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2 Create a different theme that identifies the spaces by size:
■ On the Getting Started tool palette, click the Theme - Space Size tool.
■ Specify a point to the left of the room schedule to place the upper-left corner of the legend.
■ Press ENTER to place the legend.
Notice that the legend associated with the 1st theme displays a line across it, signalling that it is out
of date. To apply 2 themes to the same plan at the same time, or apply more than 1 theme to different
plans, you must have separate copies of the plans in separate model space viewports.
3 Restore the original theme, Space Style - Commercial, and delete the Space Size legend:
■ Select the Space Style (Commercial) legend, right-click, and click Apply Display Theme.
■ Select the Space Size legend, and press DELETE.
4 Click File menu ➤ Save, and leave 01 Spaces open.
Another way you can use display themes is to create a thematic plan sheet, on which you place several
instances of the floor plan view in different paperspace viewports. You can then apply a different display
theme to each viewport, producing a comprehensive visual layout plan. The graphic representation of the
plan information is not limited to the color fills used in this exercise. You can set your display theme style
to use hatch patterns, True Color, and Pantone
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and RAL colors.
Laying Out a Floor Plan
In this exercise, you develop a floor plan from a 2D linework sketch created in AutoCAD. You open the drawing in
AutoCAD Architecture, and add it to the Getting Started project as the 01 Floor plan construct. Using the purpose-built
design tools included in AutoCAD Architecture, you quickly and easily convert the linework in the sketch to interior
and exterior walls, and then add doors, windows, stairs, and spaces. Because you are working with design objects that
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