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Topics in this section ■ "Creating the Project" on page 2184 Creating the Project Phase 1: Setting up the Project In the first phase, you set up the project. In this phase you define the project-wide data and the overall structure. For example, you define the project name and number, set up drawing templates, and create subfolders within the main categories to organize your drawings. You also define the basic levels layout, defining the number of floors and their height. ■ Create a new project and define its basic settings (see "Creating a New Project" on page 174 and "Defining the Project Properties" on page 177.) ■ Set up the levels of the project (see "Levels" on page 204.) ■ Define categories for your drawing files (see "Categories" on page 210.) Phase 2: Creating the Building Model Next you create the actual geometry of the building model. This includes floor plans, framing, furniture layouts, and the building shell. All of these building components are contained in individual constructs. Optionally if you have repeating components, like a bathroom layout repeated on each floor, you can create an element for it and reference it into each construct it should appear in. ■ Create Constructs for each individual portion of the building (see "Constructs" on page 217.) ■ Create elements for repeating and supporting components and referencing them into constructs (see "Creating a New Element" on page 233 and "Referencing Elements into Constructs" on page 225.) Phase 3: Creating Plans and Views In the third phase you assemble the building geometry into a number of composite view drawings, and add annotation to them. When a view and its annotation are completed, they can be xrefed into a sheet drawing to plot and publish them. ■ Generate views of different parts of the building (see "Creating a New General View Drawing" on page 246) ■ Generate sections, elevations and details (see "Creating a Specialized View Drawing" on page 251.) ■ Annotate the building model (see "Annotating a Building Project" on page 297.) ■ Generate plotting and publishing sheets (see "Creating a New Sheet" on page 269 and "Creating a New Sheet View" on page 273.) New Features in AutoCAD Architecture 2008 Welcome to AutoCAD Architecture 2008! Built on the new AutoCAD® 2008 platform, this release is targeted at making the transition from AutoCAD to AutoCAD Architecture easier by simplifying your interactions with the software. It offers many new features that help you achieve your design and documentation goals: ■ New Features Overview ■ New Features Tutorials (Metric) ■ New Features Tutorials (Imperial) 2184 | Chapter 54 AutoCAD Architecture 2008 Menus