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6 In Project Navigator, click the Constructs tab and rename each of the duplicated files to match your desired naming scheme. For example, if you duplicated Level 1 to create Level 3, rename 01 Shell (2) to 03 Shell. 7 Click the Views and Sheets tabs to create additional Views and Sheets (and edit existing ones) as required for your new level. Deleting a Level from a Project Created from the Commercial Template Project If you need to delete a level from your project, you can do so in Project Navigator. For more information, see "Changing Levels: Interactions with the Project" on page 208. 1 On the Project Navigator, click the Project tab. 2 Click to display the Edit Levels worksheet. 3 Right-click the level you want to delete in the list, and from the context menu, click Delete Level. This command will delete the level, but not any constructs and views associated to the level. These drawings will remain orphaned in the project. 4 Make adjustments to the remaining levels as required, and then close the Edit Levels worksheet. Upon closing the worksheet, the project will be repathed to update the building with the new level. 5 In Project Navigator, click the Constructs tab and delete the orphaned constructs. 6 Click the Views and Sheets tabs to also delete any orphaned views and sheets. Project File Naming There are almost as many ways to name files as there are firms using AutoCAD Architecture. However, as different as the naming scheme in one firm might be from that of another down the block, there are many similarities from firm to firm. In most cases, you will be able to easily adapt your existing scheme into the use of Project Navigator. While AutoCAD Architecture imposes no required method for naming files, there are certain guidelines that can assist users in the naming of their files. The most important consideration when developing a file naming scheme for AutoCAD Architecture projects is to be careful not to choose names that contradict the intended use of a particular type of file. In other words, constructs are not Plans or Elevations, therefore they should not have names like Plan01, 01 Floor Plan or A-FP01. Constructs are actually models and are used to generate plans, sections, elevations, details and 3D views files. It is view files that are specific types of drawings like plans, elevations and sections. Therefore, it is recommended that your file naming for constructs not include any reference to a particular type of drawing and rather be descriptive of the construct's contents. Use "drawing type" naming for view files. In most cases, your firm already has a model file and sheet file naming convention well established. Typically, the existing model file naming convention will work well for view files, the sheet file naming will not require a change (although the default behavior of sheet sets may make you consider a change) and only construct naming will need consideration. Below is a summary of potential file names based on the recommendations of the US National CAD Standard as adapted to the Project Navigator and suggestions made here. For complete information and to purchase a copy of NCS visit: http://www.nationalcadstandard.org/. An NCS Model file name is composed of a Discipline, plus a drawing type Code, followed by an enumeration (which typically corresponds to the floor number), though not always. (Elevations, for instance, would just be numbered sequentially in any logical order.) For example: ■ A-FP01 = Architectural First Floor Plan ■ A-EL01 = Architectural Elevations (first group of elevations; there could be others named 02, 03, etc.) The hyphen is used between discipline and code, but not between code and number. Project File Naming | 323