Update and Open a Drawing Sheet

When you open a drawing sheet with views derived from drawing generation models on it, the generation model and the views must be updated in following cases:

  • When the drawing sheet is opened for the first time. The drawing generation model and the views have not been updated yet.
  • You have modified and saved the building model. The changes must be updated in the drawing generation model and the views.
  • When you have edited the drawing generation model. The changes must be updated in the views.
  • When you have edited the drawing settings of the views. The changes must be updated in the views.
Note: Save the building model before updating the drawing sheet. Otherwise, the changes are not updated to the generation models.

Update a generation model and/or the views, and open a drawing sheet as follows:

  1. Do one of the following:
    • Select Output | Drawings | Drawing Sheets.
    • Select the function in the buildings's document browser:
      1. Move the cursor on the title Architectural documents / Sheets.
      2. Right-click to open the context-sensitive menu.
      3. Select Update Drawing Sheets.
    • Select updating of a single drawing sheet in the building's document browser:
      1. Open the Architectural documents/Sheets branch in the project document browser.
      2. Move the cursor over the sheet name.
      3. Right-click to open the context-sensitive menu.
      4. Select Open and Update.

    The View Tasks dialog box is opened.

  2. Select the check boxes Update models and Update views. If necessary, select the view draw settings and the drawing sheet to be opened in the View Tasks dialog box.

    View Tasks - Updating Drawing Sheets

  3. Click the Open button.

You can save the open drawing sheet with a new name by selecting > Save As. Save the sheet as a Vertex 2D drawing in the building’s View_Sheets folder. You can later open the saved sheet either from the building's document browser or from the drawing sheet list in the View Tasks dialog box.

Note:
  • Drawing sheets can be organized in the document browser by file name or description. The order-determining property is set in the system settings with the keyword sort_view_sheets_by_file_name. The default varies in different localization environments.
    • sort_view_sheets_by_file_name = 0: The sheets are organized by the description.
    • sort_view_sheets_by_file_name = 1: The sheets are organized by the file name.
  • You can add a drawing on the drawing sheet by using the Add a Drawing to a Sheet function. You can move drawings on the sheet by using the Move a View on a Sheet function.
  • You can add building height data to an elevation drawing by first opening the elevation view on the drawing sheet by using the function Open a View Drawing from a Sheet, and then adding the height data to the view with the function Add a Height Symbol.