Would you like to inspect the original subtitles? These are the user uploaded subtitles that are being translated: 1 00:00:00.05 --> 00:00:02.09 - So here we are at the beginning of the project, 2 00:00:02.09 --> 00:00:05.02 our surveyors provided us a 3 00:00:05.02 --> 00:00:08.05 DWG of the survey of the property, 4 00:00:08.05 --> 00:00:10.03 or the owner 5 00:00:10.03 --> 00:00:13.05 has provided us a PDF of their building 6 00:00:13.05 --> 00:00:16.04 and we need to get that into 7 00:00:16.04 --> 00:00:19.01 a three dimensional kind of space, 8 00:00:19.01 --> 00:00:22.08 we are going to talk about the virtual trace. 9 00:00:22.08 --> 00:00:25.03 So if you go up to window, 10 00:00:25.03 --> 00:00:27.04 and you go to 11 00:00:27.04 --> 00:00:28.05 palettes, 12 00:00:28.05 --> 00:00:30.06 and then you go to 13 00:00:30.06 --> 00:00:31.06 Trace 14 00:00:31.06 --> 00:00:32.05 and Reference, 15 00:00:32.05 --> 00:00:36.04 so let's just click on that. So it opens up this dialogue. 16 00:00:36.04 --> 00:00:40.07 And if you use trace paper, it's very similar. 17 00:00:40.07 --> 00:00:41.07 So what I like to do is 18 00:00:41.07 --> 00:00:46.00 I'm going to just put this over below my navigator, 19 00:00:46.00 --> 00:00:47.01 and 20 00:00:47.01 --> 00:00:49.09 you can scroll over to 21 00:00:49.09 --> 00:00:50.08 what you want to trace. 22 00:00:50.08 --> 00:00:53.08 So let's just trace the survey for now. 23 00:00:53.08 --> 00:00:55.05 So if I click on this, 24 00:00:55.05 --> 00:00:58.05 and I can say show as a Trace Reference, 25 00:00:58.05 --> 00:01:02.01 it is going to pull up the survey. 26 00:01:02.01 --> 00:01:05.03 And because it's little far away, 27 00:01:05.03 --> 00:01:08.03 so it's way up there. 28 00:01:08.03 --> 00:01:11.03 And it looks like the layers are off. 29 00:01:11.03 --> 00:01:14.03 So let's go back. 30 00:01:14.03 --> 00:01:16.02 And let's go to our layers, 31 00:01:16.02 --> 00:01:19.01 let's just turn on all of our layers. 32 00:01:19.01 --> 00:01:20.08 And so there it is, 33 00:01:20.08 --> 00:01:23.01 it's a little far away from where we're going to be drawing. 34 00:01:23.01 --> 00:01:26.08 So let's just bring it closer, we have these options, 35 00:01:26.08 --> 00:01:29.05 so we can switch the reference. So if I click on this, 36 00:01:29.05 --> 00:01:33.06 it switches between an active and an inactive. 37 00:01:33.06 --> 00:01:36.07 So right now, we're on the survey, 38 00:01:36.07 --> 00:01:40.00 and what's below us is first floor, 39 00:01:40.00 --> 00:01:41.04 or what's being traced. 40 00:01:41.04 --> 00:01:42.09 So if I click that, again, 41 00:01:42.09 --> 00:01:45.00 we can see that the survey is being traced 42 00:01:45.00 --> 00:01:48.08 and the active area that we're in is the first floor. 43 00:01:48.08 --> 00:01:51.02 So we can see this is a little far away. 44 00:01:51.02 --> 00:01:53.00 And so we have a few different options, 45 00:01:53.00 --> 00:01:57.02 we can drag the reference, we can rotate the reference, 46 00:01:57.02 --> 00:02:01.00 we can reset the reference to its default position, 47 00:02:01.00 --> 00:02:03.02 we can rebuild the reference, 48 00:02:03.02 --> 00:02:06.08 maybe the references change or you've updated that file, 49 00:02:06.08 --> 00:02:09.01 we can change the colour of the reference 50 00:02:09.01 --> 00:02:11.09 and the opacity of the reference, 51 00:02:11.09 --> 00:02:15.06 we can also change what the active layer looks like 52 00:02:15.06 --> 00:02:18.05 or the active area that we're working in. 53 00:02:18.05 --> 00:02:21.07 So let's just do this. Let's change it to 54 00:02:21.07 --> 00:02:24.01 red so we can see it. There it is. 55 00:02:24.01 --> 00:02:27.07 And now let's just drag this down. 56 00:02:27.07 --> 00:02:30.00 So I clicked on move. 57 00:02:30.00 --> 00:02:31.06 And I'm going to move it closer 58 00:02:31.06 --> 00:02:34.00 to the origin of where I'm working. 59 00:02:34.00 --> 00:02:39.05 And so now if I zoom in, and I'm just scrolling in, 60 00:02:39.05 --> 00:02:41.08 I can see that it's a little bit off, 61 00:02:41.08 --> 00:02:43.04 I might want to move it over a little bit more. 62 00:02:43.04 --> 00:02:45.09 So I'm going to click on it again move, 63 00:02:45.09 --> 00:02:48.08 and I can move it closer to where I'm working. 64 00:02:48.08 --> 00:02:50.06 And at the bottom, 65 00:02:50.06 --> 00:02:53.03 we have a couple options that allow us 66 00:02:53.03 --> 00:02:55.04 to visualize it a little bit better. 67 00:02:55.04 --> 00:02:59.02 So we can temporarily move it, maybe something's in our way. 68 00:02:59.02 --> 00:03:01.03 And we want to kind of get it out of the way 69 00:03:01.03 --> 00:03:02.04 so we can see what's going on. 70 00:03:02.04 --> 00:03:05.04 But once we let go, it moves back, 71 00:03:05.04 --> 00:03:09.02 we can also move it so that the reference 72 00:03:09.02 --> 00:03:12.06 is on top of the information that we're looking at. 73 00:03:12.06 --> 00:03:15.07 But it's still a reference. So you can see what happens is, 74 00:03:15.07 --> 00:03:19.03 if I push this reference above button, 75 00:03:19.03 --> 00:03:22.02 it moves it from back to front. 76 00:03:22.02 --> 00:03:26.05 So it's kind of a layering in a way or a ordering. 77 00:03:26.05 --> 00:03:29.01 Um and then we also have this ability. 78 00:03:29.01 --> 00:03:30.03 So I'm going to turn this off. 79 00:03:30.03 --> 00:03:34.02 And then we have the ability to bring a splitter down 80 00:03:34.02 --> 00:03:36.09 so we can look at information 81 00:03:36.09 --> 00:03:39.08 and see what's behind it. 82 00:03:39.08 --> 00:03:41.06 And so that works on both of them. 83 00:03:41.06 --> 00:03:46.04 So if I put the reference on top, the reference goes away. 84 00:03:46.04 --> 00:03:51.03 And if I do it the other way, the above information, 85 00:03:51.03 --> 00:03:53.06 or the active information goes away. 86 00:03:53.06 --> 00:03:57.02 And then we also have the ability to hide fills. 87 00:03:57.02 --> 00:04:00.03 So if you have a fill either in the reference 88 00:04:00.03 --> 00:04:03.06 or in the active, then you can hide that. 89 00:04:03.06 --> 00:04:07.00 And so this provides is a great opportunity to say okay, 90 00:04:07.00 --> 00:04:12.02 well I can still snap, or I can touch these elements. 91 00:04:12.02 --> 00:04:14.00 And I can quickly draw over it. 92 00:04:14.00 --> 00:04:16.02 So just going to show you a quick example 93 00:04:16.02 --> 00:04:18.05 of why this is such a powerful tool, 94 00:04:18.05 --> 00:04:20.08 I have selected the wall tool. 95 00:04:20.08 --> 00:04:22.09 And if I go over to this area here 96 00:04:22.09 --> 00:04:25.06 and I have a wall tool selected, 97 00:04:25.06 --> 00:04:29.07 I can just go through and quickly snap 98 00:04:29.07 --> 00:04:31.09 and place walls 99 00:04:31.09 --> 00:04:33.01 and 100 00:04:33.01 --> 00:04:34.06 it's attaching itself 101 00:04:34.06 --> 00:04:38.08 or it's a snapping to the reference. 102 00:04:38.08 --> 00:04:41.04 But if I go to my arrow tool, 103 00:04:41.04 --> 00:04:45.09 I can't select any of the things that are behind it. 104 00:04:45.09 --> 00:04:49.02 But I can use those as guide points 105 00:04:49.02 --> 00:04:52.00 when I'm starting to create my model. 106 00:04:52.00 --> 00:04:53.02 So let's just finish this off 107 00:04:53.02 --> 00:04:55.01 and we'll put the last wall there. 108 00:04:55.01 --> 00:04:58.04 And so 109 00:04:58.04 --> 00:05:00.08 you can see how powerful of a tool that is 110 00:05:00.08 --> 00:05:03.04 and then this trace works 111 00:05:03.04 --> 00:05:05.08 with every single 112 00:05:05.08 --> 00:05:09.01 element or anything in the viewpoint. 113 00:05:09.01 --> 00:05:10.08 Anything in the Layout Book, 114 00:05:10.08 --> 00:05:13.08 basically anything that you're working with, 115 00:05:13.08 --> 00:05:17.04 you can trace it. So it allows for a lot of efficiencies 116 00:05:17.04 --> 00:05:19.00 when you're starting out your project 117 00:05:19.00 --> 00:05:22.03 or when you're coordinating with other disciplines. 118 00:05:22.03 --> 00:05:24.07 So that's the Trace Reference in a nutshell. 119 00:05:24.07 --> 00:05:29.00 Definitely dive into it and you'll find how powerful it is. 9180