Creating New Design - Autodesk Infraworks and Infraworks 360 Essentials - page 105

21. Use a similar procedure to draw a side that is 250 ( 75 ) in length and
is parallel to the first side that you drew. This time double-click the
point to end the command.

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If you forget to double-
click the last point, just
double-click an extra
one. You'll learn how to
remove extra points in
the next section.

22. Press Esc twice to clear the selection of the building.

23. Pan, zoom, and orbit to view the building. Your building should look
similar to that shown in Figure 3.38.

fIgure 3.38 A newly created building drawn with specific dimensions
You can view the results of successfully completing this exercise by choosing
the Ex_3_6_End proposal.

editing Buildings

In this section we'll look at two sets of tools for editing buildings: gizmos and
right-click menu commands.

gizmos

As you may have guessed, buildings share some editing gizmos with roads and
coverages, but there are differences too. Here are the details:

Vertex Location gizmo First, it is worth mentioning that there are no eleva-
tion gizmos associated with a building. Building vertices all share the same
elevation, and while the entire building can be raised and lowered, individual
vertices cannot. The purple box-shaped location gizmos work in the same man-
ner as you have seen with other features.