Managing BIM Drawings

The Drawings category of the BIM Navigator palette provides tools for working with drawings that you created from the BIM models imported into your project.

Note: The Drawings category appears only after you create at least one drawing.

Displaying Drawings

You can display each drawing in the graphics area, in the Model workspace.

To improve the drawing display, use hatches, various line colors and styles:

• Select drawing entities according to suitable criteria and specify the hatch in the Properties palette.

To display a drawing in the graphics area:

1. On the BIM Navigator palette, click Drawings.
2. In the drawing list, right-click the drawing to display and select Open from the context menu.

   The drawing is displayed in a new drawing tab.

   Alternatively, you can double-click the drawing to display.

3. Note: All CAD entities from the drawing retain their BIM properties.

Refreshing Drawings

As the project evolves, various changes might be done within the BIM model. As the existing drawings may not reflect the changes, you must update them.

The update is required in the following situations:

• After reloading the BIM file to display its content in the form in which it was most recently saved.
• After modifying a drawing's clipping box using grip points.

Before updating the drawings, reload the BIM file to display its content in the form in which it was most recently saved.

You can refresh each drawing individually or all drawings at once.

To refresh a BIM file:

• In the BIM Navigator palette, in BIM Files, right click a BIM file and select Reload from.

To refresh a drawing:

1. In the BIM Navigator palette, in Drawings, do one of the following:
   • Right-click a drawing and select Reload from from the context menu.
   • Select a drawing and click Refresh .

   The drawing is updated according to the BIM model latest state.

   You can use the Refresh All button to refresh all drawings.

Deleting Drawings

If you delete the clipping box, the corresponding drawing is also deleted. Also, if you delete a drawing, the corresponding clipping box is also deleted.

To delete a drawing:

1. In the BIM Navigator palette, select Drawings.
2. In the drawings list, right-click the drawing to delete and select Delete from the context menu.

   The drawing is deleted from the drawings list. The corresponding .dwg file is moved to a temporary folder from where you can recover it, if necessary. The corresponding clipping box is removed from the graphics area.

   To delete a drawing from a sheet, delete its drawing title in the graphics area.