Autodesk 235B1-05A761-1301 User Guide - Page 586

2 Click Schedule Table tab ➤ Modify panel ➤ Update . Optionally, you can select the schedule table and change the Update Automatically setting on the Properties palette from No to Yes to immediately update the schedule any time you make a change. To add new parts to a schedule 3 Select the schedule table, right-click, and click Selection ➤ Add. NOTE Alternatively, you can click Schedule Table tab ➤ Scheduled Objects panel ➤ Add . 4 Select the additional objects in the drawing, or press Enter to schedule an external drawing. ■ If you add objects from the current drawing, press Enter to update the schedule. ■ If you want to add objects in an external drawing, see Linking a Schedule to an External Drawing on page 567. With the Selection commands on the context menu of a schedule table, you can remove parts from the schedule table selection set, or reselect parts to populate the schedule table with the new selection set only. Exporting a Schedule to a Spreadsheet You can export a schedule to a spreadsheet at any time. 1 Open the drawing that contains the schedule you want to export, and select it. 2 Click Schedule Table tab ➤ Modify panel ➤ Export . 3 In the Export Schedule Table dialog, specify the output format and file name, and click OK. Views Views are the intermediate drawings between the constructs that model the system and the sheets that comprise the construction documents. View drawings typically reference one or more construct drawings. If you change anything in a construct drawing referenced in a view drawing, you can reload the construct reference drawing in the view to automatically update the changes. If you work in this manner, you only need to maintain the construct drawings, and you do not need to manually maintain the view drawings. Creating a General View You can create a general view drawing that typically displays a top view of the system design. 1 On the Quick Access Toolbar, click Project Navigator . 2 On the Project Navigator, click the Views tab. 3 In the Views directory, right-click the subdirectory where you want to add the view, and click New View Dwg ➤ General. 4 In the Add General View dialog, specify the drawing information: ■ Name: Specify a file name. ■ Category: Use the default directory location, or specify a new directory location. ■ Drawing Template: Verify the template to use for the view drawing. This is the template specified in the project settings. 568 | Chapter 12 Creating Construction Documents