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Elevations of the four sides

Guide: Elevations of the four sides · · 1 min read

Four elevations drawn from your plan: walls, doors and windows at their sill and height, the roof, levels and sizes. Flat and to scale.

The four elevations of the sample house side by side, with levels, sizes and the roof.

Elevations of the four sides: step by step

  1. 1. Open the elevations

    In Plan, click ⋯ next to the views in the top bar and choose Elevations (in Sheets Elevations stands on its own), or search it with ⌘K. On a phone: More, View, Elevations.

  2. 2. Which sides

    With north set (Place, tab North) you get North, East, South and West. Without north: Front, Back, Left and Right; the front is the bottom of the plan.

  3. 3. Read the drawing

    Each floor at its height, doors and windows at their sill and height, and the roof. On the right the levels (ridge, floors, the datum P = 0, a basement), under the house one size: its outside width, the same number as the total on the plan. A detached shed or summerhouse is not in the elevation of the house; an attached garage is.

  4. 4. Materials

    When a wall has a build-up, its outside layer shows in its colour with joints, such as brick. A wall without a build-up stays plain.

  5. 5. Save or export

    With an unlocked home, Pro or Team, Download SVG saves what you see; without, the button says why. In Export, with an unlocked home, Pro or Team, tick Elevations: all four on one sheet, or one per page in the PDF and one file each for PNG, JPG, SVG and DXF. The DXF has its own layers for walls, joints, openings, roof and grade.

Messages you may see

  • Nothing to show yet. Draw a room or walls on the plan first.

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