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Learn how to place model elements and annotation elements in project views, and understand the rules that govern their visibility.
Transcript
00:06
This video demonstrates how to place model and annotation elements in project views.
00:12
It also explains the rules that govern their visibility.
00:15
When you place a table component in the furniture plan view, it is also visible in the floor plan view.
00:22
The model elements you add to the project are visible in all views of the project instantly.
00:28
By contrast, when you use the Text Note tool to add a note to the table in the furniture plan view, the note does not appear in the floor plan view.
00:38
The text is an annotation element and is visible only in the view in which you place it.
00:44
Dimension strings and object tags are also annotation elements, so they are view specific.
00:51
Just like annotation elements, detail elements such as lines and detail components are view specific.
00:59
When you add detail elements to model geometry to enhance or clarify the view,
01:05
they are visible only in a view in which you place them.
01:09
As a final example, we will go to the annotation tab of the ribbon
01:14
and add a CMU repeating detail component to the wall in the Foundation detail view.
01:20
As you would expect, the CMU is not modeled.
01:24
Instead, it is added as a view specific element to enhance the model geometry in the view.
01:31
Additional detail elements, which are not modeled in 3D, are added to the Foundation detail view to further document the model.
00:06
This video demonstrates how to place model and annotation elements in project views.
00:12
It also explains the rules that govern their visibility.
00:15
When you place a table component in the furniture plan view, it is also visible in the floor plan view.
00:22
The model elements you add to the project are visible in all views of the project instantly.
00:28
By contrast, when you use the Text Note tool to add a note to the table in the furniture plan view, the note does not appear in the floor plan view.
00:38
The text is an annotation element and is visible only in the view in which you place it.
00:44
Dimension strings and object tags are also annotation elements, so they are view specific.
00:51
Just like annotation elements, detail elements such as lines and detail components are view specific.
00:59
When you add detail elements to model geometry to enhance or clarify the view,
01:05
they are visible only in a view in which you place them.
01:09
As a final example, we will go to the annotation tab of the ribbon
01:14
and add a CMU repeating detail component to the wall in the Foundation detail view.
01:20
As you would expect, the CMU is not modeled.
01:24
Instead, it is added as a view specific element to enhance the model geometry in the view.
01:31
Additional detail elements, which are not modeled in 3D, are added to the Foundation detail view to further document the model.