To Update a 2D or 3D Elevation

Use this procedure to regenerate a 2D or 3D elevation to reflect changes you have made to the building model or to elevation line properties. For 2D elevations, you also update the elevation to show changes made to the 2D elevation style. You can update a 2D or 3D elevation if you have not exploded the elevation, which destroys the link between the elevation and the building model.

When you update an elevation, you can add or remove objects from the elevation, change the location of the elevation in the drawing, and change the display set of the elevation.

If you do not need to change the elevation definition in any way, you can skip the following procedure. Instead, click 2D Section/Elevation tabModify panelRefresh.

1. Select the elevation you want to update.
2. Click 2D or 3D Section/Elevation tabModify panelRegenerate.
3. Select a result type:

   If the elevation is…	Then…
   a 2D elevation object	select 2D Section/Elevation Object with Hidden Line Removal.
   a 3D elevation object	select 3D Section/Elevation Object.

4. To change the style of a 2D elevation, select a new style for Style to Generate.
5. If you edited linework in the 2D elevation, select a style in which to save the changes you made that cannot be reapplied.

   Select a style that distinguishes the unapplied changes in the elevation.

6. Under Selection Set, specify the objects that you want to include in the elevation:

   If you want to…	Then…
   use the objects in the selection set you specified when you created the elevation or when you previously updated it	proceed to the next step.
   add new objects to the selection set that you specified when you created the original elevation	click Select Additional Objects, select the new objects in the drawing, and press Enter.
   select a new selection set of objects for the elevation	click Reselect Objects, select a new selection set of objects for the elevation, and press Enter.

   Note: If you select an object that you do not want to include in the elevation, press and hold Shift and select the object again to remove it from the selection set.
7. Under Display Set, select a display set for the elevation.
8. Under Placement, locate the elevation in the drawing:

   If you want to…	Then…
   create a new elevation object without overwriting the original object	select New Object, and either click to specify an insertion point in the drawing area, or enter X, Y, and Z coordinates for the new elevation.
   replace the original elevation with the updated elevation	select Replace Existing.

9. Click OK.