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Site Plan

Anonymous
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Hi, I am using the Australian template and would like to know the best way to go about setting up a view for a site plan. For example, so that the view is showing the roof plan plus the site and planting. Any advise appreciated.
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David Maudlin
Rockstar
Scotty wrote:
Another question relative to this is, can I just have a cut plane that starts at the highest point of the site down to the lowest, showing everything?
One option is to create a 3D Document. Go to Parallel Projection Settings, set to Top View, set the Camera Azimuth to 270˚, and open the 3D Window, you should have a top down view of the model. Now right-click and select New 3D Document from 3D... and create a 3D Document from the 3D Window.

David
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dcerezo
Advocate
Just found this online, I like this method.

https://asiabim.wordpress.com/2018/08/21/site-plan-in-archicad/
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Tim Ball
Expert
I create a 3D view looking down onto the site. Use the plan icon in the 3D menu.

Then create a 3D document and adjust the settings for colours, vector fills and shadows to give you the style you want. Maybe use a graphic override to change the presentation further if you want. You can then use text, labels, dimensions and levels and everything is live linked to the model
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