . . . . . . . . 3757 Changing the Location of a Schedule Using Grips . . . . . . . 3758 Changing External Source Properties of a Schedule . . . . . . . 3758 Adding Table Breaks to a Schedule . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3759 Adding Documentation Information to a Schedule . . . . . . . 3761 Editing Table Cell Data . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3761 Adding Property Set Data to All Objects . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3763 Property Data Formats . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3764 Expanding the Scope of Scheduled Data . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3772 Property Set Data . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3772 Attaching Property Set Data to Objects . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3773 Entering Manual Properties and Fields for Objects . . . . . . . 3774 Editing or Updating Fields in Manual Properties . . . . . . . . 3775 Converting Fields in Manual Properties to Text . . . . . . . . . 3775 Removing Property Set Data from an Object . . . . . . . . . . 3776 Attaching Property Set Data to Styles and Definitions . . . . . . 3776 Entering Manual Properties and Fields for Styles and Definitions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3777 Editing Style-Based Property Sets . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3778 Editing Style-Based Property Sets Attached to Objects in External References . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3780 Removing Property Set Data from a Style or Definition . . . . . 3782 Browsing Property Data . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3783 Property Set Definitions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3785 Understanding Automatic Properties . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3788 Understanding Formulas . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3792 Creating a Property Set Definition . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3803 Attaching Notes or Reference Files to a Property Set Definition . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3804 Specifying How the Property Set Definition is Applied . . . . . 3805 Adding a Manual Property Definition to a Property Set Definition . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3807 Contents | li Adding a Field to a Property Set Definition . . . . . . . . . . Adding an Automatic Property Definition to a Property Set Definition . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Adding a Location Property Definition to a Property Set Definition . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Adding a Classification Property Definition to a Property Set Definition . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Adding a Material Property Definition to a Property Set Definition . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Adding a Project Property Definition to a Property Set Definition . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Adding an Anchor Property Definition to a Property Set Definition . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Adding a Graphic Property Definition to a Property Set Definition . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Sequencing Property Definitions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Hiding Properties . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Editing a Property Set Definition . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Removing All Property Sets from Objects and Styles . . . . . Merging Property Set Definitions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . List Definitions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Creating a List Definition for a Manual Property Definition . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Editing List Definitions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Changing the List Item for an Object . . . . . . . . . . . . . Attaching Notes or Reference Files to a List Definition . . . . Classification Definitions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Process Overview: Including Classification Data in Schedules . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . A Classification Use Case . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Creating a Classification Definition . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Specifying the Object Types for a Classification Definition . . Adding Classifications to a Classification Definition . . . . . Attaching Property Set Definitions to a Classification Definition . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Editing a Classification Definition . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Changing the Classification of an Object . . . . . . . . . . . Attaching Notes and Files to a Classification . . . . . . . . . Display Themes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Process Overview: Creating Display Themes . . . . . . . . . . . . . Creating and Editing Display Themes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Creating a Display Theme Tool . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Adding a Display Theme to a Drawing . . . . . . . . . . . . . Disabling Display Themes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Activating Display Themes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Display Theme Styles . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . lii | Contents . 3809 . 3811 . 3813 . 3814 . 3817 . 3819 . 3820 . 3822 . 3824 . 3824 . 3825 . 3829 . 3829 . 3830 . 3831 . 3833 . 3833 . 3834 . 3834 . 3836 . 3836 . 3839 . 3840 . 3841 . 3843 . 3844 . 3846 . 3846 . 3847 . 3847 . 3848 . 3850 . 3852 . 3854 . 3854 . 3855 Creating a Display Theme Style . . . . . . . . . . . . . Troubleshooting Schedule Tables . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Question Marks in Cells . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Object not Listed . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Which Property Sets to Attach . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Changing Data in the Schedule Tables . . . . . . . . . . Object Numbers Out of Order . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Locating an Object . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Selecting an Empty Cell . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . INVALID in a Table Cell . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Troubleshooting Schedule Table Styles . . . . . . . . . . . . . Add Column Button Unavailable . . . . . . . . . . . . Property Sets Unavailable . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Quantity Column not Totalling . . . . . . . . . . . . . Matrix Column Displaying Data Instead of a Matrix Symbol . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Troubleshooting Classification Definitions . . . . . . . . . . Empty Classification Tab in Style Properties . . . . . . . Long Title for a Classification Property . . . . . . . . . Classifications Property to a Property Set Definition . . Including Classifications in a Schedule Table . . . . . . Objects Not Included in the Schedule . . . . . . . . . . Classifications Selected but Object Not Included . . . . Troubleshooting Schedule Tags . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Difference Between Schedule Tags and Project Schedule Tags . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Troubleshooting Units . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Values on the Extended Data Tab . . . . . . . . . . . . Chapter 50 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3856 . 3860 . 3860 . 3860 . 3861 . 3861 . 3862 . 3862 . 3862 . 3862 . 3863 . 3863 . 3863 . 3863 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3863 . 3864 . 3864 . 3864 . 3865 . 3865 . 3865 . 3865 . 3866 . . . . 3866 . . . . 3866 . . . . 3866 AEC Content and DesignCenter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3869 Overview of AEC Content . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3869 Predefined AEC Content . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3870 AEC Content in the Content Browser . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3871 AEC Content in DesignCenter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3871 Adding AEC Content to Drawings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3874 Adding Content from the Content Browser . . . . . . . . . . . 3874 Adding Content from DesignCenter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3875 Adding Fixture Layouts from DesignCenter . . . . . . . . . . . 3876 Moving Content Between DesignCenter and the Content Browser . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3877 Creating a Tool from AEC Content in DesignCenter . . . . . . 3877 Creating Custom AEC Content . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3879 Using the AEC Content Wizard . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3879 Editing AEC Content . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3892 Modifying DesignCenter Content with the AEC Content Wizard . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3892 Contents | liii Modifying Fixture Layouts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3892 Turning Off the Dimension Scale Override . . . . . . . . . . . 3893 Other Utilities . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3895 Chapter 51 Cameras . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3897 Adjusting the Camera Position . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3897 Chapter 52 Converting Objects to 3D Solids . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3899 Converting Objects to 3D Solids . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3899 Converting Objects to 3D Solid Objects . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3899 Chapter 53 Visual Audit . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3901 Working with Visual Audit . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3901 Performing a Visual Audit . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3902 Chapter 54 Reference AEC Objects . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3903 Creating an AEC Entity Reference . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Adding a Reference to an Object . . . . . . . . . . . . Attaching an Object to an Existing Entity Reference . Attaching Hyperlinks, Notes, and Files to an Entity Reference . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Changing the Location of an Entity Reference . . . . Chapter 55 . . . . . 3903 . . . . . 3903 . . . . . 3904 . . . . . 3905 . . . . . 3905 Customizing and Adding New Content for Detail Components . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3907 Introduction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . A Walkthrough of the Process . . . . . Component Databases . . . . . . . . . Recipe Specifications . . . . . . . . . . Jigs and JigEnts . . . . . . . . . . . . . Common Jigs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Recipe Logging . . . . . . . . . . . . . Blocks and Block Libraries . . . . . . . Using Optimal Geometry . . . . . Naming Blocks . . . . . . . . . . Base Points for Blocks . . . . . . . Collecting Similar Blocks . . . . . Block Properties . . . . . . . . . . Layer Keys . . . . . . . . . . . . . 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Built on the new AutoCAD® 2011 platform, this release is targeted at improving architectural workflows and enhancing the ease of use. Users have now access to new functionalities around wall cleanup, renovation, improved grid capabilities and geometric constraints. New Features in AutoCAD Architecture 2011 The following sections list the new and improved features in AutoCAD Architecture 2011. Productivity Tools for Grids and Walls Productivity Tools offer improved functionality for creating column grids, generating columns, and the placement of doors and windows relative to wall points or grid lines. For more information, see Creating Enhanced Custom Column Grids on page 2732 and Editing Enhanced Custom Column Grids on page 2760. With the new Column Grid tool you can define a number of aspects not previously user-definable for a column grid. Variable Grid Lines for Each Grid Side You can define a different number of grid lines for each of the four grid sides: 3 For information on how to generate variable grid lines, see Creating an Enhanced Grid with Varying Grid Lines for each side on page 2741. Using Primary and Secondary Grid Numbering You can use primary and secondary numbering when labelling a grid. Inserting a grid line with secondary numbering You can add grid lines with a secondary numbering scheme during the grid creation, or add them later on. For more information, see Defining the Numbering Scheme for Secondary Grid Lines on page 2748. Selective Grid Numbering per Grid Side You can define the display of labels for each individual grid side. You make this decision during the grid insertion,or you can add grid labels later. For more information, see Defining the Display of Grid Numbering when Inserting the Grid on page 2745 and Adding Labels to an Enhanced Custom Column Grid after Insertion on page 2763. 4 | Chapter 1 New Features and Introduction Grid Properties In addition, the Grid tool lets you control the following properties of the grid: ■ Orthogonal or radial grid shape ■ number of grid lines ■ vertical and horizontal bay size ■ inner grid radius (radial grid) ■ clockwise or counter-clockwise grid direction (radial grid) ■ multi-view block for grid label ■ grid label numbering/lettering scheme ■ prefixes for grid labels ■ grid extension ■ grid label extension With commands of the Productivity Tools, you can place doors and windows precisely in relation to walls and grid lines. For more information, see Adding Doors and Windows Relative to Walls on page 1165 and Adding Doors and Windows relative to column grids on page 1168. Placing Doors and Windows in Relation to a Grid Line You can add doors and windows to a wall with a specified distance to a grid line. Productivity Tools for Grids and Walls | 5 Adding multiple doors at specified distance to grid lines Inserting Doors and Windows Centered between Grid Lines You can insert a door or window in a wall at the center between two grid lines. Inserting windows at the center between two grid lines Inserting Doors and Windows Evenly Between Grid Lines u can insert a fixed number of doors or windows at equal distances between two grid lines. 6 | Chapter 1 New Features and Introduction Inserting doors evenly spaced between grid lines Inserting Doors and Windows Evenly on a Wall You can insert multiple doors and windows evenly on a wall. The following options can be set during insertion: Fixed Number of Openings or Fixed Distance between Openings ■ Inserting a fixed number of doors or windows on a selected wall ■ Inserting a variable number of doors or windows at a specified distance on a selected wall Insertion an a Wall Segment or the Whole Wall You can select if doors or windows are inserted along a wall segment (between intersecting walls) or along the whole wall. Productivity Tools for Grids and Walls | 7 Inserting multiple doors evenly on a wall segment Inserting multiple doors evenly on the full wall Insertion on Wall Inside Edge or Outside Edge You can select whether the doors or windows should be distributed evenly along the wall outside or wall inside: Distributing doors evenly on n the wall inside Distributing doors evenly on the wall outside Renovation The Renovation feature provides an efficient method of easily identifying objects and associating them with different phases of a renovation project. With the renovation feature you can, in one drawing, display existing, demolished, and new construction. By working within a single drawing and switching between renovation plan types, you avoid errors typically caused by editing multiple drawings. For more information, see Renovation on page 565. 8 | Chapter 1 New Features and Introduction When you begin the Renovation mode in a drawing, existing objects are assigned to the existing category. If you delete objects, the objects are assigned to the demo category. For example, moving a door creates both a new and a demo door along with the corresponding wall openings. Display Style and Design Rules In the Renovation display configuration, objects display according to their display representation. The Existing, Demolished, and New object categories are specified within this display configuration and can be viewed in plan, section, and elevation displays. Interactions Between Building Objects Building objects are automatically categorized as Existing, Demolition, or New, and objects interact based on their category. For example, objects categorized as Existing and New interact with each other, but objects categorized as Demolition and New objects do not. Therefore, if you have walls that are categorized as Demolition and walls that are categorized as New, and you want to have them intersect, you can modify them manually. Renovation | 9 Wall Enhancements A number of enhancements have been made for the Walls feature. Intelligent Wall Cleanup The intelligent wall cleanup feature allows you quickly and easily clean up wall intersection conditions for 2, 3, and multiple wall segments. Select the wall segments and apply a cleanup condition. In general, when you select a boundary, a T-cleanup condition will result. If no boundary is selected, an L-cleanup condition will result. For more information, see Working with Intelligent Cleanup on page 1310. Intelligent wall cleanup feature checks for intersecting wall justification lines to aid in proper wall cleanup. Use intelligent cleanup to create an L joint with 2 wall segments. 10 | Chapter 1 New Features and Introduction Use intelligent cleanup to create a T joint with 2 wall segments. Using Edit in Place for Wall Cleanup The Edit-in-place feature ets you create wall connections as they are in real life, and avoid the need for extra detailing of wall connections. For individual Wall Enhancements | 11 wall components, you can add or remove vertices, show or hide shared edges, trim or extend components and fillet or chamfer components. 12 | Chapter 1 New Features and Introduction Geometric Constraints You can apply dimensional and geometrical constraints to AEC objects when you are working in a 2D plan view. AEC object constraints are enhanced versions of the AutoCAD constraints, providing you with additional functionality in the interaction between AEC objects. In general, AEC object constraints support initial object entity selection rather than point selection. For more information, see AEC Object Constraints on page 1134. The following AEC objects support constraints: ■ Walls ■ Column Grids ■ Columns ■ Beams ■ Curtain Walls ■ Mass Elements ■ Multi-view blocks Geometric Constraints | 13 Examples of the use of constraints for AEC objects include constraining exterior walls to a column grid using Fix and Horizontal constraints, aligning the centerline of a curtain wall with a column grid using the Align constraint, and anchoring 2 column grids together with the Coincident constraint. When you select one of the AEC objects that support constraints, the Parametric panel on the ribbon displays its available constraints. Parametric panel 14 | Chapter 1 New Features and Introduction A Quick Start for Transitioning from AutoCAD to AutoCAD Architecture If you have previously accomplished your architectural tasks with AutoCAD and want to transition to AutoCAD Architecture, you will find that using tools specifically designed for architects provides additional productivity and benefits over the AutoCAD drafting methods you used before. The help system is designed to simplify the transition from AutoCAD to AutoCAD Architecture. These help components will assist new users with previous AutoCAD experience to easily segue into working with AutoCAD Architecture: ■ User Interface Overview An interactive method for exploring the AutoCAD Architecture user interface. Available from the Welcome screen and the Help drop-down menu. ■ Where is My Command? A tool that lists commands by their previous menu location in AutoCAD Architecture and displays their current location on the ribbon. Available from the Help drop-down menu. ■ Getting Started Videos Short movies about frequently used tasks in AutoCAD Architecture. Available from the Welcome screen and the Learning Resources page. ■ Learning Resources A page with links to resources for different levels of expertise. Available from the Welcome screen and the Help drop-down menu. ■ New Features Workshop An overview of the new features in AutoCAD Architecture. Available from the Welcome screen, Help drop-down menu, and the main Help page. ■ User Interface Tour A short, introductory video about the AutoCAD Architecture user interface. Available from http://www.autodesk.com/autocadarchitecture-uivideo. The Welcome screen provides centralized access to some of these components and displays when you open the application. A Quick Start for Transitioning from AutoCAD to AutoCAD Architecture | 15 Welcome Screen This overview of tasks and how to accomplish them in AutoCAD Architecture can help you get an easy start. For additional information about the task, open the Help topic or watch one of the Getting Started videos. NOTE The software locations for tools, palettes, and catalogs listed below are the default locations for a standard US install. Customized installations, as well as localized versions may vary in the tools they supply and the structure of the tool palettes. How do I… with AutoCAD tools with Ribbon Location AutoCAD Architecture tools Work with Conceptual Massing? 16 | Chapter 1 New Features and Introduction More Information How do I… with AutoCAD tools with Ribbon Location AutoCAD Architecture tools More Information Design Massing Studies? Solids Mass Elements and Mass Groups Home tab ➤ Build pan- ■ Online Help: Mass Elements and Mass Groups on page 989 Spaces Home tab ➤ Build pan- ■ Online Help: Space Types on page 2881 el ➤ Box drop-down Create a Space Layout and Colored Plans? Create Space Plans? Polyline and Hatch el ➤ Space drop-down A Quick Start for Transitioning from AutoCAD to AutoCAD Architecture | 17 How do I… with AutoCAD tools with Ribbon Location AutoCAD Architecture tools More Information Create Color Fill Plans? Hatching and Polylines Display Themes and Spaces View tab ➤ Appearance ■ Online Help: Process Overview: Creating Display Themes on page 3847 Draw Walls? Linework or Multilines Walls Home tab ➤ Build pan- ■ Online Help: Walls on page 1145 Draw Doors? Blocks or Dynamic Blocks Doors ■ Online Help: Doors on page 1855 Blocks or Dynamic Blocks Windows ■ Online Help: Windows on page 1941 panel ➤ drop-down ➤ Themes Create Floor Plans? Draw Windows? el ➤ Wall drop-down ➤ Wall Home tab ➤ Build panel ➤ Door dropdown ➤ Door Home tab ➤ Build panel ➤ Window 18 | Chapter 1 New Features and Introduction How do I… with AutoCAD tools with Ribbon Location AutoCAD Architecture tools More Information Draw Stairs? Linework Stairs ■ Online Help: Stairs on page 2073 Draw Railings? Linework Railings ■ Online Help: Railings on page 2279 Draw Curtain Walls? Linework ■ Online Help: Curtain Walls on page 1401 ■ Online Help: Multi-View Blocks on page 2855 Home tab ➤ Build panel ➤ Stair drop-down ➤ Stair Home tab ➤ Build panel ➤ Stair dropdown ➤ Railing Curtain Walls Home tab ➤ Build pan- MultiView Blocks Insert tab ➤ Block pan- el ➤ Wall dropdown ➤ Curtain Wall Add Furniture and Fixtures? Place Furniture, Fixtures, and Equipment? Blocks or Dynamic Blocks el ➤ Multi-View Block Create Annotation A Quick Start for Transitioning from AutoCAD to AutoCAD Architecture | 19 How do I… with AutoCAD tools with Ribbon Location AutoCAD Architecture tools More Information Dimension Drawings? Dimensions AEC Dimensions Annotate tab ➤ Dimensions ■ Online Help: AEC Dimensions on page 3349 Add Schedule Tags? Blocks Tag Tools Annotate tab ➤ Scheduling panel ■ Online Help: Adding Tags Using Schedule Tag Tools on page 3718 and Scheduling? panel ➤ AEC Dimension drop-down 20 | Chapter 1 New Features and Introduction How do I… with AutoCAD tools with Ribbon Location AutoCAD Architecture tools More Information Extract Schedules from Designs? Tables Schedules Annotate tab ➤ Scheduling panel ■ Online Help: Managing Schedule Tables on page 3728 Modify Block Properties for Scheduling Data? Attributes Property Set Definitions Schedule Table tab ➤ Gener- ■ Online Help: Property Set Definitions on page 3785 Create Enlarged Plans? Xclip Callouts and Project Navigator Annotate tab ➤ Callouts ■ Online Help: Working with Callouts on page 3649 al panel ➤ Edit Style dropdown ➤ Property Set Definitions panel ➤ ➤ Detail Boundary drop-down A Quick Start for Transitioning from AutoCAD to AutoCAD Architecture | 21 How do I… with AutoCAD tools with Ribbon Location AutoCAD Architecture tools More Information Extract Building Sections? Linework Sections Annotate tab ➤ Callouts ■ Online Help: Placing Section Callouts on page 3671 Extract Elevations? Linework Elevations Annotate tab ➤ Callouts ■ Online Help: Placing Elevation Callouts on page 3679 Mark up drawing revisions? REVCLOUD command Revision Co luds Home tab ➤ Annotation ■ Online Help: AEC Content in the Content Browser on page 3871 Linework Detail Com- Home tab ➤ Details pan- ■ Online Help: Detail Components on page 3489 panel ➤ Section drop-down panel ➤ Elevation dropdown panel ➤ Revision dropdown ➤ Revision Add Details and Keynotes? Create Details? el ➤ Detail Components 22 | Chapter 1 New Features and Introduction How do I… with AutoCAD tools with Ribbon Location AutoCAD Architecture tools More Information ponents Annotate Details? Leaders Keynoting Home tab ➤ Annotation Create Presentation Graphics? Visual Styles Visual Styles Find and Manage Content? Windows® Explorer and Desg i nCenter Content Browser ■ Online Help: Keynoting Tools on page 3570 Floating View panel ➤ Visual Styles ■ Online Help: “Use a Visual Style to Display Your Model” in the AutoCAD Help Home tab ➤ Build pan- ■ Online Help: Content Browser Overview on page 137 panel ➤ Keynote drop-down Work in a Project? el ➤ Tools dropdown ➤ Content Browser A Quick Start for Transitioning from AutoCAD to AutoCAD Architecture | 23 How do I… with AutoCAD tools with Ribbon Location AutoCAD Architecture tools More Information Manage Layers? Layer Properties Manager Layer Manager, Layer Key Styles, Layer Standards ■ Online Help: Managing Drawing Layers on page 706 ■ Online Help: Working with Layer Keys on page 745 ■ Online Help: Creating and Editing Layer Standards on page 760 Sheet Set Manager Project Navigator ■ Online Help: A Short Overview of Drawing Management Manage Project Drawings? Home tab ➤ Layers panel ➤ Layer Properties Quick Access Toolbar ➤ 24 | Chapter 1 New Features and Introduction Autodesk Training Programs and Products Autodesk Authorized Training Centers Autodesk Official Training Courseware Autodesk Certification e-Learning Contacting Autodesk Autodesk, Inc. 111 McInnis Parkway San Rafael, CA 94903 USA Phone: 415-507-5000 Website: http://www.autodesk.com Sales Information To purchase additional Autodesk software, contact your local reseller. For the name of the authorized reseller nearest you, call 1-800-964-6432 or access the Resellers and Training Centers website, http://www.autodesk.com/resellers/. Technical Support If you have technical questions about the products, you should contact your local reseller or check the frequently asked questions (Technical Solutions & FAQS) section and Discussion Groups on the website for AutoCAD Architecture at http://www.autodesk.com/support. News groups are another good source of information. You can look through the questions that have already been posted, or you can post your own questions. Autodesk Training Programs and Products | 25 Feedback Please let us know what you think! Whether you have a suggestion for product enhancement, a compliment, or a complaint, or if you think you have found a bug, we would like to know about it. To make comments and find additional information, visit our website at http://www.autodesk.com/contact. 26 | Chapter 1 New Features and Introduction The Workspace 2 The AutoCAD Architecture workspace is a highly customizable graphical user interface designed to accommodate the various workflows and work styles of architectural professionals. The topics in this section provide an overview of the available workspace components and describe how to access and configure them to meet your needs. For detailed instructions on using workspace components to create and edit architectural objects, refer to the relevant object-specific topics in Help (Walls, Doors, Windows, and so on). Changes to the Workspace The workspace has been redesigned to make it easier and faster for you to find and use the tools and commands you need for the task at hand. This new user interface is described in detail in the following sections, but here are the highlights: The Ribbon Similarly to Microsoft Office, AutoCAD Architecture 2011 now uses the ribbon as the central access point for commands. The ribbon contains a number of tabs on which commands are grouped according to conceptual task types or selected objects. The ribbon replaces the menu bar and the toolbars as the primary command access point. 27 The Application Menu The application menu contains basic commands pertaining to the drawing as a whole, such as Open, Save, Print, and Export. Like the menu browser it replaces, the application menu is accessed by clicking corner of the workspace. in the upper-left Workspaces AutoCAD Architecture is equipped with one single default workspace (Architecture). The menus and commands associated with the previously provided workspaces (Design, Document, Detailing, and Visualization) can now be accessed from the tabs of the ribbon. NOTE The tool palette groups associated with the previous default workspaces are still available from the context menu of the tool palettes set. 28 | Chapter 2 The Workspace Drawing Status Bar Menu The drawing status bar menu has been removed from AutoCAD Architecture 2011. Commands formerly found there can now be accessed from the application menu. Commands on the old menu Help Access With the removal of the menu bars, the commands to access Help features have been moved into the InfoCenter at the top right of the application window. Here, you can find the online resources of InfoCenter and the Help menu, which lets you access Help, Tutorials, and other interactive resources. Toolbars Toolbars have been removed from AutoCAD Architecture. Commands formerly found on toolbars can now be accessed from the ribbon. Autodesk Seek You can use Autodesk Seek to find product design information. Many content providers, both corporate partners and individual contributors, publish to Autodesk Seek. Content includes 3D models, 2D drawings, specifications, brochures, and other descriptions of products or components. Changes to the Workspace | 29 Import design content into AutoCAD Architecture You can also share your own content with others using Autodesk Seek. Upload drawings or blocks to Autodesk Seek to give your partners and customers ready access to your content. For more information, see “Use Autodesk Seek to Add and Share Drawings” in the AutoCAD Help. The Workspace Concept In AutoCAD Architecture, a workspace is the basic user interface that includes those controls, commands, and palettes you need for your architectural process. When you first start AutoCAD Architecture, the default Architecture workspace is displayed. You can reconfigure the workspace according to your preferences as you work. You can move or hide various components as needed, display additional ribbon controls, or add new tools and tool palettes. If desired, you can save your customizations as a new workspace that you can access for later drawing sessions. You can also switch from one workspace to another at any time. For more information, see “Create Task-Based Workspaces” in the AutoCAD Help. 30 | Chapter 2 The Workspace Default configuration of the Architecture workspace Workspace Components The workspace consists of a drawing window with ribbon, tool palettes, and other controls that you use to set up an architectural project, create your design, and generate construction documents. In the following sections, each component of the workspace is described in detail. Components can be turned off and on for different workspaces, depending on your requirements. For an interactive guide to the user interface, click the Help button in the InfoCenter on the top right of the application window, and click User Interface Overview. Workspace Components | 31 The Ribbon The ribbon is the central location for accessing commands in AutoCAD Architecture. The ribbon is organized into tabs that reflect common tasks in the drawing process. There are 2 types of tabs: ■ Static tabs are available regardless of which objects are selected in the drawing area. The commands on these tabs were previously located on the menus and toolbars. Static Home tab ■ Contextual tabs display depending on the object selected in the drawing area. When you select a door, a contextual tab for doors is displayed. The commands on the contextual tabs reflect the commands on the context menu of an object. Contextual tab for door objects 32 | Chapter 2 The Workspace Displaying the Ribbon To display the ribbon if it is not displayed in your workspace, or has been closed, enter ribbon on the command line. You can use the button at the right of the tab names to modify the appearance of the ribbon as follows: ■ To display only the panel titles of the ribbon tabs, click Panel Titles) at the top right of the ribbon. ■ To display only the tab names as titles, click ■ To redisplay the full ribbon, click (Minimize to again (Minimize to Tabs). a third time (Show Full Ribbon). Using the Ribbon To start a command from the ribbon 1 If the ribbon is not displayed by default, enter ribbon on the command line. 2 Click the desired tab. 3 Move the cursor over the commands on the tab as needed to view tooltips describing the commands. 4 Click a command. The Ribbon | 33 Some ribbon commands are grouped under a drop-down menu. You can access them by clicking the arrow next to the command. Some panels have an expansion arrow to indicate that the panel can be expanded. The expanded part typically contains commands that are less frequently used. 34 | Chapter 2 The Workspace 5 The expanded panel is displayed when you click the arrow the expanded part of the panel onscreen, click . To pin . To tear off a panel from a static ribbon tab 6 If you want a panel from a static tab to remain in your workspace when you switch to another tab, you can tear the panel off its tab and use it as a floating palette. To do so, move the cursor over the title bar of the panel, and then drag the panel off the ribbon and into the drawing area. To return a floating panel to the ribbon 7 Move the cursor over the floating panel, and click Return Panels to Ribbon. To hide and display tabs and panels 8 To hide tabs and panels or display a particular tab or panel, right-click anywhere on the ribbon and click Tabs or Panels (Show Tabs or Show Panels if you right-click on an empty area of the ribbon), and click the tab or panel name to deselect or select it. A check mark displays beside the tab or panel name if it is selected. The Ribbon | 35 Locating Commands in the Workspace The ribbon is intuitive and task-related, and the transition from menus and toolbars to the new user interface will in most cases be quick and easy. However, it is a new design, and the following tips might help you make a more seamless transition. Where is My Command? Tool The Where is My Command? tool is a help file that lists commands by their previous menu location and displays their current location on the ribbon. 36 | Chapter 2 The Workspace You can access the Where is My Command? tool from the Help menu ➤ Where is My Command, or from the landing page of the online Help. Searching the Home Tab The Home tab contains the most frequently used commands within the software. Basic object and drawing tools can be found here, as well as frequently used utilities like modification tools, layers and basic annotation. Use the Home tab as your starting point in a new drawing. Finding Commands with the Application Menu The application menu has a Search mode, where you can enter a command name or part of it, and see a list of locations in the user interface where the command can be accessed. For more information, see Using the Application Menu to Locate Commands on page 45. The Ribbon | 37 Searching by Context Commands that refer to a selected object can be found on the contextual tab of that object. Door contextual tab The command layout of the contextual tab of an object is in most cases based on the structure of commands on the context menu of the object. Door context menu For example, on the context menu of a door you can find the Add Selected command. On the contextual Door tab, you can find the Add Selected command on the General panel. Finding More Information about the Ribbon Use the following resources to find out more about the ribbon. Click Help menu ➤ Learning Resources, and choose from these items: ■ User Interface Overview (interactive) 38 | Chapter 2 The Workspace ■ Tutorials To access the Where is My Command? tool, click Help menu ➤ Where is My Command? The Static Ribbon Tabs The workspace comprises a set of static tabs that are optimized for architectural tasks. The default Architecture workspace for the US version of AutoCAD Architecture 2011 includes the following static tabs on the ribbon: The Home Tab The Home tab contains the most frequently used commands within the software. Basic object and drawing tools can be found here, as well as frequently used utilities like modification tools, layers, and basic annotation. ■ Build. Contains the basic commands for adding the most commonly used objects, like walls, doors, and mass elements, as well as commands for opening the Tool palettes on page 78, The Properties Palette on page 115, and the Content Browser on page 137. ■ Draw. Contains common linework tools, like lines, polylines, and rectangles, as well as hatch and boundary tools and AEC Polygons on page 1811. ■ Modify. Contains commands for manipulating objects and linework in a drawing. In addition to standard commands like Move, Rotate, Erase, Offset, Mirror, Scale, Array, Explode, Join, there is also a command for converting AEC objects to mass elements on page 1026 and converting mass elements to 3D Solids on page 1025. ■ Layers. Contains commands that you need to work with layers. You can open the Layer Manager on page 706 and the Layer States Manager on page 735 from here. ■ Annotation. Contains basic commands for inserting text, leaders, and dimensions. For a larger selection of annotation commands, see the Annotate tab on page 41. The Ribbon | 39 ■ Inquiry. Contains commands for measuring distance and areas, and the AutoCAD list command. Furthermore, you can find commands for evaluating architectural spaces on page 3140. ■ Section and Elevation. Contains commands for generating sections on page 3213 and elevations on page 3283 of your plan or model. To create sections and elevations with Callouts on page 3649, see the Callouts panel on the Annotate tab on page 41. ■ Details. Accesses Detail Component Manager on page 3511 from which you can insert detail components directly into drawings or onto tool palettes. Floating View Panel The floating View panel offers access to the commands for views, visual styles, and the Zoom and Pan tools. This panel is not docked to the ribbon by default, and you can access it independently of the current ribbon tab. You can dock the floating View panel to the Home tab, if desired. The Insert Tab The Insert tab lets you work with references, multi-view blocks, blocks, attributes, and content from external sources like Content Browser and Autodesk Seek. ■ Reference. Contains commands for working with external references (xrefs), DWF/DWFx files, DGN underlays, and raster images. ■ Block. Contains commands for inserting and editing blocks and multi-view blocks on page 2869. ■ Attributes. Contains commands for creating and editing attributes. ■ Import. Contains commands for importing WMF, ACIS, 3D Studio Max, DGN, and LandXML files. 40 | Chapter 2 The Workspace ■ Content. Contains commands for inserting content from Content Browser on page 137, from DesignCenter, or from Autodesk Inventor into your drawing. ■ Seek. Lets you search online for prefabricated design content. For more information about Seek, see “Use Autodesk Seek to Share Drawings” in the AutoCAD Help. The Annotate Tab The Annotate tab contains commands that help you to mark up your drawing files. ■ Tools. Accesses the Document tool palettes set. ■ Text. Contains all commands for text and text styles and accesses the Fields editor. ■ Dimensions. Contains commands for inserting and editing both AEC on page 3349 and AutoCAD dimensions. ■ Scheduling. Contains commands for inserting schedule tables on page 3709 for basic objects, creating and inserting schedule tags on page 3716, and running a space evaluation on page 3140. Additionally, you can create schedule table styles on page 3731, and renumber property set data on page 3727. ■ Callouts. Contains commands for placing title marks on page 3664, sections on page 3671, elevations on page 3679, and detail views on page 3665. ■ Keynoting. Contains commands for adding sheet and reference keynotes on page 3570, keynote legends on page 3579, opening the keynote editor on page 3593, and selecting a keynote database on page 3596. ■ Markup. Accesses commands for marking up a drawing for review. You can add revision clouds on page 3622, mask blocks on page 2831, wipeouts, open the Markup Set Manager, and load a markup DWF. ■ Annotation Scaling. Commands here let you add the current scale to objects, display and edit the scale list, and add and delete scales for annotative objects. The Ribbon | 41 The Render Tab The Render tab contains all commands you need to work with rendering, materials, lights, cameras, and animations. ■ Render. Contains commands for rendering a model or a region of it, defining render settings, generating a render output file, and opening the Advanced Render settings palette. ■ Materials. Here, you can open the Materials palette, activate and deactivate materials and textures, and set the material mapping. ■ Sun and Location. Here you can set parameters for natural sunlight. ■ Lights. Contains commands for setting spotlights and shadows, selecting international lighting units, and enabling photometric lighting. ■ Camera. Contains commands for creating and adjusting camera views. ■ Animations. Contains commands for creating a WMV animation, as well as a model walk-through and fly-through. The View Tab The View tab is the central location for defining and changing views and navigating the drawing. NOTE The View tab contains a number of commands also found on the application status bar. ■ Navigate. Contains the ViewCube on page 75 and SteeringWheels on page 76, as well as the Pan, Zoom, and Orbit commands. ■ Appearance. Here, you can select predefined views, create new views, open View Manager, select a visual style, open the Visual Styles Manager, and define Walk and Fly settings. You can access predefined display themes 42 | Chapter 2 The Workspace on page 3847. You can also adjust clip planes and access the Regenerate commands. ■ Coordinates. Contains commands relevant to the World Coordinate System (WCS) or User Coordinate System (UCS). ■ Viewports. Here you can switch between different viewport configurations, create new viewports, and clip and join viewports. ■ Face Effects. Contains commands for defining object settings, including shading, color, face lighting, and x-ray. ■ Edge Effects. Contains command for defining edge settings, including facet edges, isolines, edge overhang, jitter, and silhouette. You can also define the color of obscured edges and edge intersections here. ■ Windows. Contains most of the commands that were on the Window menu in previous versions. Here you can switch between open drawings, arrange open windows onscreen, lock the workspace windows, display and hide the drawing window status bar on page 52, turn items on the drawing window status bar on an off, and display the text window. The Manage Tab On the Manage tab, you can find features for advanced users and CAD managers. ■ Action Recorder. Contains commands for recording and playing action macros. ■ CAD Standards. Contains commands for configuring AutoCAD standards, check your drawing for standards violations, and start Layer Translator. ■ Project Standards. Contains commands associated with project standards on page 585 for an AEC project. You can configure project standards, synchronize the project with its standards, synchronize standards with each other, and audit projects and drawings. ■ Style and Display. Accesses the Style Manager on page 856, the Display Manager on page 777, the AEC Dimension Style Wizard on page 3416, the The Ribbon | 43 structural member catalog on page 2505, and the structural member wizard on page 2510. You can also define and insert profiles on page 2817. ■ Applications. Contains commands for loading extra applications, like ARX, LSP, or VB applications, and running user-defined scripts and VBA macros. Also accesses the VBA Manager and the Visual Basic and Visual Lisp editors here. ■ Customization. Accesses the User Interface Editor (CUI) and the Tool palettes on page 78. The Application Menu The application menu contains commands that are relevant for the drawing as a whole. The application menu contains commands for the following file operations: ■ Create new drawings and projects ■ Open drawing files, project files, DGN files, and IFC files 44 | Chapter 2 The Workspace ■ Save drawings to the current file format, to AutoCAD 2007 file format, as DWT file, or as DWS file ■ Export files to DGN, DWF, PDF, IFC, gBXML, and DuctXML formats, and previous versions of AutoCAD ■ Plot drawings ■ Publish drawings to Map Guide, DWF, PDF, Seek, and eTransmit ■ Access drawing setup and drawing utilities ■ Access the program options ■ Close drawings and projects ■ Exit AutoCAD Architecture Accessing the Application Menu To access the application menu, click workspace. at the upper-left corner of the The application menu remains open as long as the cursor is located inside the application menu window. To close the application menu, either activate a menu command, or click outside of the application menu window. Using the Application Menu to Locate Commands In the application menu, you can search for a command and then select it from the list of matches. Search results are retrieved from the following locations: ■ Application menu ■ Static ribbon tabs ■ Any contextual tab currently on display ■ Quick Access toolbar The Application Menu | 45 You can enter the following strings to search for: ■ Display name of the command in application menu, ribbon or Quick Access toolbar. For example, you can enter “Style Manager” or “Plot Preview.” ■ Part of the display name: If you are not sure what the exact name is you can enter a part of the name, for example “Style” or “Save.” This will retrieve all commands that contain that string. ■ Actual command name: You can enter the name of a command as it would be typed on the command line, for example “aecstylemanager” or “dist.” This will retrieve all locations where this command can be found. IMPORTANT When searching for AutoCAD Architecture commands, you must add the Aec prefix (for example, aecwalladd instead of walladd) to the command. In addition to instances of the search string, the results include the contents of the associated tooltip and any search tags you have defined in the Customize User Interface editor (CUI). For information about search tags, see “Assign Search Tags” in the AutoCAD Help. 1 At the upper-left corner of the workspace, click the application menu. to open 2 In the text entry box at the top of the menu, enter the desired search term. A list of matches replaces the regular application menu display. 46 | Chapter 2 The Workspace 3 To select one of the found commands, click it. 4 To return to the regular application menu display, click right side of the text entry box. at the Displaying Recently Opened Documents in the Application Menu The application menu lets you display a list of recently opened documents according to preferences you specify. 1 Click to open the application menu. 2 At the top of the menu, click Recent Documents . 3 At the top of the menu, under Recent Documents, specify how you want documents grouped: ■ By access date The Application Menu | 47 ■ By Size ■ By Type (DWG, APJ, and DGN) ■ By Ordered List (alphabetical order) 4 At the top right of the list of documents, click to specify whether to display file type icons or preview images next to the document names. 5 If you want to keep a document in the list, regardless of its last-saved date, click its pushpin to change the image from to . The document will remain in the list until you unpin it. Displaying Currently Open Documents in the Application Menu The application menu lets you display currently open documents. 1 Click to open the application menu. 2 At the top of the menu, click Open documents . 3 At the top right of the list of documents, click to specify whether to display file type icons or preview images next to the document names. Changing the Number of Recent Files and Actions in the Application Menu Use this procedure to change the default number (9) of recent documents displayed in the application menu: 48 | Chapter 2 The Workspace 1 Click to open the application menu. 2 At the bottom of the application menu, click Options. 3 On the Open and Save tab of the Options dialog, under Application Menu, change the value for Number of recently-used files. 4 Click OK. The Quick Access Toolbar The Quick Access toolbar is a customizable toolbar located at the top of the application window, just to the right of the application menu button. By default, this toolbar contains a set of frequently used commands for the application. You can add and remove commands as needed. To add a command from the ribbon 1 On the ribbon, locate the command you want to add. 2 Right-click the command, and click Add to Quick Access Toolbar. NOTE Not all commands can be added to the Quick Access Toolbar. If a command is ineligible, the Add to Quick Access Toolbar command is not visible in the context menu. To add other commands to the Quick Access Toolbar 3 On the Quick Access Toolbar, click the down arrow at the right end of the toolbar, and select More Commands. 4 In the Customize User Interface Editor, select the command you want to add and drag it onto the Quick Access toolbar. To remove a command from the Quick Access toolbar ➤ Select the command on the Quick Access Toolbar, right-click, and click Remove from Quick Access Toolbar. The Quick Access Toolbar | 49 Context Menus When you right-click in the drawing area, the content of the context menu depends on the currently selected object(s). For example, if one or more door objects are selected, a door-specific context menu is displayed as shown. Door context menu Most commands that can be found on the context menu of an object exist in the contextual ribbon tab of the object, too. If more than one type of object is selected, the context menu includes only those commands that can be applied to all the selected objects. Likewise, the ribbon displays a Multiple Objects contextual tab that contains only the applicable commands. If no objects are selected, the general context menu is displayed as shown below. This menu contains non-object-specific commands. 50 | Chapter 2 The Workspace General drawing context menu Tool Palettes Tool palettes provide the main method for accessing tools to create objects in your model. You can have tools for standard objects as well as for objects with specific styles and properties. Tool palettes are organized by tool palette groups in a tool palettes set. You can create your own tool palettes, or you can copy existing tool palettes from the Content Browser. Design tool palette with tools for standard design objects For more information, see Working with Tool Palettes on page 78. Tool Palettes | 51 Properties Palette The Properties palette provides a central location to view and modify both the physical and graphical properties of an object. The object can be one you are about to draw, or one that is already selected in the drawing area. Using the Extended Data tab of the Properties palette, you can also attach other kinds of information to an object, such as classifications, notes, reference documents, hyperlinks, and property set data. You typically keep the Properties palette open during an AutoCAD Architecture session. Properties Palette for a standard wall object For more information, see The Properties Palette on page 115. Drawing Status Bar Located at the bottom of the drawing area, the drawing status bar displays status information about the current drawing and provides access to commands that can be applied to the drawing. 52 | Chapter 2 The Workspace The drawing status bar contains the following information and controls: ■ Project Information: If the drawing is part of an AutoCAD Architecture project, this information includes the name of the project and the type of file, (such as View or Construct). For more information, see Drawing Management on page 289. ■ Annotation Scale: To change the annotation scale for the current viewport, click the current value, and select a new one from the list. Changing the scale may also change the Level of Detail setting described below. ■ Annotation Visibility: Click to show annotative objects for all scales. Click to automatically add scales to annotative objects when the annotation scale changes. ■ Level of Detail: Shows the current display configuration of the active viewport and provides a drop-down list from which you can select another configuration. ■ Cut Plane: Identifies the global cut plane height for the active display configuration and provides access to a dialog that lets you adjust the setting. For more information, see Global Cut Planes on page 536. Drawing Status Bar | 53 ■ (Surface Hatch Toggle): Lets you switch the display of surface hatching on or off. For more information, see Working with Surface Hatches on page 890. ■ (Layer Key Overrides): Lets you switch layer key overrides on or off in the Layer Key Overrides dialog. For more information, see Layer Key Overrides on page 757. ■ (Isolate Objects): Lets you hide or display objects you have selected in the drawing. For more information, see Editing Objects in Temporary Views on page 1121. ■ (AEC Project Standards): When a project is loaded, click here to synchronize or configure standards for the current project. For more information, see Project Standards on page 585. ■ (Autodesk Trusted DWG): This icon indicates that you have opened a DWG, DWT, or DWS file that is created using Autodesk applications or RealDWG™-based applications. ■ (Manage Xrefs): Click to open the External References palette, where you can reload xrefs that are associated with your current drawing. ■ Missing Standards File(s): When applicable, this warning indicates that standards files are missing in the current drawing; you can then check settings for the standards and configure them as necessary. For more information, see Configuring Project Standards on page 595. ■ Drawing Status Bar Menu: A drop-down list of the settings and commands available for display on the drawing status bar. 54 | Chapter 2 The Workspace Showing and Hiding Commands on the Drawing Status Bar You can specify which features on the drawing status bar menu are shown or hidden as needed. 1 at the right end of the drawing status bar, click the drawing status bar menu arrow. 2 Select commands you want show, and clear commands you want to hide. Showing and Hiding the Drawing Status Bar The drawing status bar can be turned on and off from the ribbon or from the application status bar on page 56. Turning the drawing status bar off will increase the size of the drawing area. To show and hide the drawing status bar, click View tab ➤ Windows panel ➤ Drawing Status Bar. Command Line You can directly enter commands using the command line window located immediately below the drawing status bar. To hide and display the command line window, click View tab ➤ Windows panel ➤ Command Line. If you want to hide the command line window except for its title bar when you are not using it, click on the title bar of the command line window. Moving the cursor over the title bar will redisplay the command line window. Command Line | 55 Application Status Bar The application status bar contains settings for the current drawing session. Some settings, such as options for different elevations, only display if you are working within a project. The group of commands on the left side of the application status bar can be displayed as icons or text labels. Commands displayed as icons Commands displayed as text labels To change the display of these commands right-click any of them, and select Use Icons. To activate or deactivate any of the commands in this group, click the icon or label. Blue indicates an active control; gray indicates an inactive control. To change the settings for one of these commands, right-click the icon or label, and click Settings. For detailed information about these options, see “Use Precision Tools” in the AutoCAD Help. The following commands and settings are available on the application status bar: ■ Cursor coordinate values: Controls the coordinate format as either relative or absolute. For more information, see “Overview of Coordinate Entry” in the AutoCAD Help. (Snap): Lets you restrict the movement of the cursor to the drawing ■ grid. 56 | Chapter 2 The Workspace ■ (Grid): Lets you display a rectangular grid as a drawing aid. ■ (Ortho): Lets you restrict cursor movement to horizontal and vertical directions when creating and modifying objects. ■ (Polar Tracking): Lets you restrict cursor movement to specified angles. ■ (Object Snap): Lets you restrict movement of the cursor to specified points on objects, such as the midpoint or an intersection point. ■ (Object Snap Tracking): Lets the cursor track along alignment paths based on other object snap points when specifying points in a command. This feature can be used only in conjunction with Object Snap. ■ (Dynamic UCS): Lets you temporarily and automatically align the XY plane of the UCS with a plane on a solid model while creating objects. ■ (Dynamic Input): Lets you enter values for objects directly onscreen near the cursor. Dynamic input can be turned on and off during creating or editing an object in the drawing area. ■ (Lineweight): Lets you turn the lineweight display component on or off for objects in the drawing. In model space, lineweights are displayed in pixels and do not change when zoomed in or out. Displaying the lineweight could create some very heavy line display. ■ (Quick Properties): This feature is intended for AutoCAD objects and is turned off in AutoCAD Architecture. ■ (Model Space) or (Paper Space): Switches between layouts. For more information, see “Work with Model Space and Paper Space” in the AutoCAD Help. ■ (Quick View Layouts): Lets you preview model space and all layouts in a drawing as a horizontal row of images. Click on a preview image to display the layout. For more information, see Quick View Tools on page Application Status Bar | 57 73 and “Navigate within a Drawing (Model Space and Layouts)” in the AutoCAD Help. ■ (Quick View Drawings): Lets you preview all currently open drawings with their model space and layouts. Click on the preview image to display the drawing or layout. For more information, see Quick View Tools on page 73 and “Navigate Between Open Drawings” in the AutoCAD Help. ■ (ShowMotion): Provides an onscreen display that can be used to create, select, and play back cinematic camera animations called shots. These animations can be used for presentation purposes or for navigation. For more information, see “ShowMotion” in the AutoCAD Help. ■ (Pan): Lets you drag the view to reposition it within the drawing area ■ (Zoom): Lets you increase or decrease the apparent size of objects in the drawing area ■ (SteeringWheel): Lets you display a tracking menu containing different navigation tools. For more information, see “Navigate with SteeringWheels” in the AutoCAD Help. ■ (Workspaces): Lets you switch between workspaces. For more information, see The Workspace Concept on page 30. ■ (Toolbar/Window Positions): Lets you switch between docked windows and toolbars and floating windows and toolbars. ■ Elevation: Lets you define the elevation of the construct relative to the level you have selected. This button opens the Elevation Offset worksheet where you enter or pick the elevation offset. ■ (Replace Z value with current elevation): Can be switched on or off, replacing the existing Z value with the current elevation. ■ (Clean Screen): Click to switch between the standard screen and a full screen. In full-screen mode, all toolbars and palettes (except the tool palettes) are hidden. Hidden palettes retain their current state. 58 | Chapter 2 The Workspace Showing and Hiding Commands on the Application Status Bar You can show or hide individual commands on the application status bar menu. 1 At the right end of the application status bar, click the application status bar menu arrow. 2 Select commands as desired. NOTE Alternatively, you can click View tab ➤ Windows panel ➤ Status Bar to access these commands. Project Navigator Palette The Project Navigator palette is the central location to create, modify, and access AutoCAD Architecture project files. You typically have the Project Navigator palette open in the workspace while you work on a project. For more information, see Drawing Management on page 289. Project Navigator Palette | 59 Project Navigator palette Finding Information in AutoCAD Architecture In addition to online help and tutorials, AutoCAD Architecture provides various ways to quickly access the information you need to be successful with new and existing features. Review the sections below to learn how you can get help quickly and with minimal disruption of your workflow. InfoCenter Toolbar InfoCenter is a central location where you can search for product-related help and other information sources. You can search for information through keywords (or by typing a phrase), display the Communication Center panel for product updates and announcements, or display the Favorites panel to access saved topics. When you enter keywords or type a phrase, and then press ENTER or click the Search button, you search multiple Help resources in addition to any files that have been specified in the InfoCenter Settings dialog. The results are displayed as links on a panel. You can click any of these links to display the Help topic, article, or document. 60 | Chapter 2 The Workspace In addition, Communication Center displays Did You Know balloons for selected feature areas. These balloons provide knowledge base information and general instructional messages such as tips. You can click on the arrow icon to expand the balloon to view the detailed information. For detailed information about InfoCenter, see “Find Information Using InfoCenter” in the AutoCAD Help. Help Menu With the removal of the menu bars, the commands to access Help features have been moved into the InfoCenter at the top right of the application window. Here, you can find the Help menu that lets you access Help, Tutorials, and other interactive resources. InfoCenter Toolbar | 61 Communication Center Communication Center is accessed from the InfoCenter toolbar. This resource displays links to information about product updates and product announcements, and may include links to Subscription Center, CAD Manager specified files, and RSS feeds. F1 Context Help For many commands and dialogs you can access a context-related Help topic using one of the following methods: ■ Press F1 while a command is active or a dialog is open. ■ Press F1 while a ribbon tooltip is displayed. ■ Click the Help button in a dialog. Tooltips In addition to interactive tooltips that help you to create and edit objects (see Direct Editing with Grips and Dynamic Dimensions on page 123), AutoCAD Architecture provides tooltips that display information about the command, option, or file over which you pause the cursor. Command Tooltips A short description displays whenever you pause the cursor over a command in any of the following locations: ■ The ribbon ■ The Quick Access toolbar For some commands, an extended tooltip displays after a user-specified time interval. 62 | Chapter 2 The Workspace Standard tooltip for command Extended tooltip for command Controlling the Display of Command Tooltips You can change the display of command tooltips. For extended tooltips you can define a time interval between the display of the basic tooltip and the extended tooltip. 1 Click ➤ Options. 2 Click the Display tab. 3 Under Window Elements, select Show Tooltips. 4 If you want to change the time interval between displaying the basic tooltip and the extended tooltip, select a different value for Number of seconds to delay. If you want to turn off the extended tooltip information completely, deselect Show extended Tooltips. 5 Click OK. Tooltips | 63 Dialog and Palette Tooltips The following dialogs and palettes support extended tooltips: ■ Project Browser dialog ■ Project Navigator palette ■ Drawing Compare palette Object Rollover Tooltips When you pause the cursor over an object in the drawing area, an informational tooltip displays basic information about the object. 64 | Chapter 2 The Workspace Unlike the rollover tooltips provided for AutoCAD objects, such as lines or polylines, this information is standardized and cannot be changed. For information on how to configure rollover tooltips for AutoCAD objects, see “Customize Rollover Tooltips” in the AutoCAD Customization Guide. Property Palette Tooltips The Properties palette displays tooltips when you pause the cursor over a property in the list. Thumbnail (Preview) Tooltips In the Project Navigator, you can display thumbnail previews of project drawings. The preview can be a graphic or a detail, or a combination of both. Displaying thumbnails can be helpful when you are navigating large projects with many drawings. Tooltips | 65 To activate preview tooltips in the Project Navigator 1 On the Quick Access Toolbar, click . 2 In the Project Navigator, open the Constructs, Views, or Sheets tab. 3 Right-click in the toolbar area at the bottom of the tab. 4 Click Tooltip Style, and select one of these options: Use this option… To display Name only the name of the drawing file, maximizing the file tree visibility. Preview only a preview image of the drawing at the size you specify (Small, Medium, or Large). Details only a text description of the file, identifying its location, size, last-saved date, and last editor. Preview & Details both a a text description and a preview image at the size you specify (Small, Medium, or Large). 5 If you want a static display of the preview image or the detailed file description, right-click in the toolbar area again, and click 66 | Chapter 2 The Workspace Preview/Details Pane. Regardless of which tooltip style is selected, this option displays a preview of a selected file in an pane below the file tree. Use the buttons on the pane's title bar to switch between the Preview pane containing the image and the Detail pane containing the text description. Solution Tips The intended interaction among objects in an AutoCAD Architecture drawing depends on various rules about how objects are placed in relation to one another. Whenever the software identifies a problem with the placement of objects or their components, a solution tip icon is displayed to identify the location of the problem, as shown. Move the cursor over the icon to display a message that describes the problem and provides one or more possible solutions. Some solution tips provide Tooltips | 67 complete instructions for resolving the problem. Where more detailed instructions are required, you can press F1 to access the relevant topic in Help. Note that not all object configuration problems have an easily identifiable cause or a specific solution. This is often true in the case of boolean operations where an entity such as a body modifier is added to or subtracted from an object. In these cases, the solution tip identifies the kind of object or component involved and suggests corrective action. You may be advised to modify the location or the geometry of the object, but it is essentially a trial-and-error approach. The messages are tips rather than guaranteed solutions. By default, solution tip icons are displayed when you are drafting, but not during plotting or publishing. You can change these settings in the Options dialog using the following procedure: 1 Click ➤ Options. 2 In the Options dialog, click the AEC Editor tab. 3 In the Solution Tip panel, select or clear Drafting and Plotting/Publishing as desired. Object Grip Tooltips Objects in AutoCAD Architecture have grips you can use to manipulate them. Pause the cursor on a grip to display a tooltip identifying the grip's function. 68 | Chapter 2 The Workspace Door dimension grips Many grip tooltips contain additional information on how to use the grip. Displaying the tooltip for door standard size For more information, see Direct Editing with Grips and Dynamic Dimensions on page 123. Working with Objects in the Workspace The AutoCAD Architecture workspace is where you add and manipulate the architectural objects that make up your drawings. Working with Objects in the Workspace | 69 Adding Objects You add objects to the drawing with tools. Tools generally have preset creation parameters called properties. When you click an object tool to add an object in the drawing, the Properties palette opens, and you can change properties for the new object if desired. If not, you can go ahead and place the object in the drawing. For more information, see Tools on page 93. Adding a wall to the drawing Tools are arranged on tool palettes for easy access. To open the default Design tool palette, click Home tab ➤ Build panel ➤ Tools drop-down ➤ Design Tools . Modifying Objects You can modify an object using any of the following methods: ■ Object-specific (contextual) ribbon tab: When you select an object, an object-specific tab is displayed on the ribbon. For example, when you select 70 | Chapter 2 The Workspace a door, the Door tab displays. The object-specific tab contains commands that apply to the selected object. ■ Properties palette: The Properties palette is one of the central locations for entering and changing information about an object. This palette has categories that group the properties by type. For detailed information, see The Properties Palette on page 115. ■ Matching properties between objects: You can use the Match Properties command to copy the style and display properties of one AEC object and apply them to one or more other objects of the same type. For more information, see Matching Object Properties on page 132. ■ Context menu: Right-click the object to display its available commands. Modifying Objects | 71 Door context menu ■ Direct editing with grips: Commands for modifying an object are accessible from the object’s grips. Click an object in a two-dimensional (2D) or three-dimensional (3D) view to display its grips. For detailed information about object grips, see Direct Editing with Grips and Dynamic Dimensions on page 123. Information about grip-editing is also covered in the individual object topics. 72 | Chapter 2 The Workspace Window grips for direct editing View and Navigation Tools There are various ways to view the model in AutoCAD Architecture. For a complete description, see “Control the Drawing Views” and “Work with Multiple Open Drawings” in the AutoCAD Help. The following topics highlight view and navigation tools in AutoCAD Architecture. Quick View Tools Quick View tools make navigating and selecting drawings and layouts easier. Quick View Layouts This feature lets you preview and easily switch between model space and all layouts in the current drawing. Click (Quick View Layouts) on the application status bar to display a row of thumbnail images above the bar: View and Navigation Tools | 73 Click a thumbnail to navigate to that model space or layout. You can also easily plot or publish with the buttons that display at the top corners of the layout thumbnail when the cursor is on it. For more information, see “Switch Between Layouts in the Current Drawing” in the AutoCAD Help. Quick View Drawings This feature lets you preview and easily switch between model space and layout in all currently open drawings. Click (Quick View Drawings) on the application status bar to display a row of drawing thumbnail images above the bar: Move the cursor over a drawing image to display its Save and Close buttons as well as smaller images of the model space and layouts for that drawing. When you move the cursor over one of the model/layout images, they enlarge and the drawing images shrink. You can also create and open a new drawing using the toolbar that displays below the drawing thumbnails. For more information, see “Switch Between Open Drawings” in the AutoCAD Help. 74 | Chapter 2 The Workspace ViewCube The ViewCube is a 3D navigation tool that appears when the 3D graphics system is enabled and allows you to switch between standard and isometric views. Once the ViewCube is displayed, it displays in one of the corners of the drawing window over the model in an inactive state. When you position the cursor over the ViewCube, it becomes active. You can switch to one of the available preset views, roll the current view, or change to the Home view of the model. Displaying the ViewCube in the drawing area ➤ Click View tab ➤ Navigate panel ➤ ➤ View Cube. NOTE The View Cube is visible by default. An exception to this are the 2D Wireframe and 3D Hidden visual styles, where View Cube is not displayed. ViewCube is also displayed in the Object Viewers. ViewCube | 75 NOTE When ViewCube is displayed in the drawing area, you have access to a compass and can define a UCS. In an Object Viewer, no UCS option and no compass are available. The ViewCube is always turned on in Object Viewers. For more information, see “View Cube” in the AutoCAD Help. For information about Object Viewer, see Object Viewer on page 1097. SteeringWheels SteeringWheels are tracking menus that are divided into different sections known as wedges. Each wedge on a wheel represents a single navigation tool. You can pan, zoom, or manipulate the current view of a model in different ways. SteeringWheels can save you time and clicks by combining many of the common navigation tools into a single interface. Wheels are specific to the context that a model is being viewed in. 76 | Chapter 2 The Workspace To display SteeringWheels in the drawing area, click View tab ➤ Navigate panel ➤ Full Navigation Wheel. Alternatively, you can right-click in the drawing area (with no objects selected), and click SteeringWheels. You can choose from several different wheels, each with its own drafting theme. Some wheels are designed for 2D navigation, while other wheels are better suited for 3D navigation. The SteeringWheels can also be displayed in the Object Viewers. Showing and Hiding the Steering Wheel in an Object Viewer 1 Open the Object Viewer from the context menu of an object or from the Style Manager. 2 Right-click in the view area, and click SteeringWheel. SteeringWheels | 77 Alternatively, you can click . 3 To close the SteeringWheel, right-click, and click Close Wheel, or click again. For detailed information, see “SteeringWheels” in the AutoCAD Help. ShowMotion The ShowMotion feature lets you add movement and transitions to captured camera position called shots. You can create still shots, cinematic shots, or a recorded walk that allows you to click and drag along the path of desired animation. Shots can be grouped together to form sequences called view categories. To start ShowMotion, click on the application status bar. For detailed information, see “ShowMotion” in the AutoCAD Help. Working with Tool Palettes Tool palettes provide instant access to a complete inventory of AutoCAD Architecture tools—such as walls, doors, and windows—in one consistent user interface. Highly visual, tool palettes include previews of styles. You can create custom tool palettes that address your specific design needs. For example, you can create a palette to store a list of commonly used curtain wall, stair, and window tools. 78 | Chapter 2 The Workspace Tool palette components Tool Palettes Set Tool palettes sets contain groups of tool palettes. You can rename the default tool palettes set or create a custom tool palettes set. Additionally, you can add, remove, and rearrange palettes and groups in the set. You can add tool palettes to the tool palettes set from a tool catalog. For example, you could create one tool palette set for imperial tools and another for metric tools. For more information, see Specifying Different Tool Palettes for the Tool Palettes Set on page 83. Only one tool palettes set can be active during an AutoCAD Architecture session, although you can specify different tool palettes for different user profiles. When that profile is used, the collected tool palettes will be combined into one tool palettes set. Working with Tool Palettes | 79 Tool Palettes Group A tool palettes group is a collection of tool palettes. 4 tool palettes groups are available when you start AutoCAD Architecture: Design, Document, Detailing, and Visualization. You can add, rename, remove, export, import, and rearrange tool palettes groups. Tool palettes groups are contained in the tool palettes set. For more information, see “Organize Tool Palettes” and “Save and Share Tool Palettes” in the AutoCAD Help. TIP The quickest way to locate and view an AutoCAD topic referenced in AutoCAD Architecture Help is to click the Search tab in the Help window, select the Search titles only option, and then copy and paste or type in the AutoCAD topic name, and click List Topics. Tool Palettes Tool palettes contain collections of tools and represent the individual tabs of a tool palettes group. A number of tool palettes are available from the AutoCAD Architecture Sample Palette catalog. You can create new tool palettes in AutoCAD Architecture or in the Content Browser. Usually you place tools on tool palettes according to tool type or design phase. For example, you could place your wall tools on a tool palette called Walls or your preliminary conceptual tools on a tool palette called Massing Study. When you create a tool palette in the Content Browser, you can link it to AutoCAD Architecture. Whenever the tool palette is updated in the Content Browser, the changes are updated in the tool palette in AutoCAD Architecture too. This is useful for large projects where consistency of styles and tools is necessary. For more information, see Working with Tool Palettes from a Central Location on page 90. Tools Tools represent the individual objects you can add to a drawing. A tool contains creation parameters for the object it creates. When you add an object with a specific tool, the object has the settings you defined in the tool. This eases the design process and enhances consistency across a project. For example, you might define a wall tool that contains the style “CMU 8 Furring” and that has automatic cleanup and a baseline offset of 1". Whenever you add a wall with this tool, the wall has the style CMU 8 Furring, it cleans up automatically, and it has an offset of 1". For more information, see Tools on page 93. 80 | Chapter 2 The Workspace Tool Palettes and the Content Browser When multiple users are working on a large project, consistency of tools is especially important. Typically, the objects for the project and their styles and properties are set up by a CAD manager or system administrator, and then distributed to the team. The administrator can put tools and palettes in a central location in the Content Browser and link them to each user’s computer. Whenever the tools or palettes are updated in the Content Browser, they are updated on the users’ computers too. For more information, see Content Browser Overview on page 137 and Working with Tools from a Central Location on page 109. Project Tool Palettes When you are working with an AutoCAD Architecture project, you can design and associate a project tool palette group to the project. The project tool palettes contain the tools used in the project, and can be based on project standards. For detailed information about setting up project tool palettes, see Setting up Standard Tools in a Project on page 608. Opening the Tool Palettes Set To open the tool palettes, set, click Home tab ➤ Build panel ➤ Tools drop-down ➤ Design Tools . Controlling the Appearance of the Tool Palettes Set Typically, the tool palettes set remains open during the AutoCAD Architecture session. It is the central location from which you add objects to the drawing Opening the Tool Palettes Set | 81 and start object-related commands. A number of user-definable display options let you optimally integrate the tool palettes with your workspace. Docking the Tool Palettes Set Use this procedure to dock the tool palettes set on the left or right side of your workspace. 1 In the title bar of the tool palettes set, click Allow Docking. , and then click 2 Position the cursor over the title bar, and drag the tool palettes set to one side of the workspace. A preview graphic shows the new position of the tool palettes set. 3 Release the tool palettes set when it is in the location you want. Hiding the Tool Palettes Set Use this procedure to hide the tool palettes set when it is not in use. The tool palettes set becomes hidden when you move the cursor away from it, leaving only the title bar visible. When you move the cursor over the title bar, the tool palettes set is re-displayed. Tool palettes set hidden (left) and re-displayed (right) 1 In the title bar of the tool palettes set, click (Auto-hide). The tool palettes set is hidden, except for the title bar. 82 | Chapter 2 The Workspace 2 To re-display the tool palettes set, move the cursor over the title bar. Adjusting the Transparency of the Tool Palettes Set Use this procedure to adjust the transparency of the tool palettes set. The more transparent the tool palettes set, the more easily you can see objects in your drawing underneath it. NOTE Transparency is not available if hardware acceleration is enabled. 1 In the title bar of the tool palettes set, click Transparency. , and then click 2 To adjust the transparency of the tool palettes set, move the slider. 3 To turn off transparency, select Turn off window transparency. 4 Click OK. Renaming the Tool Palettes Set Use this procedure to rename the tool palettes set, for example to name it with a project or company name. 1 In the title bar of the tool palettes set, click Rename Palette Set. , and then click 2 Enter a name for the tool palettes set, and press ENTER. Specifying Different Tool Palettes for the Tool Palettes Set Use this procedure to switch between different palette combinations in the tool palettes set. Only one tool palettes set can be active during an AutoCAD Architecture session. You can, however, set different tool palettes for different user profiles. You do this by collecting tool palettes from several locations (paths) in a profile and letting the workspace combine them into one tool palettes set. 1 Click ➤ Options. Specifying Different Tool Palettes for the Tool Palettes Set | 83 2 Define the tool palettes used for the current session: ■ If you have created a workspace profile containing a tool palettes path, click the Profiles tab, select the desired profile, and click Set Current. ■ If you have not created a workspace profile, click the Files tab, and click the Tool Palettes File Location entry. Then click Browse, and browse for a folder containing the desired tool palette. Add paths to all additional tool palettes to be included in the tool palettes set of this profile. 3 Click OK. Creating a New Tool Palettes Set Use this procedure to create a new tool palettes set. 1 Create a folder in which you will create the new tool palettes set. The default tool palettes set is in \Documents and Settings\\Application Data\Autodesk\ACA 2011\enu\Support\WorkspaceCatalog (Imperial/Metric). 2 Click ➤ Options. 3 Click the Profiles tab. 4 Click Add to List, and create a profile to contain the new tool palettes set; for example Design - Metric Palette Set. 5 Select the new profile, and click Set Current. 6 Click the Files tab. 7 Under Tool Palettes File Locations, select the support path for the previously defined folder in which you will create the new tool palettes set. NOTE If you point to a folder already containing a tool palettes set, a new tool palettes set is not created; instead, the existing tool palettes set is used in the profile. 8 Click OK. 84 | Chapter 2 The Workspace In the AutoCAD Architecture workspace, an empty tool palettes set is displayed. 9 To rename the tool palettes set, click Palette Set. , and then click Rename 10 Add tool palettes and tools to the new set: If you want to… Then… add a new empty tool palette see Creating a New Tool Palette on page 86. add a tool palette from the Content Browser see Adding a Tool Palette from a Tool Catalog in the Content Browser on page 91. add a tool to a palette see Creating a Tool from an Object in the Drawing on page 100. The changes you make are saved to the tool palettes set in the new profile you created. To revert back to your original tool palettes set, select your original profile in the Options dialog. Creating a New Tool Palettes Group Use this procedure to create a new tool palettes group. 1 In the title bar of the tool palettes set, click Customize Palettes. , and then click Alternatively, you can click Manage tab ➤ Customization panel ➤ Tool Palettes. Creating a New Tool Palettes Group | 85 2 Select a palette group, right-click, and click New Group. 3 Enter a name for the new group, and press ENTER. 4 Drag the new group folder to the correct position in the tree structure. 5 Select a tool palette from the left pane for the new tool palettes group, and drag it into the new group folder. 6 Click Close. TIP The Customize dialog can be very useful for adding palettes to project palette groups. For more information, see Displaying the Project Tool Palette Group on page 623. Creating a New Tool Palette Use this procedure to add an empty tool palette to your tool palettes set. After creating the tool palette, you can add tools to it. For more information, see Tools on page 93. 1 In the title bar of the tool palettes set, click New Palette. , and then click 2 Enter a name for the new tool palette, and press ENTER. 86 | Chapter 2 The Workspace Defining the Appearance of Tool Palettes Use this procedure to define the appearance of individual tool palettes. The display of the tool palettes depends on the settings you specify for the overall tool palettes set, (as described in Controlling the Appearance of the Tool Palettes Set on page 81), and the settings you specify for individual tool palettes. In the tool palettes set, you specify the transparency, size, position, and auto-hide of the tool palettes set. On the tool palette, you specify the size of tool images and their arrangement on the tool palette. Tool palettes with different sized icons displayed When you change tool images to a smaller size, you can display more tools on a tool palette. This might become important if you display different palettes at the same time, such as the Properties palette or the Project Navigator palette. To save space, you can also display tool images without tool text below them. This method is best suited when the icons for your tools are easy to differentiate. If the icon alone proves insufficient to identify a tool, the tooltip for each icon provides additional guidance. Defining the Appearance of Tool Palettes | 87 Icon-only display on the tool palette You can also display tools in a single column on the tool palette. When you are using a single-column list, tool text is always displayed. Tool palette in list view 88 | Chapter 2 The Workspace To change the Tool palette’s appearance 1 Open the tool palette that you want to change. 2 Right-click the palette, and click View Options. 3 In the View Options worksheet, select the desired View style: If you want to… Then… view only tool icons select Icon only for View style. view tool icons and tool text select Icon with text for View style. view tool icons and tool text in a single column list select List view for View style. 4 To apply these changes to all palettes in the tool palettes set, select All Palettes for Apply to. 5 Click OK. Adding Text and Separator Lines to Tool Palettes Use this procedure to add separator lines and text to a tool palette. Separator lines can be useful if you want to create subdivisions on a tool palette containing many tools. To annotate a separator line, you can insert a text element. 1 Open the tool palette to which you want to add separator lines and text. 2 Right-click in the palette between the tools where the separator should go, and click Add Separator. A separator line is inserted between the tools. 3 To add text above the separator line, right-click either to the right of the last tool before the separator line, or to the left of the separator line itself, and click Add Text. 4 Enter the text you want to display above the separator line, and press ENTER. 5 To edit the text, select the text item, right-click, and click Rename. Then, edit the text as necessary. 6 To delete a separator line or a text annotation, select the separator line or text, right-click, and click Delete. Adding Text and Separator Lines to Tool Palettes | 89 Working with Tool Palettes from a Central Location When multiple users are working on a large project, consistency of tools is especially important. Typically, the objects for the project and their styles and properties are set up by a CAD manager or system administrator, and then distributed to the team. The administrator can put tools and palettes in a central location in the Content Browser and link them to each user’s computer. Whenever the tools or palettes are updated in the Content Browser, they are updated on the users’ computers too. For more information, see Content Browser Overview on page 137. Using tool palettes from the Content Browser TIP If you are working with an AutoCAD Architecture project, you can generate a tool catalog based on the standard styles of the project. For more information, see Creating a Tool Catalog for a Project on page 612. 90 | Chapter 2 The Workspace Adding a Tool Palette from a Tool Catalog in the Content Browser Use this procedure to link a tool palette from a tool catalog in the Content Browser to the tool palettes set in AutoCAD Architecture. For information on creating tool palettes in the Content Browser, see Adding Content to a Tool Catalog on page 165. 1 Click Home tab ➤ Build panel ➤ Tools drop-down ➤ Content Browser . 2 Select the tool catalog containing the tool palette you want to copy, right-click, and click Properties. 3 Select Link items when added to workspace, and click OK. 4 Open the tool catalog, and navigate to the tool palette. 5 Move the pointer over the i-drop® icon next to the tool palette so that the pointer image changes to an eyedropper ( ). To copy multiple tool palettes, press and hold CTRL while clicking each palette; then position the eyedropper over any of the selected palettes. 6 Drag the palette to the tool palettes set in the AutoCAD Architecture workspace. The tool palette is dropped into the tool palettes set. 7 Right-click on the palette, and click Properties. The text below the check box displays the name of the catalog in the Content Browser from which the palette is updated. If you click that name, it opens the catalog from which the tool palette was linked. Working with Tool Palettes from a Central Location | 91 8 Select or clear Enable Auto-refresh: If you want to… Then… automatically update the linked tool palette from the Content Browser when starting AutoCAD Architecture select Enable Auto-refresh. update the linked tool palette manually with one of the methods described in Updating a Tool Palette from a Tool Catalog in the Content Browser on page 92 clear Enable Auto-refresh. The name of the tool palette in the Content Browser (from which the selected tool palette is updated) is displayed under Name. 9 Click OK. Updating a Tool Palette from a Tool Catalog in the Content Browser Use this procedure to update a linked tool palette in the tool palettes set from its source tool catalog in the Content Browser. 1 Link a tool palette from a catalog in the Content Browser to the tool palettes set, as described in Adding a Tool Palette from a Tool Catalog in the Content Browser on page 91. When a tool palette is linked to the tool palettes set from a catalog in the Content Browser, a Refresh button is displayed at the bottom of the palette. 92 | Chapter 2 The Workspace 2 Click the Refresh button to update your local tool palette with the latest changes from the catalog in the Content Browser. Alternatively, you can right-click the palette, and click Refresh Palette. NOTE You can also update the whole palette set by clicking in the tool palettes set, and then clicking Refresh Palette Set. This command updates all linked tool palettes in the tool palettes set. Tools Tools represent the individual objects you can add to a drawing. A tool contains creation parameters for the object it represents. When you add an object with a specific tool, the object has the settings you defined in the tool. The use of tools speeds up the design process and enhances consistency across a project. For example, you might define a wall tool that contains the CMU 8 Furring style and has automatic cleanup and a baseline offset of 1". Whenever you add a wall with this wall tool, the wall has the CMU 8 Furring style, it cleans up automatically, and it has an offset of 1". Standard object tools Based on the tool type, you can define general properties such as: ■ Tool name Tools | 93 ■ Tool description (also used as the tooltip and as the tool description when the tool is copied to a tool catalog in the Content Browser) ■ Description of objects inserted with this tool ■ Layer key of objects inserted with this tool ■ Layer overrides of objects inserted with this tool ■ Object style (if the tool is style-based) ■ Location of object style (if the tool is style-based) In addition, you can define object-specific properties that apply to this tool type. For example, if you create a wall tool, you can set the wall cleanup, width, height, baseline settings, and the roof/floor lines of walls that are inserted with this tool. Style Location Object styles are located in Styles drawings. To assign a style to an object tool, you can either point to a style in the current drawing or to a style in an external drawing. For more information, see Styles and Support Files on page 134. Tool Types Tools in AutoCAD Architecture fall into 3 categories. Tool Category Description Object tools An object tool inserts a design object—such as a wall or a window assembly—into a drawing. An object tool has a specific style and specific object properties: for example, a wall tool might be called Brick-4 Brick-4. Command tools Command tools are a graphical representation of an object-related command. For example, the Browse Property Data tool opens a dialog box for browsing the property data of all objects in a drawing; the Renumber Data tool renumbers property data in selected property sets by increment or by a user-defined number. You can also create your own tools for each command. An AutoCAD general-purpose command 94 | Chapter 2 The Workspace Tool Category Description tool lets you associate any command or macro. For commands that create an object, you can also assign basic AutoCAD object properties. For a list of available AutoCAD Architecture command tools, see Using Command Tools on page 104. AEC Content tools You can create tools for frequently used AEC Content items that were created with the AEC Content Wizard. For more information, see Creating a Tool from AEC Content in DesignCenter on page 103. Project Standard Tools When you are working with an AutoCAD Architecture project, you can set up standard styles that are updated and synchronized throughout the project lifecycle. For more information, see Setting up Standards in a Project on page 593. Creating an Object with a Tool Use this procedure to create an object with a tool. Creating an Object with a Tool | 95 1 Click Home tab ➤ Build panel ➤ Tools drop-down ➤ Design Tools . 2 Click the tool palette that contains the tool for the object you want to insert. For example, if you want to insert a bifold double door, click the Doors palette, and navigate to the Bifold Double Door tool. 3 Click the tool. 4 On the Properties palette, enter any changes you want to make to the default values. NOTE Certain values can be set only when you are inserting the object; for example, the position of a door along the wall into which it is inserted can be defined only when you are inserting the door. You cannot change the position for an existing door later. Values that can be set only during insertion are marked with this symbol the Properties palette. on 5 Click in the drawing where you want to insert the object. 6 Follow any additional prompts as required to insert one or more objects in the drawing, and then press ENTER. 96 | Chapter 2 The Workspace Changing the Tool Properties Use this procedure to change the properties of a tool on a tool palette. You can set these general properties for an object tool: ■ Tool name ■ Tool description (also used as the tooltip and as the tool description when the copied to a tool catalog in the Content Browser) ■ Description of objects inserted with this tool ■ Layer key of objects inserted with this tool ■ Layer overrides of objects inserted with this tool ■ Object style (if the tool is style-based) ■ Location of object style (if the tool is style-based) In addition, you can define object-specific properties that apply to this object type. For example, if you create a wall tool, you can set the wall cleanup, width, height, baseline settings, and the roof/floor lines for all walls inserted with this tool. 1 Click Home tab ➤ Build panel ➤ Tools drop-down ➤ Design Tools . 2 Click a tool palette. 3 Select the tool, right-click, and click Properties. 4 Enter a name for the tool. 5 Click the setting for Description, enter a description of the tool, and click OK. 6 Expand Basic, and expand General. 7 Enter a description of the objects that you can create using this tool. 8 Specify a layer key and any layer key overrides; otherwise, the layer assignments specified in the layer key style in the drawing are used. 9 Click Browse for Style location, if the location is other than the current drawing to select an object style. 10 Add object-specific properties. Changing the Tool Properties | 97 NOTE When you click a property to enter a value, the value underneath the current property is hidden and the property field is highlighted. Enter a value for the current property in the appropriate location. 11 Click OK. Changing a Tool Icon Use this procedure to change the icon of a tool. When you add a new tool to a tool palette, it displays either the icon of the tool it was copied from or a default icon. You can change the icon by selecting a new one from an image file or from an object in the drawing. You can also choose to display the icon as simple monochrome linework. Changing the tool icon You can use the following image formats for tool icons: ■ PNG ■ GIF ■ JPG ■ BMP ■ TIFF NOTE Icons in the tool palettes can have a maximum size of 64 x 64 pixels. Larger images are scaled when inserted. To change the display size of the tool on the palette, see Defining the Appearance of Tool Palettes on page 87 To copy an icon image from a file 1 Click Home tab ➤ Build panel ➤ Tools drop-down ➤ Design Tools . 2 Click the tool palette that contains the tool for which you want to select a new icon. 98 | Chapter 2 The Workspace 3 Select the tool, right-click, and click Properties. 4 In the Tool Properties worksheet, right-click the existing icon, and click Specify Image. 5 In the Select Image File dialog, select the image you want to use as a tool icon, and click Open. 6 Click OK. 7 To display a tool as simple monochrome linework, in the Tool Properties worksheet, right-click the existing icon, and click Monochrome. The monochrome option is not available for all tools. To create an icon from an object in the drawing 1 Select the tool on the tool palette, right-click, and click Set Image from Selection. 2 Select the object in the drawing you want to use as a tool icon, and press ENTER. The tool icon is created with the last view direction and display configuration used in the viewer of any tool of this type. For example, if the tool viewer of the last-used wall tool is set to Top view and the Medium Detail display configuration, any wall you select in the drawing as a tool icon is displayed in Top view and with the Medium Detail display configuration. You cannot create icons from objects that contain custom blocks, curtain walls, or door/window assemblies with nested styles. If you need to create an icon based on a custom block, specify an external image. Changing a Tool Icon Use this procedure to change a tool icon after editing the viewer settings of the tool. Changing a Tool Icon | 99 1 Click Home tab ➤ Build panel ➤ Tools drop-down ➤ Design Tools . 2 Click the tool palette that contains the tool icon you want to refresh. 3 Select the tool, right-click, and click Properties. 4 In the Tool Properties worksheet, change the viewer settings of the tool image. For example, switch from a SW Isometric view to a Top view. 5 Right-click the existing icon, and click Refresh Image. 6 Click OK. Creating a Tool from an Object in the Drawing Use this procedure to create a tool from an object in the drawing. You can create only object tools with this method. For information on creating command tools, see Using Command Tools on page 104. Creating a tool from an object in the drawing 100 | Chapter 2 The Workspace 1 Create an object with the appropriate style and properties in the drawing. IMPORTANT The drawing containing the style should be saved to a location where it will be available in the future. Otherwise, the tool will not be able to access the style, and will revert to the Standard style. 2 Open the tool palette where you want to create the new tool. 3 Select the object, and drag it onto the tool palette. 4 Define additional properties for the tool, if necessary. For more information, see Changing the Tool Properties on page 97. Copying a Tool from a Tool Palette Use this procedure to copy a tool from one tool palette to another. 1 Open the tool palette that contains the tool you want to copy. 2 Select the tool, right-click, and click Copy. 3 Open the tool palette onto which you want to copy the tool, right-click, and click Paste. 4 Change the properties of the tool, if necessary. For more information, see Changing the Tool Properties on page 97. Creating a Tool from the Style Manager Use this procedure to create a tool from a style in the Style Manager. Copying a Tool from a Tool Palette | 101 Creating a tool from the Style Manager 1 Open the tool palette where you want to create the new tool. 2 Click Manage tab ➤ Style & Display panel ➤ Style Manager . 3 Select the style from which you want to create a tool. For example, if you want to create a wall tool with the Stud-3.625 GWB-0.625 Each Side (1 Hour) style, expand Wall Styles, and select the Stud-3.625 GWB-0.625 Each Side (1 Hour) style. 4 Drag the style to the tool palette. A new tool with the selected style is inserted in the tool palette. 5 Click OK to close the Style Manager. 6 Define additional properties for the tool in the tool palette, if necessary. For more information, see Changing the Tool Properties on page 97. 102 | Chapter 2 The Workspace Creating a Tool from AEC Content in DesignCenter Use this procedure to create a tool from an AEC Content item in DesignCenter. NOTE You can also create tools from blocks in DesignCenter, but they have slightly different tool options. You can drag and drop AEC content items from a DesignCenter folder to a tool palette. For more information on creating AEC Content, see Adding AEC Content to Drawings on page 3874. AutoCAD Architecture provides the Design Tool Catalog and the Documentation Tool Catalog in the Content Browser. These catalogs already have tools set up for predefined AEC Content and sample object styles. The catalogs are available for both metric and imperial units. Creating a tool from AEC Content in DesignCenter 1 Open the tool palette where you want to create the new tool. 2 Click Insert tab ➤ Content panel ➤ Content Browser drop-down ➤ Design Center, and navigate to the AEC Content item from which you want to create a tool. 3 Drag the item to the tool palette. Creating a Tool from AEC Content in DesignCenter | 103 A new tool is inserted on the tool palette. To change the icon of the new tool, see Changing a Tool Icon on page 98. NOTE An AEC Content tool uses the last-used viewer settings for a tool of this type to generate the tool icon. If the last-used viewer setting is Gouraud 3D view, and the user creates a tool from a 2D AEC Content item, the tool icon will be invisible. In this case, you need to change the viewer setting of the tool to a Top view, and wireframe. 4 Define additional properties for the tool, if necessary. For more information, see Changing the Tool Properties on page 97. Using Command Tools Command tools are used to execute frequently used commands for tasks other than AEC object creation. For example, the Browse Property Data tool opens a dialog for browsing the property data of all objects in a drawing; the Renumber Data tool renumbers property data in selected property sets. There are a number of preconfigured command tools in the software; you can, however, create a user-defined command tool from any AutoCAD and AutoCAD Architecture command, AutoLISP routines, VBA macros and applications, and scripts. Using Predefined Command Tools AutoCAD Architecture provides the following predefined command tools for commonly used tasks in a default US install: Tool Palette Group/Palette Description Horizontal Section Design/Design Generates a horizontal section. Vertical Section Design/Design Generates a vertical section. Renumber Data Document/Tag Lets you renumber objects that are included in a schedule or linked to schedule tags. 104 | Chapter 2 The Workspace Tool Palette Group/Palette Description Edit Property Set Data Document/Scheduling Lets you edit the property set data attached to selected objects and their styles. Browse Property Set Data Document/Scheduling Lets you access and view the data for all property sets in a drawing. Space Evaluation Document/Scheduling Starts the space evaluation. AEC Entity Reference Content Browser/Stock Tool Catalog/Helper Tools Lets you create a reference copy from one object to another in AutoCAD Architecture. Quick Slice Content Browser/Stock Tool Catalog/Helper Tools Lets you define a cross section through one or more three-dimensional (3D) objects in a drawing (including mass groups, AutoCAD blocks, and external references) and extract a polyline outline that can be used to produce a profile shape. Hidden Line Projection Content Browser/Stock Tool Catalog/Helper Tools Lets you create flat 2D projections with hidden background lines from a 3D view of objects in your drawing. Napkin Sketch Content Browser/Stock Tool Catalog/Helper Tools Lets you create freehand sketch geometry from objects in a drawing. Chamfer Content Browser/Stock Tool Catalog/Drafting Tools Lets you chamfer two walls in a drawing. Hatch and Gradient Content Browser/Stock Tool Catalog/Drafting Tools Lets you define the boundaries, pattern type, pattern properties, and other parameters for hatch and gradient fill objects. Shrink Wrap Content Browser/Stock Tool Catalog/Drafting Tools Lets you create a profile or shrinkwrap outline around any collection of contiguous linework entities, including architectural objects. Using Command Tools | 105 Tool Palette Group/Palette Description Welding Symbols Content Browser/Stock Tool Catalog/Drafting Tools Lets you create and edit welding symbols. Area Content Browser/Stock Tool Catalog/Measurement Tools Lets you measure the area of an object or a user-defined space. Attribute Extraction Content Browser/Stock Tool Catalog/Measurement Tools Lets you extract object data from drawings and export it to a table or external file. Distance Content Browser/Stock Tool Catalog/Measurement Tools Lets you measure the distance between 2 user-selected points. Point ID Content Browser/Stock Tool Catalog/Measurement Tools Lets you display the coordinates of a user-selected location. Region/3D Solid Mass Properties Content Browser/Stock Tool Catalog/Measurement Tools Lets you calculate the mass properties of regions or 3D solids Cell Anchor Content Browser/Stock Tool Catalog/Parametric Layout & Anchoring Tools Lets you attach objects to cell positions on layout grids and volume grids. Curve Anchor Content Browser/Stock Tool Catalog/Parametric Layout & Anchoring Tools Lets you attach AEC objects to the base curve of other AEC objects or linework, such as lines, arcs, circles, mass elements, polylines, roofs, or walls. Leader Anchor Content Browser/Stock Tool Catalog/Parametric Layout & Anchoring Tools Lets you anchor objects to nodes on layout curves or grids with leaders. Node Anchor Content Browser/Stock Tool Catalog/Parametric Layout & Anchoring Tools Lets you attach objects to nodes on layout curves or grids. Object Anchor Content Browser/Stock Tool Catalog/Parametric Layout & Anchoring Tools Lets you attach an AEC object to the base curve of another AEC object. 106 | Chapter 2 The Workspace To use a preconfigured command tool ➤ Navigate to the location of the desired command tool in the tool palettes or in Content Browser: ■ If the command tool is located on a tool palette, click it to start the command sequence. ■ If the command is located in Content Browser, either drag it to the drawing area to directly start the command, or drag it to a tool palette, and start the command from there. Using User-Defined Command Tools AutoCAD Architecture has 2 blank command tools that can be customized for user-defined commands. ■ Command Tool: A simple blank command tool that lets you execute a number of command sequences. Allowed commands include AutoCAD and AutoCAD Architecture commands, VBA macros and applications, AutoLISP routines, and scripts. ■ Command Tool with Properties: Use this tool for commands that generate AutoCAD objects like lines, AutoCAD dimensions, or solids. The property settings for color, layer, linetype, and lineweight that you can set in the tool will only be used when creating AutoCAD objects. If you were to create an AEC object with this tool, the layer, color, and linetype settings specified in the display system for this object would take precedence. If you want to create AEC objects with a command tool, the simple Command Tool is recommended. Command tools are created by copying the blank command tool from Content Browser to a tool palette, and editing the command properties. Creating a Simple Command Tool 1 Click Home tab ➤ Build panel ➤ Tools drop-down ➤ Content Browser . 2 Navigate to Stock Tool Catalog ➤ Helper Tools. 3 Move the cursor over the i-drop icon next to the regular command tool and drag the tool to a tool palette. 4 On the tool palette, select the command tool, right-click, and click Properties. Using Command Tools | 107 Command tool properties 5 Change the following tool properties as necessary: Property Description Name Lets you replace the generic command tool name with a name that describes the function of the tool. Description Lets you add a more detailed description to the command tool. Layer key Specifies the layer key to define the layer on which objects created with this command will be inserted. Layer overrides Defines overrides for the selected layer key. Command Specifies the command to be executed by the tool. The following command types are valid within the Command Tool: 108 | Chapter 2 The Workspace ■ AutoCAD and AutoCAD Architecture commands ■ AutoLISP routines ■ VBA macros and applications ■ Scripts Property Description Image By default, the command tool has no associated image. To add an image that illustrates the function of the tool, right-click in the empty image area, and select an image as described in Changing a Tool Icon on page 98. 6 Click OK. Working with Tools from a Central Location You can use the Content Browser to store and organize catalog tools in a central location. A number of stock tools are available in the AutoCAD Architecture Stock Tool Catalog. Additionally, sample catalogs contain tools with styles from the Styles drawings. You can copy these tools to a tool palette and modify them. You can also create your own tool palettes and tools in a catalog in the Content Browser, copy them to a tool palette, and retain the link from the Content Browser to the tool palette. In this case, the tool is refreshed on the tool palette when it is modified in the catalog in the Content Browser. NOTE If you want to link a complete tool palette from the Content Browser to AutoCAD Architecture, see Adding a Tool Palette from a Tool Catalog in the Content Browser on page 91. Linking a Tool from a Catalog in the Content Browser Use this procedure to link a tool from a catalog in the Content Browser to a tool palette in AutoCAD Architecture. Working with Tools from a Central Location | 109 Linking a tool from a catalog in the Content Browser 1 Open the tool palette on which you want to place a tool from the Content Browser. 2 Click Home tab ➤ Build panel ➤ Tools drop-down ➤ Content Browser , and navigate to the tool palette or category in the tool catalog that contains the tool you want to copy. For more information, see Searching for Items in a Tool Catalog on page 163. 3 Move the pointer over the i-drop icon next to the tool, so that the pointer image changes to an eyedropper ( ). To copy multiple tools, press and hold CTRL while clicking each tool; then position the eyedropper over any of the selected tools. 110 | Chapter 2 The Workspace You can also select all the tools in the current category by right-clicking, and clicking Select All. 4 Drag the eyedropper to a tool palette in the tool palettes set. 5 To refresh the tool, select it, right-click, and click Refresh Tool. Alternatively, you can select the tool in the tool palette, right-click, and click Properties. Then select Refresh from on the Properties worksheet. Refreshing a tool from the Properties worksheet NOTE When you select Refresh from, all tool properties on the worksheet are set to read-only. Properties for this tool must be changed in the Content Browser. 6 Click OK. Working with Tools from a Central Location | 111 Updating a Tool in AutoCAD Architecture from the Content Browser Use this procedure to update a tool in a tool palette when the tool is linked to the Content Browser. NOTE You cannot change and update tools from the Stock Tool Catalog in the Content Browser. Those tools are read-only. 1 Open the tool palette that contains the tool you want to update. 2 Select the tool, right-click, and click Refresh Tool. Updating a Tool in the Content Browser from a Linked Tool in AutoCAD Architecture Use this procedure to update a tool in a catalog in the Content Browser with the properties of a linked tool from AutoCAD Architecture. For example, perhaps you have a tool in the Content Browser that adds a Box mass element of 3 x 3 x 3 meters. You want to change the tool so that it adds a Box mass element of 4 x 4 x 4 meters. You would first link the mass element tool from the Content Browser to a tool palette in AutoCAD Architecture. Then, temporarily deactivate the link and change the dimension properties of the tool to 4 x 4 x 4 meters. Next, copy the tool back to the Content Browser. The Content Browser catalog is updated with the new tool properties. Finally, reactivate the link from the Content Browser tool to the AutoCAD Architecture palette. 1 Link a tool from a catalog in the Content Browser to a tool palette as described in Linking a Tool from a Catalog in the Content Browser on page 109. 2 Select the tool in the tool palette, right-click, and click Properties. 3 On the Tool Properties worksheet, clear Refresh from. The tool properties can now be edited. 4 Make the necessary changes to the tool properties. 5 Click OK. 6 Select the tool in the tool palette, and copy it to its original location in the Content Browser catalog. 112 | Chapter 2 The Workspace NOTE You can copy a tool to a catalog in the Content Browser using the Copy and Paste commands from the context menu, or by dragging the tool onto the Content Browser icon in the Windows task bar. To select multiple tools in a tool palette, use CTRL-A to select all or drag while holding the CTRL key to create a selection window. 7 Click Yes when prompted to overwrite the previous version of the tool. 8 If you want to refresh the tool in the AutoCAD Architecture tool palette from the new version stored in the Content Browser, re-open the tool properties for the tool on the tool palette, and select Refresh from. Removing the Link of a Tool to a Catalog in the Content Browser Use this procedure to permanently remove the link between a tool and its source tool in the Content Browser. NOTE This action cannot be undone. 1 Open the tool palette that contains the tool you want to unlink from a catalog in the Content Browser. 2 Select the tool, right-click, and click Remove Catalog Link. Applying the Properties of a Tool to an Existing Object Use this procedure to apply the properties of a tool to an existing object. You can apply the properties of a tool to an existing object in two ways: ■ Apply the properties of a tool to an object of the same type: For example, apply the properties of a wall tool to an existing wall. All object tools have this functionality. ■ Apply the properties of a tool to a different object type: Using this method, you convert the object to an object of the same type as the tool. For example, when you apply the properties of a wall tool to a polyline, the polyline is converted to a wall with the settings defined in the wall tool. Depending on their type, various object tool types may have commands for converting other objects. For detailed information, see the chapters for the individual objects. Applying the Properties of a Tool to an Existing Object | 113 1 Open the tool palette that contains the tool with the properties you want to apply to a different object. 2 Select the tool, and right-click. 3 Define the object type to which to apply the tool properties: if you want to… Then… apply the properties of the tool to an object of the same type click Apply Tool Properties to