Open a Drawing-model Pair
When you open a project, you can select the drawing-model pair to be activated first from a button menu. Alternatively, you can define a drawing-model pair to be automatically activated without a need for separate selection, see Automatically Activated Drawing-model Pair. The drawing file of the drawing-model pair is opened in the drawing window and the model file in the model window.
You can change the active drawing-model pair while you are working by doing any of the following:
Select from a button menu
- Do either of the following:
- Click the button in then upper left corner of the working window:
- Press F4.
- Select which drawing-model pair to open from the menu.
Switch to architectural/framing model
Switch to the matching architectural or framing pair of the active drawing-model pair by clicking the button at the top left corner of the working window.
The architectural design drawing-model pair is active (model file MODEL.vxm). Switch to the framing drawing-model pair by clicking the button:
The framing drawing-model pair is active (model file FRAMING.vxm). Switch to the architectural design drawing-model pair by clicking the button:
Select from project document browser
- Save the project. The document browser is updated.
- Open a branch of the document browser by clicking the plus sign (+) next to a title or by double-clicking a title. You can find the drawing-model pairs of the project under following titles:
- Architectural Design
- Structural Design
- Open a drawing-model pair by double-clicking the name of the drawing file, for example 2nd floor wall layout.
Click an object
- Select an object belonging to the drawing-model pair you want to activate in the model window.
- Right-click to open the context-sensitive menu.
- Select Advanced > Switch to This Drawing-Model Pair.