Rotating True North:

• To align project walls with property lines, go to site plan that is oriented to True North
  • Draw an angle reference property line aligned to the side of the house
  • move the angle reference property line over to the southwest corner where the property lines meet.
  • Go to Manage > Project Location > Position > Rotate True North
  • Place the coordinate on the same southwest corner
  • Select the angle reference property line first, then select the actual property line- this will rotate the entire project (*only property lines created with a table will stay the same)
  • Select all elements and rotate them using the same angle reference property line

View Range

• (associated Level: Main Floor T.O. Sheathing Floor Plan)
• Top: (associated offset 200’0”)
• Cut Plane (associated Offset 6’0”)
• Bottom: (Foundation B.O. Footings offset: 0’0”)
• View Depth Level: (Foundation B.O. Footings offset 0’0”)

¨  Phase Filter: Show New

¨  Orientation: Project North

¨  Scale: As large as will fit on a sheet (up to ¼” = 1’-0”)

Visual Style: Hidden Line

¨  Cut Plane: High enough to not cut toposurface, add plan region at foundations to cut through foundation walls

¨  Set drawing to raster printing (so that transparency will print correctly)

-Set Graphic Display in properties to cast shadows (check lighting) but keep shadows at 0%

¨  Structural grids: visible, stretch 3d extents beyond drawing crop

¨  Cut through foundation walls looking down at footings

¨  Toposurface: transparency at 100%, label contours

¨  Patios (these will likely be above cut plane, so may need to use linework)

¨  Driveways, walkways, rockeries, existing decks, and other physical site features

¨  Hide new wood decks

¨  Sewer line

¨  Water line

¨  Power lines and conduits

¨  Footing drains

¨  Roof drains

¨  Downspout boot locations

¨  Dimensions

¨  At existing building elements: to face of foundation

¨  Key existing site features to reference (may include property lines)

¨  At new foundations: to outside faces of footings (so the excavator knows how big to make the hole)

¨  Labels

¨  New foundations

¨  Existing foundations

¨  Bottom of foundations

¨  Spot level dimension for tops of slabs (existing and new)