INTRODUCTION

This chapter includes the commands to extract elevations and sections from a building model and develop details. The use of the Project Navigator to create the building model and the callout tools used to create elevations and sections will be presented. The model is created as a View drawing in the Project Navigator by attaching each floor or building component as a construct. The Project Navigator provides for flexibility in design because it tracks changes that occur in Construct drawings and displays the latest version of a drawing in the model. Detail callouts, section marks and elevation marks are used to link callouts to sheet numbers.

OBJECTIVES

Upon completion of this chapter, you will be able to

• Use the Project Navigator to create a 3D model of a building.

• Create elevations and sections using the elevation and section marks tools located on the Callouts 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 2dSectionResultEdit, 2dSectionEditComponent and 2dSectionResultAddHatchBoundary commands.

• Create and modify 2D Section/Elevation styles.

• Create keynote and dimension details using the Detail Component Manager.

CREATING THE MODEL FOR ELEVATIONS AND SECTIONS

The elevation or section drawings of a building are developed from a model drawing. The model is constructed in the...