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Chief Architect X10 Reference Manual

Viewing Your Plan

You can see your model in a wide variety of You can also create Floor Overviews that
different 2D and 3D views. You can display show only the current floor plus any floors
more than one view at a time; and in any beneath it. Ceilings on the current floor are
view, you can pan or zoom in or out. See omitted so you can see the interior, visualize
“Window and View Tools” on page 153. the relationships between spaces, and plan
traffic flow.
Floor plan view is a 2D view of the model
most commonly used for drawing and editing.
Each floor displays separately; however, you
have extensive control over which objects
display at any given time, can easily switch
between floors, and can also display items on
a second floor for reference. See “Multiple
Floors” on page 713.
Framing Overviews display framing in 3D,
provided that framing has been built. You can
customize 3D views to serve special purposes
such as this.

The Cross Section and Elevation camera tools
create scaled 2D views of a model’s exterior
You can create interior and exterior 3D views and interior that can be dimensioned and
of your model from any perspective. As in annotated. Just as in other views, you can
floor plan view, you can select and edit many select and edit objects in a Cross Section/
objects in 3D views and control which objects Elevation view as well as control which
are visible. See “3D Views” on page 1041. objects display.

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