FAQ

Saved View – The Save View concept allows you to save a rotated plan, a particular zoomed view, a clip cube, a set of layers and classes, a 3-D view, or a combination of any of these.

Rotated Plan – When you have a project that has rotated on the site or it has parts of the plan that are rotated, this concept is a huge timesaver. The rotated plan allows you to change the rotation of the design layer without changing the information on the design…

Organization Dialog Box – Most people use this dialog box to edit layers and classes. You can use this dialog box to it of the visibility of layers and classes. You can use this dialog box to edit the layer and class attributes.

Use Colors for Line Weights – For long time I have used a combination of line weights and line colors for drawing. Having colors on my lines that represent line weights allows me to look at my drawing and see what line weights I have used in my drawings.

Hierarchal Classes – If you stretch your classes wisely, you can use the hierarchal classes to quickly turn off groups of classes. I found that I needed to rethink my class strategy to create better groups of classes.

Layers and Classes – Layers are where things are, classes are what things are. From a drawing point of view this means that you should use layers to group things together and use classes for types of objects. I like to think of the classes as being elements of the…