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To create the section, you use a section callout tool to place a section line in the 01 Plan view, and then
generate a new view drawing that contains the section. The new view drawing externally references all of
the constructs (and elements that they reference) that create the office building geometry.
After you create the section, you study the section view, make some design revisions in the building constructs,
and then update the section to include the revisions.
1 Open the 01 Floor construct, and reference the restroom layout elements:
■ On the Project Navigator, click the Constructs tab.
■ Under Constructs, double-click 01 Floor.
■ Under Elements, select Typical Restroom - Men, and drag it to the 01 Floor drawing.
NOTE If the Unreconciled New Layers information message displays, click the blue link to open
the Layer Properties Manager.
■ In the Layer Properties Manager, right-click a layer name and click Select All.
■ Right-click the list again, and click Reconcile Layer.
■ Close the Layer Properties Manager.
■ Select Typical Restroom - Women, and drag it to the 01 Floor drawing.
If necessary, use the same method to reconcile layers.
■ Save and close 01 Floor.
2 Copy the 01 Floor construct to create constructs for floors 02-04:
■ In the Constructs folder, right-click 01 Floor, and click Copy Construct to Levels.
■ On the Copy Construct to Levels worksheet, under Copy to Levels, select levels 2 - 4, and
click OK.
Three copies of 01 Floor are created in the Constructs folder.
■ Select 01 Floor (2), right-click, and click Rename.
■ Enter 02 Floor, and press ENTER to rename the construct.
■ In the Project Navigator - Repath Project dialog, click Repath project later.
■ Using the same method, rename the other copies 03 Floor and 04 Floor.
3 On the Project Navigator, click (Refresh Project).
4 Place a callout in the 01 Plan view to define and generate a section view:
■ On Project Navigator, click the Views tab.
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