Creating Elevations, Sections, and Details

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Chapter 12

• Creating Elevations, Sections,and Details

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Objectives

• Use the Project Navigator to create a 3D model
  of a building.
• Create elevations, sections, and details using
  the elevation and section marks tools located on
  the Callouts panel and tool palette.
• Revise the display of the elevation based upon
  changes in the model using Refresh
  (2dSectionResultRefresh) and Regenerate
  (2dSectionResultUpdate) commands.
• Edit the dimensions and subdivision of the
  projection box for elevation or section objects.
• Create live sections and model views from
  pictorial views of a model.
• Modify lines of a section or elevation using
  the 2SectionResultEdit, 2dSectionEditComponent ,
  and 2dSectionResultAddHatchBoundary commands.
• Create and modify 2D Section/Elevation styles.
• Create keynote and dimension details using the
  Detail Component Manager.

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Steps to Creating a Model

• 1. Open the Project Browser (select Project
  Browser from Quick Access toolbar) set your
  project current.
• 2. Select Close to close the Project Browser
  and open the Project Navigator.
• 3. Select the Levels button of the Project tab to
  open the Levels dialog box. Specify values for
  floor elevation and finish floor to finish floor
  vertical distances for the each level
  (foundation, floor 1, floor 2).

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Steps to Creating a Model-cont

• 4. Select the Views tab of the Project Navigator.
• 5. Select the Views category, right click and
  choose New View DwggtGeneral.
• 6. Edit the Add General View dialog, type Model
  in the drawing edit field of the General page.
  Click Next to open the Context page, check Level
  1, Level 2, and Level 3 for Division 1. Select
  Next to open the Content page, verify all
  constructs are selected for the levels. Select
  Finish to close the Add General View dialog box.
• 7. Double click on the Model view drawing in the
  View tab to open the drawing as shown at left.

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Creating Building Elevations and Sections

• Open the model view drawing and place callout
  tools from the Callouts palette.
• Elevation tools of the Callouts palette are shown
  at left.
• Elevation tools include options for creating the
  elevation within the model drawing or creating
  additional view drawings.

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Place Callout dialog box

• The content of the Place Callout dialog box shown
  at right allows you to specify name, scale, and
  titlemark of the view

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Creating an Elevation-1

• Open the Project Navigator, and select the Views
  tab.
• 2. Open the model view drawing.
• 3. Select Elevation Mark A1 from the Callouts
  tool palette, and respond to the workspace
  prompts as shown below
• Specify location of elevation tag (Select a
  point near p1, to place the callout.)
• Specify direction for elevation (Select a point
  near p2 , to specify the direction of view.)

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Creating an Elevation-2

• 4. Place Callout dialog box opens as shown at
  right, type North in the New Model Space View
  Name edit field, verify that Generate
  Section/Elevation and Place Titlemark are
  checked, set scale to 1/4"1'-0", then check New
  View Drawing to open the Add Section/Elevation
  View dialog box.

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Creating an Elevation -3

• 5. Edit the Add Section/Elevation View dialog
  box as follows
• Type Exterior Elevations in the name field,
  of the view drawing in the General page. Click
  Next, verify levels and constructs are selected
  in the Context and Content pages. Select Finish
  to close the dialog box.

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Creating an Elevation - 4

• 6. Respond to the remaining workspace prompts.)
• Specify first corner of elevation region (Select
  a point near p3 to define the start location of
  the projection box.)
• Specify opposite corner of elevation region
  (Select a point near p4 to define the size and
  content of the projection box.)
• Specify insertion point for the 2D elevation
  result (Select a point near p5 to locate the
  coordinates of the new elevation view.)
• (The elevation is created in a new view drawing
  named North.)

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Creating an Elevation-5

• 7. To view the elevation select the Views tab of
  the Project Navigator, double click on the
  Exterior Elevations view drawing.
• 8. To place this elevation on a sheet, create
  a new sheet in the Sheets tab. Select the
  Elevations sheet category, right click and select
  NewgtSheet.
• Type A-111 in the number field and North
  Elevation in the title field.
• Check Open in drawing editor checkbox

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Creating an Elevation 6

• Click OK to dismiss the New Sheet dialog box and
  open the drawing.
• Select the Views tab of the Project Navigator,
  select the North drawing, right click and choose
  Place on Drawing.
• 11. Drag the view to the sheet and left click to
  position the view on the sheet

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Creating an Elevation-7
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Properties of the Building Elevation Line

• A Building Elevation Line is created in the model
  view drawing.
• Properties of the building elevation line are
  described in the Properties palette shown at
  right.

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Building Elevation LineProperties Content

• Component Dimensions
• A-Side 1
• B-Side 2
• C-Angle 1
• D-Angle 2
• Location
• Rotation
• Elevation
• Additional Information (button)

• General
• Description
• Layer
• Dimensions
• Use Model extents for height
• Height
• Lower Extension
• Subdivisions (button)

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Dimensions of Building Elevation Line
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Updating an Elevation

• Refresh (2DsectionResultRefresh)-updates the
  elevation based upon the original settings of the
  elevation. To Refresh the elevation select the
  elevation, right-click and choose Refresh.
• Regenerate (2DsectionResultUpdate)-updates the
  elevation allowing revision of original settings.
  Additional objects may be added to the selection
  set for the elevation. To Regenerate the
  elevation select the elevation, right-click and
  choose Regenerate.

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Generate Section/Elevation Dialog Box

• Regenerate elevation allows you to change
• Elevation style
• Selection set
• Placement

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Accessing RefreshSectionsElevations

• Updates all sections and elevations of a project.

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Elevation Styles

• Elevation styles can be created to apply display
  settings for all elevations of the elevation
  style.
• Styles can be created to create custom display
  components that have special layer, color,
  lineweight and linetype properties.
• Elevation styles are located in the Documentation
  Objects\2D Section/Elevation Styles folder of the
  Style Manager.

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Accessing Elevation Styles

• Select an elevation choose Edit Style from the
  General panel of the 2D Section/Elevation tab.

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General Tab 2D Section/Elevation Style Properties
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Components Tab2D Section/Elevation Style
Properties

• Add or remove display components
• Properties of display components are defined in
  the Display Properties tab

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Design Rules Tab-2D Section/Elevation Style
Properties

• Specifies how color, context, and components are
  applied when the elevation is developed
• Specifies the Display Components to assign to
  lines based upon the color of objects in the
  model

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Display Properties Tab-2D Section/Elevation
Style Properties

• Edit Display Properties to modify color, layer,
  linetype, and lineweight of display components.
• Edit properties of new display components created
  in the Components tab

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Using the Display Tab to controlled Elevation
Display
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Editing Elevation Linework

• The 2DsectionResultEdit command allows you to
  edit entities of an elevation.
• To access 2DsectionResultEdit command select the
  elevation and choose Edit from the Linework panel
  as shown above.
• Hatch pattern is temporarily turned off.
• Lines of the elevation can be erased or modified
  to a display component.
• Upon completion of the edit select Finish from
  the Edits panel.

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Merging Lines to an Elevation

• (Select the elevation at p1 and choose Merge from
  the Linework panel.)
• Select objects to merge (Select the line at p2
  to merge it with the elevation object.) 1 found
• Select objects to merge ENTER (Press enter to
  end the selection.)
• (Select the Floor Line display component from the
  drop-down list of the Select Linework Component
  dialog box.)
• Line merged to elevation as shown at far right.)

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Accessing Material Boundary
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Applying a Material Boundary

• (Select the elevation and choose Add from
  Material Boundary panel of 2D Section/Elevation
  tab.)
• Select a closed polyline for boundary (Select
  the polyline at p1 as shown below.)
• Erase selected linework? Yes/No ltNogt y (Type y
  to erase the polyline the 2dSectionBoundary
  dialog box opens, select the Erase or Limit
  purpose and specify material to apply the
  boundary. Choose OK to dismiss the dialog box.)
• (Material pattern is limited to within the
  polyline as shown below at right.)

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Limited Elevation Hatch Pattern
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Accessing Section Callouts
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Creating Section Views

• When you place a section mark, you are prompted
  to specify the cutting plane line, viewing
  direction, and the location of the section.
• The Section can be created in the current
  drawing, an existing view drawing or a new view
  drawing.

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Section View Drawing
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Place Callout Dialog Box of a Building Section
Line
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Accessing the Live Section
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Accessing the Live Section

• The Live Section creates a view of the model that
  removes the display of objects in front of the
  cutting plane line.
• View the building in an isometric view.
• Access the LiveSectionEnable, select a building
  section line, choose Enable Live Section of the
  Live Section panel.

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Accessing Detail Callouts
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Placing a Detail Callout-1

• Open a view drawing
• Select Detail Boundary (Rectangle)
• Specify one corner of detail box (Select p1.)
• Specify opposite corner of detail box Select
  p2.)
• Specify first point of leader line on boundary
  (Select p3)
• Specify next point of leader line ENTER
• Place Callout dialog box opens, type Bath 1 in
  the New Model Space View field.
• Click New View Drawing to open the Add Detail
  View dialog box.

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Placing a Detail Callout -2

• Type a name for the view drawing, Bath Details.
• Click Next to open the Context page check
  divisions and levels for the view drawing.
• Click Next to open the Content page verify the
  constructs of the view drawing.
• Click Finish to dismiss the Add Detail View
  dialog box.

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Detail View Drawing
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Detail Component Manager

• Detail Component Manager provides access to 2D
  drawings
• Details components are developed as top,
  elevation, or section views
• Detail Component Manager includes components from
  the MasterFormat 2004 or National Building
  Services

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Accessing the Detail Component Manager

• Select Detail Component s from the Details panel
  of the Home tab
• Or
• To access detailing tools, right click over the
  title bar of tool palettes, choose Detailing

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Detail Component Manager
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Edit the Tool Properties of a Detail Tool

• Drag tools from the Detail Component Manager to a
  tool palette.
• Right click on tools placed on a tool palette to
  open the Tool Properties palette. Edit the
  properties of the tool to specify the content of
  the detail.

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AEC Modify Tools

• LineworkTrim will trim AEC objects beyond a trim
  line.
• LineworkDivide will divide an AEC object allow
  each component to be modified independently.
• LineworkExtend will extend lines, open polylines,
  or arc to an implied edge of an AEC object.
• Linework subtract will erase content of the
  object enclosed within a polyline.
• LineworkObscure will mask or hide an object or
  detail component.
• LineworkMerge command will merge closed
  polylines, hatches, or mass element extrusions
• LineworkCrop command will screen out portions of
  objects and entities that extend outside a
  boundary.

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Accessing AEC Modify Tools

• Select an AEC object, right-click and choose
• LineworkgtTrim
• Extend
• Divide
• Subtract
• Obscure
• Merge
• Crop

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Keynoting

• Keynotes annotate each component of a detail
• Reference keynotes-refer to a specification
  document which describes the attributes of the
  component.
• Sheet keynoting inserts a key number based upon
  a sheet by sheet numbering system

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Accessing Keynoting Tools
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Keynotes Extract Field Data

• Keynoting tools extract field data from the
  object and display it as Mtext or as attribute
  text within a block.
• Text based tools used for reference keynoting
  extracts the keynote data using Mtext

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Reference Keynotes and Keynote Legend