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Drawing the South Elevation
Orthographic pro-
jection is a method
for illustrating an
object in views set
at right angles to
each other—front,
top, side, back, and
so on.
The first elevation view you'll create is the south view. This will reflect the appear-
ance of the cabin as if you were looking at it from the side with the bath and living
room windows. Before starting on these elevation views, however, you'll need to
create some additional layers. These layers will mimic many of the layers already in
your drawing, but will use the major ELEV code to distinguish them from the lay-
ers used for your floor plan.
1. Open 09A-FPLAY5.dwg .
2. Open the Layer Properties Manager palette from the Home tab
Layers panel.
3. Using the New Layer button, create the layers with the properties
shown in Table 10.1.
tABLE 10.1 Elevation Layers
Layer
Color
Linetype
A-ELEV-DECK
3 (Green)
Continuous
A-ELEV-DECK-STRS
8
Continuous
A-ELEV-DOOR
1 (Red)
Continuous
A-ELEV-FNDN
8
Continuous
A-ELEV-GLAZ
30
Continuous
A-ELEV-ROOF
5 (Blue)
Continuous
A-ELEV-TEXT
2 (Yellow)
Continuous
A-ELEV-WALL
4 (Cyan)
Continuous
4. Save this drawing as 10A-FPLAY1.dwg .
Creating the South Elevation
You draw the elevation using techniques similar to those used on a traditional
drafting board. You'll draw the south elevation view of the cabin directly below
 
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