Specifying Units of Measurement, Temporary Dimensions, and Detail Level Options

Specifying Units of Measurement, Temporary Dimensions, and Detail Level Options

12/15/09 8:15pm-8:45pm

In this exercise, you modify 3 settings that have a broad impact on the project. In the first section, you specify the project units of measurements. Unless overridden, dimension values display using this setting. In the second section, you modify the temporary dimension settings. In the final section, you modify the detail level assignments.

Set units of measurement

1. Click Manage tabProject Settings panelProject Units.
2. In the Project Units dialog, for Length, click the default value.
3. In the Format dialog, for Rounding, select To the nearest 1/16", and click OK.
4. In the Project Units dialog, for Area, click the default value.
5. In the Format dialog:
   • For Rounding, select 0 decimal places.
   • For Unit symbol, select SF.
   • Click OK.

   Modifications to area rounding are displayed in schedules and area tags.

6. Click OK.

   Unless overridden, dimensions use these project settings.

Specify temporary dimension properties

7. Click Manage tabProject Settings panelSettings drop-downTemporary Dimensions.
8. Under Walls, select Faces.
9. Under Doors and Windows, select Openings, and click OK.

   In this project, temporary dimensions now snap to the wall faces and to the door and window openings. The location of temporary witness lines can be changed by clicking their controls.

Specify detail levels

10. On the Project Settings panel, click Settings drop-downDetail Level.

    When you create a new view and specify its view scale, the detail level is specified automatically according to the arrangement in the table.

    TipYou can override the detail level at any time by specifying the Detail Level parameter in the View Properties dialog or the Detail Level icon on the View Control Bar.

    In this table, you use the arrows between the columns to move view scales from one detail level to another. You do not select a view scale to move it. The view scale moves either from the bottom or the top of the column based on the direction.

11. Between the columns Coarse and Medium, click .

    Notice the 1/4" = 1’ 0" view scale moved to the Medium column. Any new view created using this scale is automatically assigned the detail level Medium.

12. Click OK.