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Model Building
The Floor Formatting Wizard supports the following methods as a starting point for entering
information about a floor:
Leave Floor Empty - This option allows you to defer formatting this floor until a later time.
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Sketch Floor Plan - Use this option to freehand sketch the layout of a building floor plan. Summit
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WMScanner supports a variety of drawing tools that make this process easy. The drawing tools
allow you to do such things as make straight lines, make perpendicular lines, make exact end point
connections of lines, and draw rooms. The freehand sketch method is most often used when another
form of an electronic blueprint is not available. When drawing a line, you first specify its height and
material type. Summit WMScanner automatically takes care of building the three dimensional building
database model as you sketch.
Make Copy of Floor - Make a copy of a floor that you have previously formatted in the current project
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workspace by using the Format Floor Wizard.
Import Non Formatted File - Allows you to import an unformatted file such as an AutoCAD architect
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file, raster bitmap image, etc., that you can use to trace the walls of the floor plan. After importing
an unformatted raster image file, you use the same easy drawing tools of the Sketch Floor Plan
mode to specify where walls exist, their height, and what type of material they are made of. Summit
WMScanner automatically takes care of building the three dimensional building database model as
you sketch. If you import an unformatted AutoCAD file, you will be given the opportunity to select
the individual drawing entities (one by one, or by layer) and process them all at once as a particular
type of construction material.
Import Preformatted File - This option allows you to import a floor from a previously formatted
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Summit WMScanner file. This can be useful if you share the work of formatting floors with other
team members. Each team member can format a separate floor, then the floors may later be
combined into a single drawing using this option.
The Floor Formatting Wizard is a Windows style guide that includes several navigation buttons
allowing you to change from one dialog box to the next. On each dialog you will be asked to review
information or perform an action. Once you have stepped through each dialog in the wizard, you will
have the option to press the Finish button on the wizard to save your work. If at any time you wish to
abort the wizard, press the Cancel button (This will abort any formatting you have done to the floor,
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