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Chief Architect X10 Reference Manual

different perspective and display a unique Saved views are listed in and can be
set of information about it, making them managed the Project Browser. See “Project
useful for a variety of drawing tasks and Browser” on page 75.
print requirements.
With the exception of CAD Details, each
• CAD Details can be found in both plan saved view has a specification dialog. There
and layout files and only contain 2D are three types:
objects like CAD and Text.
• Saved Plan View Specification Dialog
• Layout files can only display in a single • Camera Specification Dialog
view window. a single page at a time.
• Cross Section/Elevation Camera Specifi-
Saved Views cation Dialog
Most new views in plan files are temporary: Plan Views
if you close the view window, the view will
not be retained. Two exceptions to this rule When a plan file is opened, the most recently
are CAD Details and Auto Elevations, which used saved plan view will be active. If there
are saved automatically when they are are no saved views in a given plan, or if an
created. See “CAD Details” on page 333. unsaved plan view was last active, an
unsaved plan view will open instead.
You can specify that any Plan, Camera, or
Cross Section/Elevation Views be saved. See To create a new plan view. select Tools>
“Saving 3D Views” on page 1074. Plan Views> New Plan View .
When a view is saved, all of its attributes are There are three ways to save a plan view:
retained, including the:
• Select Tools> Plan Views> New Plan
• Floor level
View to create an identical copy of
• Extents of the view the currently active plan view in a new
• Active Layer Set view window. If the current view is
• Color toggle saved, you will be prompted to give the
new saved view a name. If not, the new
• Watermark view will be unsaved like the original.
If any of these attributes are changed, they • Select Tools> Plan Views> Save Plan
will not be retained when you close the view View to save the current view. If the
unless the view is re-saved.
current view is unsaved, you will be
Some additional settings are also view prompted to give it a name. If it was pre-
specific, although they do not require that a viously saved, its saved attributes will be
view be re-saved when they are changed: updated.
• Saved Defaults or active Annotation Set • Select Tools> Plan Views> Save Plan
• Print Preview toggle View As to create a copy of the cur-
• Drawing Sheet Setup dialog settings rent view. Regardless of whether the cur-

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