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Before you begin:
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Create a mass. Alternatively, you can create a mass using a DWG or DXF
floor plan sketch.
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Activate the story where you want to create the column reservations
from the floor plan sketch.
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Use Sketch from DWG to import the DWG or DXF
floor plan sketch.
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In the Sketch from DWG dialog box, ensure that
Unit Selection matches the unit measurement
of the drawing you are importing; otherwise select the matching unit
from the list.
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Select the Merge Overlapping Entities, Column
Reservation, and Grid check boxes.
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Clear all other check boxes.
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In the layer list, select the drawing layers to import into the sketch.
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In the tree, from the active story, from
Reference Element, click the story elevation
reference plane.
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Click OK.
In the tree, the system adds the sketch under the
active story under External References.
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From the 2D to 3D section of the action bar, click Column Reservations from
Floor Plan
.
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From the
Column Reservations from Floor Plan dialog box,
click
Select a floor plan sketch
and in the
tree,
select the floor plan sketch.
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From
Owning Story, select the owning story for the
column reservations.
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In the dialog box,
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Enter in
Maximum opening width a value to reflect
the largest opening in the sketch for elements such as windows and doors.
Your entry is the largest distance the command attempts to
identify as a door, window, or wall opening.
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Enter in
Minimum column area a value to reflect the
minimum column reservation area in the sketch.
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Enter in
Maximum wall thickness a value that
reflects the maximum thickness of the walls in the sketch.
Your entry is the largest distance between lines that the
command considers for a wall. The command does not create any wall thicker than
your entry.
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To convert all valid boundaries in the sketch to three-dimensional
column reservations, click
Generate All
.
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To see a preview of the valid column reservations boundaries and
openings, click
Analytical View
.
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To only make specific valid boundaries in the sketch into
three-dimensional column reservations, click each individual boundary that you
want to convert.
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Click
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The system creates the
column reservations both in the
3D area
and in the
tree,
where it lists the column reservations under the owning story.