Knowledge Base
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Shadow Colour for SketchUp®
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Shadow Colour for Autodesk® Revit®
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Planary for Autodesk® Revit®
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Planary for Autodesk® AutoCAD®
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Plan Match for Autodesk® Revit®
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Sketch Your Site Using Polyline
- Open AutoCAD.
- Draw a site or sites using a polyline or hatch.
![Planary 1.3 CAD Sketch Your Site](https://agileform.ca/wp-content/uploads/2022/08/Planary-1.3-CAD-Sketch-Your-Site-768x590.png)
Make sure polylines are closed.
To close polylines you can press c + enter/space, or go to Preference → Misc → Close → Yes
![Planary AutoCad polyline properties](https://agileform.ca/wp-content/uploads/2021/10/Planary-AutoCad-polyline-properties.png)
When creating a shape with multiple polylines, join all polylines to one closed shape.
Select polylines and press Join + enter/space
Select polylines and press Join + enter/space
![Planary 2.0 CAD Add Building Part Join](https://agileform.ca/wp-content/uploads/2022/08/Planary-2.0-CAD-Add-Building-Part-Join.png)
Launch Planary
Click AgileForm tab → Planary.
![Planary CAD Add-In](https://agileform.ca/wp-content/uploads/2022/08/Planary-CAD-Add-In-768x100.png)
Planary Objects:
Site: site contains ‘Buildings’ and ‘Lands.’ In Planary, you can add multiple sites by right click on the browser window.
![Planary Site](https://agileform.ca/wp-content/uploads/2021/09/Planary-Site-150x150.png)
Building: an entity containing ‘building parts’.
![Planary Bulding](https://agileform.ca/wp-content/uploads/2021/09/Planary-Bulding-150x150.png)
Building Part: an entity represents a part of a building, could be a tower, podium, typical floor etc.
![Planary Building Part](https://agileform.ca/wp-content/uploads/2021/09/Planary-Building-Part-150x150.png)
Land: an entity that represents a land use.
![Planary_Land](https://agileform.ca/wp-content/uploads/2021/09/Planary_Land-150x150.png)
Angular Plane: A projected surface at a certain degree angle. Use as a constraint tool for building height
![Angular Plane 20](https://agileform.ca/wp-content/uploads/2022/08/Angular_Plane-20-150x150.png)
We now have a basic understanding of all the Planary objects and a site ready to use.
Let’s go to the next article and plan our site!
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