Drawing second floor

[igones]

Hi everyone!

 

I've finished drawing my ground floor and now I need to draw my second floor. I read in a tutorial that the best way to do this is using the Xref command to know where is the walls, bathrooms and etc.

 

But I didn't get it at all. So, please can somebody help me?

 

I need to draw my second floor in the same drawing. So what's the easiest way to do that?

 

After that I need to have a drawing with my second floor walls in dashed thin lines over my first floor. How can it be done?

 

Thanks!!!

[Dadgad]

You could create a new layer for the second floor, and COPYTOLAYER, which will do just what it sounds like.

 

The dashed lines are usually the HIDDEN ones, so I think you have gotten your description backwards,

but while I love ARCHITECTURE, it is not my discipline.

Edited August 26, 2012 by Dadgad

[deres]

If you want to have both floors in the same drawing then you shouldn't use x-ref. The best way (and the way most architects work) is to make a copy above or below and start working your next floor. Before you do that, you should "group" some things in blocks. For example, a useful block is statics (columns, beams etc) that are usually the same in all floors. Another useful block is a horizontal & vertical grid that describes the statics and has also the section symbols.

[ReMark]

You're doing this in 2D or 3D?

 

What type of building? Residential, commercial, industrial, other?

[rkent]

You list Architecture 2012 as your software, are you drawing the walls, etc, using the programs features or just drawing lines. In Architectural Desktop (or what ever it is called now) there are very specify methods to draw the next floor and they are done in separate drawings (constructs I believe they are called) so you need to specify whether you are drawing lines or using the Arch program features.

[igones]

Sorry it's because I use both softwares. But now I'm using Autocad

 

You're doing this in 2D or 3D?

 

What type of building? Residential, commercial, industrial, other?

 

2D - Residential

 

Thanks dadgad and deres.