Update drawing fields to reflect changes

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A field is a special type of text annotation that contains instructions to display

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data that you expect to change during the life cycle of a drawing.

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When a field is updated, the latest data is displayed,

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for example, in the exercise file on the model tab,

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you see a floor plan for a hospital.

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Various areas have been filled with solid hatch color coded to indicate their use

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in the lower right corner.

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You see a legend that reports the area for each of the five usage categories.

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When you zoom into the legend,

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you can see that the patient rooms currently total 8936 square feet.

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Suppose the client has requested that an additional foot

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be added to the length of the patient rooms.

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You can easily accomplish this by using the stretch command

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on the home ribbon

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in the modify panel, click stretch.

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When the program prompts you to select objects zoom out,

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use a crossing window to select the north wall of the building

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and then press enter to complete your selection.

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When the program prompts you to specify a base point,

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select any point outside the building,

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then

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use polar tracking to track at a 90 degree angle

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type

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and press enter,

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then repeat these steps for the eight patient

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rooms on the south side of the building.

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This time tracking

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at a 270 degree angle.

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Now that you have added the additional space

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to the patient rooms zoom into the legend.

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In the lower right corner,

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the patient room area has not yet changed

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fields, update automatically whenever you regenerate or save the drawing

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type re

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and press enter

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as soon as you do the patient area updates.