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In the next exercise, you make revisions to the floor plan and learn how you can quickly update these schedules,
keeping your drawing information up to date across the project.
1 Create a view drawing in which to dimension the floor plan:
■ On the Project Navigator, click the Views tab.
■ Select the Views folder, right-click, and click New View Dwg ➤ General.
■ On the Add General View worksheet, click the Name field, enter 01 Plan, and click Next.
■ For Level 1, select Division 1, and click Next.
■ Under Constructs, verify that 01 Floor and Entry Curtain Wall are selected, clear all other constructs,
and click Finish.
■ Open the new view drawing, 01 Plan.
■ If a yellow Unreconciled New Layers bubble displays in the lower-right corner of your screen, click the
blue link to open the Layer Manager, select the layers, and click OK.
■ On the Navigation toolbar, click the Zoom flyout, and click .
A view of the floor plan displays.
2 On the drawing window status bar, select the Low Detail display configuration.
The spaces in the plan view display hatch patterns, and the doors and windows on the floor plan are visible.
3 In the 01 Plan view drawing, beginning with the curtain wall entry door, tag the doors on the floor plan
to include them in a door schedule:
■ On the Getting Started tool palette, click the Door Tag tool.
■ Select door in the curtain wall entry, and press ENTER to center the tag on the door.
■ In the Edit Property Set Data dialog, for Number, verify that 01 displays, and click OK.
■ On the command line, enter m.
■ Select the other doors on the plan, and press ENTER.
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