• Worksheet Tool

Worksheet Tool/Worksheet Window

The new Worksheet window provides a dedicated environment for 2D model-based drawings, such as partial floor plans and partial sections, and for drawings created entirely in 2D. It will improve the workflow of users who prefer to finish their drawings using 2D tools, and/or who work with draftsmen limited to 2D methods.

The Worksheet is a new, separate Project Map category in the Navigator.

The user can link any type of marker to the Worksheet.

You can place a Section marker onto a Worksheet to create a Drawing-type section. You can also place a Detail marker onto a Worksheet to create a Drawing-type Detail. Such Drawing Sections and Drawing Details cannot be refreshed based on the content of the Worksheet window.

The Worksheet tool is active in any window. It has marker and linking options similar to those of the other ArchiCAD marker tools.

A Worksheet can be created in one of the following ways:

• Use the Worksheet tool to create a Worksheet from a selected part of the source view, using a rectangular or polygonal input method to define the area and to place a marker. This will be an associative source view, akin to Drawing/Model Section.
• Use the Worksheet tool to create a Worksheet of the entire visible contents of the window (pasted in 2D form) with a single click.
• Select any element(s) from any window and paste them into the Worksheet window. All elements, including construction elements, will be pasted in 2D form.
• Use Virtual Trace function to transfer certain elements from another view into the Worksheet (in exploded form)
• Draw all new 2D elements into the Worksheet window.

Only 2D tools are available when the Worksheet window is active.

While creating a Worksheet based on the source model is similar to creating a model-based detail, the Worksheet is optimized for creating partial floor plans and partial sections.

Consequently, when transferring all or part of a model view to a Worksheet window:

• annotation elements and dimensions will, by default, also appear in the resulting Worksheet. (In contrast, creating a Detail with this method will – by default - not include the source model’s annotation/dimension elements.)
• the resulting Worksheet will have the same scale as the source, if any. (If the source has no scale, the Worksheet will be shown at a default scale value.)

Set the Section as Reference next to another Section:

The Worksheet Tool Settings: