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.
• When you have edited 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.

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 Drawings > Update Drawing Sheets.
   • Select the function in the project'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 project'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 Refresh.

   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 Dialog Box

3. Click the Open button.

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

Note

• You can add a drawing on the sheet by using the Adding a Drawing on a Sheet function. You can move drawings on the sheet by using the Moving a Drawing 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 Opening a View Drawing from a Sheet, and then adding the height data to the view with the function Adding a Height Macro.

Reference Drawings and Raster Images of a Drawing Sheet
Editing the Drawing Sheet Size
Adding a Drawing Sheet and Title Block
Adding a Ground Level Line to an Elevation View
Updating a Text Macro
Drawings
Project Document Browser