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be deleted if there are trusses present in rendering technique. See “Rendered and
the current plan. See “Truss Details” on Vector Views” on page 1042.
page 881.
• To open an existing CAD Detail, select it Note: CAD Details created using CAD Detail
and click Open. CAD Details that are from View are not dynamically linked to the
presently open have a check mark to the original view. Changes made to the view do
right of their name. not update in the detail or vice versa.

Special CAD Details A CAD Detail created using CAD Detail
from View inherits a variety of settings
Some CAD details are created automatically from the original view, including:
by the program. If any roof or floor trusses
are present in your plan, the program creates • The layer set used by the original view.
a Truss Detail that includes an editable See “Layer Sets” on page 187.
diagram of each truss type used and a count • When the original view is a layout page
of each. See “Truss Details” on page 881. with one or more layout boxes, a new
“Layout Box Export Contents” layer is
When walls are framed using the Build
Framing dialog, a Wall Detail is created for created for the contents of the layout
each wall. These details are listed in the boxes. See “Layout” on page 1287.
Project Browser and are also accessible by • The Dimension Defaults settings used
selecting a wall and clicking the Open Wall by the original floor plan or cross section/
elevation view. See “Dimension Defaults
Detail edit button. Wall Details are not Dialog” on page 447.
listed in the CAD Detail Management
dialog. See “The Library Browser” on page • The rotation of the original view. See
922. “Rotate Plan View” on page 155.
• Any text objects using a specific Text
CAD Detail from View Style in the original view will maintain
the same settings in the CAD Detail;
CAD> CAD Detail from View however they will use a Custom Text
converts the current view into a 2D
CAD drawing composed of editable CAD Style.
objects. Camera views and overviews do not have
Dimension Defaults, so the defaults for
CAD Detail from View is available in floor plan view are inherited by CAD Details
all line-based views, including floor plan created from these types of views.
view and any 3D view using the Vector View

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