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Project North

How to set your project North

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Written by Aaron Fife
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Setting project north

Setting a project north is useful for a few reasons:

  • Ortho snapping will be aligned to project north

  • Floor plan views will be aligned to project north by default

  • Clicking the compass button will orient your view to project north after it is set

To set project north:

  1. Go to main menu → Project → Project North or select "Set project north" from the dropdown beside the compass button in the top right of the model view

  2. Click to place the first point for the north arrow vector

  3. Click to place the second point for the north arrow vector. You’ll see a pink arrow indicating project north direction while placing the second point.

Note that if you have already created floor plan views, when you set project north all floor plan views will be updated to orient to project north automatically unless you have explicitly set the orientation of the view.

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