7. Plan
before you start
•Check Model In-
accuracies
•Coordinate with
Consultants’
Drawings & Adjust
Model
•Create a Sheet List
•Create Drafting
Views
8. Check
Model
• Join Condition of all
elements
• Walls, Floors, Roofs,
Columns etc.
• Misplaced Elements
• Doors, Rooms, Windows
etc.
• Use Schedules to identify
“Not Placed” elements
• Check Dimensions to
identify
• unwanted fractional
dimensions
• Modify Model
9. Coordinate
• Coordinate all
Disciplines for
• Dimensional &
Locational
Discrepancies
• Dependencies
• Identify Clashes
• Communicate with
Team & Get
resolution
• Modify Model
• as per revised
Consultants’
drawings/ Model
10. Sheet List •Create Initial Sheet
List to have:
•Sheet Number, Sheet
Title
•Revise Sheet List if
needed as you
create Views
•Add Columns for
• Drawn, Status, Date
• Status to have: Not Started, In
Progress, Mockup, Finished
12. Callouts
•Callouts for
• Enlarged Plans & Plan
Details
• Enlarged Elevations,
• Sections & Section Details
•ALWAYS USE CORRECT
CALLOUT TYPE
• Meaningfully Name
Callouts
• Improved Browser
Organization
13. Room Tags
•Check Room Tags
for
•Room Numbers
• Identify Room Numbers
out of sequence
•Create Room
Schedule to
•Identify Rooms “Not
Placed”
14. Mockup 1
•Create Sheets
• Add Views, Clip out
unwanted regions
• Add “Title on Sheet” &
Select appropriate view
Template in Properties
Palette
•Use Project North and
all plans should have
same orientation
•Adjust Scale Drawing
scale if needed based
on Standard Scales
15. Mockup 2 •Create additional
Views & Sheets if
needed
•Break-up large Plans
into smaller
parts/sections & use
“Matchline”
•Update Sheet List to
match the new Views
16. Annotate
Dimensioning
Plans
• Three levels of Dimensions
• Overall Block
• Perpendicular Walls
• Openings
• DO NOT add detail
dimensions to areas that
require enlarged views
• Check Out Client
Dimensioning Standards
for
• Centerline OR Total width
• Add “Title on Sheet”
17. Annotate
Plans
•Create Callouts for all
Enlarged Views
• Wet Areas
• Baths, Kitchen, Staircase
etc.
•Add Wall Tags
•Add Sections
• Building Sections
• Wall Sections
•Add Plan Notes
• Define Features &
Elements
18. Annotate
Enlarged Plans
•Add Internal Elevation
Tags where needed
•Add Sections for
Staircases
•Add Tags
•Fixtures & Fittings
•Staircase Elements
•Dimension
•Fixture Centerlines
•Staircase
19. Annotate
Elevations
•Provide Levels
• Finished Floor Lvl. to
Finished Floor Lvl.
• Add additional Levels if
necessary
• Add Plans to levels only if
required, otherwise,
“uncheck” checkbox
create plans
•Add Elevation Tags
• Finish & Material Tags
•Add Notes
21. Details
Model Based
•Add Model Based
Details
•Use Detail Items
•Minimize
• Drafting Lines
• Filled Regions
•Add Dimensions
•Add Notes &/ OR Tags
22. Annotate
Wall Sections
• Use Appropriate
Template
• Add “Title on Sheet”
• Use Detail Items for
• Masonry Walls
• Add
• Detail Callouts for all
• Junctions
• Openings (Lintel, Sill)
• Link Callouts to
• existing Drafting View Details
• or Model Based Details
• Add Notes