Opening a Panel Elevation

When you are using the Viewer Pro license, you can open the panel elevations of project's wall panels to be viewed in a separate drawing window.

1. Select Open Panel Drawing. Only the layers that include the wall panel edge and center lines, and the wall panel labels, become automatically visible in the floor plan drawing.

   

2. In the floor plan drawing, select the wall panel whose panel elevation is to be opened. Click the red center line of the panel. The panel elevation is opened in a separate drawing window. The example figure below displays the following:
   • Drawing name (A)
   • Panel label (B)
   • Front projection (C)
   • Section (D)
   • Piece list (E)

   

3. Do either of the following:
   • When you open a panel elevation just for viewing, select the Confirm function, and select the next panel in the floor plan drawing.
   • Add the markings and save the panel elevation as a Vertex Red Pen (vxr) file by using the File > Save File As function.
4. Close the panel elevation by clicking the Close button of the drawing window .
5. Quit by pressing the Esc key.

Layers in the Panel Elevation Drawing

You can change the representation of the panel elevation by choosing to display the appropriate layer groups by using the function Layers > Select Layers from List. Layers affecting the panel elevations include, among others, the following:

• 16 Wall Insulation
• 151 Lumber
• 155 Internal Sheathing
• 156 External Sheathing
• 162 Dimensions
• 175 Profile Color Fills
• 255 Nominal Line of Studs

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