Lets you import an existing Excel file containing VAD data.

You are prompted with the Open dialog where you can select the Excel file to open.

To view the format of the Excel spreadsheet, you can open a sample file from the following location:

• ...\Configuration\Workspaces\WorkSpace\WorkSets\OpenPlantImperial\WorkFiles\OrthographicsManager\Working\demo.xls

• Add Reference Model - Displays a standard File Open dialog letting you select reference models to add to the view.
• Add Reference Model from ProjectWise - Will prompt you with the ProjectWise login dialog if you are not already logged into a datasource. After it will display the ProjectWise file selection dialog where you can select a model to reference:
  

• Add Grid Area : Displays the Add Reference dialog letting you select an available Grid Area to add to the view.
• Edit Structural Column Grid: Opens the Structure Column Grid Data dialog which allows you to define names and positions for structural columns.

When this option is enabled, the referenced models listed will remain when you click Save to save the settings for the current view. Otherwise the referenced models will be cleared along with the other view settings.

When creating several views using the same referenced models, this will prevent you from having to add the models for each view.

The clip plane is defined by input X,Y information from two points, which define two opposite corners of a rectangular box. The Elevation coordinates help to round out the volume of the clipping area.

The First and Second points may be defined one of three ways:

Direct Entry: Enter the coordinates directly into the fields provided.

Pick first point : Click the icon to pick the location of the first point in the model. Once you pick the point, the coordinates will display in the First Point fields. You can repeat the process for the Second Point fields to create the clip box.

Pick Area : Allows you to manually pick the first and second points. Once you have selected both points, the coordinates will display in the First and Second Point coordinate fields.

When creating a second view within the VAD, if you click this option to get the position and scale you will be prompted to rearrange for multiple views. This will automatically set your output for 2 views.

In the fields provided, input the X,Y coordinates which will indicate where the lower left corner of the defined view will be placed in the 2D drawing.

You can also pick the lower left position in the 2D drawing if you have the border drawing open. (The best way to do this is to click the Borders options page and click the View Border icon.)

Once the border file is loaded, click the Position Locate icon and use the mouse to select the point in the drawing.

Select a scale for the view from the drop down list. This scale determines how much the model is reduced when the output drawing is generated.

For example, if the scale is set to 1/4" = 1'-0" as shown above, then a distance that measures 40' in the model would be scaled down to measure 10" actual size in the 2D drawing.