Drawings (Plans & Sections) are defined by alignments; a special type of line defined in the model viewport:
Each alignment must be associated to a drawing template that defines the output that is generated:
•Plan Only
•Section Only
•Plan & Section
All alignments in a model are shown in the Alignment Manager grouped based on the Drawing Template type associated to each alignment:
Each alignment indicates the name, horizontal scale, vertical factor (for sections), width factor and the locked and visible settings:
The locked setting changes the ability to edit the alignment in the model viewport.
The visible setting shows / hides the alignment in the model viewport.
These and additional settings can be accessed by clicking the Settings button in the toolbar:
In the following pages we will cover:
•Creating alignments - shows ways to create new alignments in the model viewport.
•Editing alignments - provides information on how to make changes to an alignment in the model viewport.
•Alignment settings - shows the various settings that can be changed to alter the output of section and drawings.
•Previewing sections - indicates how to preview sections prior to generation of drawings.
•Generating drawings - shows have to generate drawings for output.
Contextual menu
The Alignment Manager has a contextual menu that is shown by right-clicking.
This tools assist with working with alignments:
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Makes all entities on the selected alignments visible. |
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Makes all entities on the selected alignments hidden. |
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Rotates the model viewport to fit the selected alignment horizontally across the screen and makes all entities on the selected alignments visible. |
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Shows / hides regions indicating the page extent and selection offset on the currently selected alignment. |
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Expands all template groups. |
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Collapses all template groups. |
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Rebuilds all layer information from data in the model and is typically used to remove unused layers. |
