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Top-level category located outside the project folder
Redirecting Top-Level Categories
Use this procedure when you want to change the location of the top-level categories in your building after you have
created new category folders in Windows Explorer. You can redirect the path of Constructs, Elements, Views, and
Sheets. These settings take precedence over settings on the AEC Project Defaults tab in Options.
1 Click Window menu
➤
Project Navigator Palette.
2 Click the Project tab.
3 Under Current Project, click .
4 On the Modify Project worksheet, click for the category you wish to redirect, and browse to the location
for the new folder.
5 Select the category, and click OK.
Paths for files within the category are redirected to the new location.
Changing the Subcategory of a Project File
Each drawing file you create within a project belongs to one of the basic, predefined categories of Elements, Constructs,
Views, or Sheets. If you make no specific assignment, the file is assigned to the base category folder of that specific
project file type—element, construct, view, or sheet. Once you have created a more detailed category system for your
project, you can move drawing files into the subcategories.
Creating a File in a Subcategory
Use this procedure to create a project file within a subcategory.
1 Click Window menu
➤
Project Navigator Palette.
2 Depending on the file type you want to create, navigate to the appropriate tab:
Then… If you want to…
click the Constructs tab. create an element or construct
click the Views tab. create a view
click the Sheets tab, and click .
create a sheet
3 Locate the subcategory in which you want to create a new project file.
4 Select the subcategory, right-click, and click New
➤
Element/Construct/ General View
Dwg/Section/Elevation/Detail/Sheet.
NOTE Alternatively, you can use the Add button at the bottom of the tab.
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