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Opening and Closing a Construct
Use this procedure to open and close a construct.
When you open a construct, the status line in the AutoCAD Architecture drawing area displays the name of the associated
project.
1 Click Window menu
➤
Project Navigator Palette.
2 Click the Constructs tab.
3 In the Drawing Explorer, locate the Constructs category or the subcategory that contains the construct to
open.
4 Open the construct in one of these ways:
■
Select the construct, right-click, and click Open.
■
Double-click the construct.
The construct is opened in the drawing area of AutoCAD Architecture.
5 To close the construct, click File
➤
Close. Save the changes, if necessary.
6 To update the preview of the construct in the Project Navigator, click .
Dragging Objects into a Construct
Use this procedure to drag and drop objects into a construct.
When you create a new construct, you have several choices for adding content to it. You can draw objects within the
construct, you can reference elements into a construct, or you can drag and drop objects from other drawing files into
a construct.
1 Open the drawing that contains the objects you want to drag and drop into the construct.
NOTE The drawing containing the objects is not required to be a part of a project.
2 Click Window menu
➤
Project Navigator Palette.
3 Click the Constructs tab.
4 In the Drawing Explorer, locate the Constructs category or the subcategory that contains the construct to
which you want to add objects from another drawing file.
5 In the open drawing file, select the objects you want to drag and drop into the construct.
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