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Although this Getting Started project is unfinished, a few constructs reside in the project: 4 floor
slabs, an elevator shaft, and an 05 floor. You will create constructs for floors 1-4 of the building.
In contrast, elements contain collections of geometry that can be used repeatedly in different
design drawings, such as a drawing of a service core that would be referenced onto multiple
floors of a building. In the AutoCAD Architecture project workflow, elements are referenced
into constructs.
In this project, 2 typical restroom elements are provided. You will place these layouts on floors
1-4 of the building by referencing them into each floor construct.
4 Click the Views tab.
The Views tab lists view drawings in which constructs and elements are referenced to provide
specific views of a building. Views allow you to tell AutoCAD Architecture in architectural terms
what types of drawings you want to assemble, such as first floor plans, second floor framing
plans, or building sections. Views may contain any number of constructs, which in turn, may
reference elements. After you create views, you can organize them on sheets.
No view drawings have been created in the Getting Started project.
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