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4 On the Standard toolbar, click (Save), and leave 01 Space Plan open.
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 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 function like their real-world counterparts, you have complete control
over your design as you define object dimensions and placement.
1 Open the AutoCAD drawing that contains a floor plan sketch:
■ On the Quick Access toolbar, click (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:
■ On the Project Navigator, click the Constructs tab.
■ 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 Entry level 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.
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