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function like their real-world counterparts, you have complete control over your design as you define their dimensions
and placement.
1 Open the AutoCAD drawing that contains a floor plan sketch:
■ Click File menu ➤ Open.
■ Navigate to C:\My Documents\Autodesk\My Projects\Getting_Started_I [Getting_Started_M].
■ Select 01 Walls Layout.dwg, and click Open.
A sketch similar to the one that you used to create the space plan displays. To use it to create a floor
plan, you need to assign it to the project as a logical piece of the building, the first floor construct.
2 Save the sketch as a construct:
■ With 01 Walls Layout open, on the Project Navigator, right-click the Constructs folder, and click Save
Current Dwg as Construct.
■ On the Add Construct worksheet, click the Name field, and enter 01 Floor.
■ Click in the Description field, enter First floor, and click OK.
■ On the Add Construct worksheet, under Assignments, for Level 1, select Division 1, and click OK.
Notice the open drawing has been renamed 01 Floor, and displays in the Constructs folder on the
Project Navigator.
3 Convert the exterior linework to exterior walls:
■ On the Getting_Started tool palette, right-click the Exterior Wall tool, and click Apply Tool Properties
to ➤ Linework.
■ Select the black outer linework on the floor plan sketch, and press ENTER.
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