Create detail views and drafting views. Add details, insulation, filled regions, and masking regions.
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About Detailing
Details bridge the gap between the design and building reality, conveying information to the builders and contractors on how a design should be built.
Workflow: Detailing
Document your model by annotating and detailing views to create construction details.
Detail Components
Use detail components to enhance model geometry, providing construction details or other information.
About the Detailing Library
After creating a view for detailing, you can use detail components from a library to add more information.
Save a 2D View to a Detailing Library
You can save 2D views to create a detailing library for later use in other projects. This strategy allows for reuse and saves duplication of work.
Detailing Tools
To create details in a view, use tools on the Annotate tab.
About the Draw Order of Details
Details always appear on top of model geometry. However, you can change the draw order of details, placing them behind or in front of other details.
Change the Draw Order of Details
You can change the draw order of details in a view. Draw order options are available when you select details in the view.
Detail Views
Create detail views to add more information to specific parts of the model.
Drafting Views
When you want to show details in a view that are not directly associated with the building model, create a drafting view.
Draw Detail Lines
Use the Detail Line tool to draw detail lines to provide additional information to the model geometry in detail views and drafting views.
Work with Insulation
Use the Insulation tool to place a batt insulation graphic in a detail view or a drafting view. You can adjust the length and width of the insulation, as well as the size of the bulge between insulation lines.
Filled Regions
Create a view-specific graphic that fills an area with a pattern. You can use filled regions when detailing a view or creating an annotation family.
Masking Regions
Masking regions are view-specific graphics that can be used to obscure elements in a view.