Datasheet

linework • modelers in BIM workflow
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linework
description, 254, 254
working with, 265–266, 266
Linework tool, 265–266
linked files, associating, 249, 251
links, 304
Load As Group option, 194
Load Families button, 255
Load Family option, 78, 111, 144, 165
Load From Library panel, 78, 144, 194
Load Into Project button, 259
loading
families, 144 –145, 144–145
groups, 193–194, 193 –194
local copies
limiting, 337
saving, 233, 233
local files, 232–234, 233
Location Line parameter, 64
Location Line to Finish Face setting, 17
Lock 3D View tool, 5
lock symbol, 19
locking
alignment, 22
dimensions, 19, 19
M
Main Baluster Pattern option, 135
Make Plan View option, 11
Manage tab
aligning elements, 20
demolition elements, 200
errors and warnings, 327, 338
fill patterns, 172
printing, 303
purges, 325–326, 336
room separation lines, 214
title blocks, 175
views, 159
Masking Region tool, 257–258
masking regions, 255, 257–258, 258
masonry, 80, 80, 261
mass floors
creating, 47, 47
scheduling, 48–50, 48–50
Mass Floors tool, 47
masses, 29
in-place, 39, 50
3D, 44–46, 44–46
bass, 39 –41, 40– 41
middle, 41–42, 42–43
upper, 43–44, 43
joining, 46
massing studies, 50 –51, 50–51
sketching, 41
Massing & Site tab, 39, 321–323
Material Tag button, 271–272
Material tags, 271–272, 272
materials
stairs, 132
takeoff schedules, 280–281
walls, 56, 56
math, 339–340, 340
Maximum Incline Length setting, 134
Maximum Spacing mode, 262
Measure tool, 32
measuring imported images, 32, 32
Medium detail level, 161
memory requirements
determining, 332
imported geometry, 336
metal decking, 261
middle mass modeling, 41–42, 42–43
Mirror - Pick Axis tool, 9
mirroring
limitations, 195
process, 8–10, 10
Mode palette, 170
Model Groups tab, 189
Model Line tool, 58, 58
Model Site panel, 323
modelers in BIM workflow, 316