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A view that shows a realistic 3D visualization of a building.
3D View
The outermost edge of a wall, floor, or roof.
Boundary
Families such as furniture, kitchen appliances, and bathroom fixtures that can be placed into a model.
Components
Constraints that establish control for the distance and spacing between elements.
Dimensional Constraints
A wall, bearing or nonbearing, that is used as an enclosing wall for a building.
Exterior Wall
A tool used to align, distribute, or organize selected elements along a specified axis.
Align Command
A view used to provide information about assembly or construction between components.
Call-out View
A tool used to create copies of selected objects.
Copy Command
Defined measurements for pieces within a design or drawing.
Dimensions
A group of objects that are combined to create a single, reusable component.
Family
The menu containing commands that are relevant for the drawing as a whole. Commands such as New, Open, Save, Save As, and Print can be found here.
Application Menu
A view that creates a perspective view of a building or interior areas of a building.
Camera View
Defines the boundaries for a project view.
Crop Region
A movable barrier secured in a wall opening, known as a doorway, through a building wall or partition to provide access inside of a building or rooms of a building.
Doors
Structural elements of a building that can also represent the levels of the building.
Floor
A tool used to create copies of an object in a radial arrangement or in a row or column arrangement.
Array Command
The overhead surface or surfaces covering a room, and the underside of a floor or a roof.
Ceiling
Families that can be placed in drafting or detail views to add information to the model.
Detail Components
A view used to create details at differing view scales and various detailing tools that are independent from the model.
Drafting View
Annotation elements that help define the context of a project and organize the structural elements of the building.
Grids
A constraint that can be set to a selected level to determine where the bottom of a wall will start.
Base Constraint
A vertical structural building element that serves as a means of support for the various levels of a building.
Columns
Annotation elements that can add detail to a view that is not possible within the model.
Detail Lines
A view used to show the exterior side(s) of a building or structure.
Elevation View
The height from the floor to the top of a window or door.
Head Height