A square-shaped grip typically indicates that the cursor movement is constrained to a plane. An isosceles triangle-shaped
grip indicates that the cursor movement is constrained to a line or curve.
Temporary Grip Coordinate Systems
When you drag a grip, the current cursor position is typically projected to the XY plane of the current User Coordinate
System (UCS). Some grip-editing operations are not possible in the current coordinate system. For example, if the
current UCS is in plan, you cannot change the height of a wall while in an isometric view. For this reason, some grips
have their own coordinate system that is temporarily set while the grip is active. Once the grip-editing operation is
complete, the UCS is set back to its previous state. To identify whether a grip is setting a temporary coordinate system,
set UCSICON to on, and display the icon at the origin.
In-Place Editing
In-place editing is a special editing mode for making on-screen changes to components of an object. For example, you
can edit wall endcaps, wall or curtain wall roof lines, profile-based railing posts, or extruded mass element outlines.
While in-place editing mode is active, all other commands and objects in the drawing are “frozen.” To access the
commands and objects again, exit the in-place editing mode.
When you enter an in-place editing session, a temporary in-place edit profile is drawn around the object being edited.
After making changes, you exit the in-place edit session, and save the changes. You may also discard changes upon
exiting the in-place session, and the object reverts to the state it was in before the in-place editing session began.
In-place edit profile of extruded mass element
The in-place edit profile is displayed in a different color and hatching from the object it outlines. You can change the
display of the in-place edit profile by changing its colors, lineweights, and hatching.
Sometimes, multiple in-place editing entities are created in a single session. This is the case for walls that have multiple
sweeps or modifiers, or for roof slabs and slabs that have both a fascia and a soffit profile.
The in-place editing mode is invoked from the context menu of an object.
Invoking in-place editing from the context menu of a wall
To access the context menu, select the object, and right-click. Then select the appropriate in-place editing command.
When you enter the in-place editing mode, a special toolbar helps you to zoom to the active in-place profile, to save
changes to the component, or to discard all changes. When you exit the in-place editing mode, the toolbar is closed.
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Summary of Contents for 00128-051462-9310 - AUTOCAD 2008 COMM UPG FRM 2005 DVD
Page 1: ...AutoCAD Architecture 2008 User s Guide 2007 ...
Page 4: ...1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 ...
Page 40: ...xl Contents ...
Page 41: ...Workflow and User Interface 1 1 ...
Page 42: ...2 Chapter 1 Workflow and User Interface ...
Page 146: ...106 Chapter 3 Content Browser ...
Page 164: ...124 Chapter 4 Creating and Saving Drawings ...
Page 370: ...330 Chapter 6 Drawing Management ...
Page 440: ...400 Chapter 8 Drawing Compare ...
Page 528: ...488 Chapter 10 Display System ...
Page 540: ...500 Chapter 11 Style Manager ...
Page 612: ...572 Chapter 13 Content Creation Guidelines ...
Page 613: ...Conceptual Design 2 573 ...
Page 614: ...574 Chapter 14 Conceptual Design ...
Page 678: ...638 Chapter 16 ObjectViewer ...
Page 683: ...Designing with Architectural Objects 3 643 ...
Page 684: ...644 Chapter 18 Designing with Architectural Objects ...
Page 788: ...748 Chapter 18 Walls ...
Page 942: ...902 Chapter 19 Curtain Walls ...
Page 1042: ...1002 Chapter 21 AEC Polygons ...
Page 1052: ...Changing a door width 1012 Chapter 22 Doors ...
Page 1106: ...Changing a window width 1066 Chapter 23 Windows ...
Page 1172: ...1132 Chapter 24 Openings ...
Page 1226: ...Using grips to change the flight width of a spiral stair run 1186 Chapter 25 Stairs ...
Page 1368: ...Using the Angle grip to edit slab slope 1328 Chapter 28 Slabs and Roof Slabs ...
Page 1491: ...Design Utilities 4 1451 ...
Page 1492: ...1452 Chapter 30 Design Utilities ...
Page 1536: ...1496 Chapter 31 Layout Curves and Grids ...
Page 1564: ...1524 Chapter 32 Grids ...
Page 1611: ...Documentation 5 1571 ...
Page 1612: ...1572 Chapter 36 Documentation ...
Page 1706: ...Stretching a surface opening Moving a surface opening 1666 Chapter 36 Spaces ...
Page 1710: ...Offsetting the edge of a window opening on a freeform space surface 1670 Chapter 36 Spaces ...
Page 1956: ...1916 Chapter 42 Fields ...
Page 2035: ...Properties of a detail callout The Properties of a Callout Tool 1995 ...
Page 2060: ...2020 Chapter 45 Callouts ...
Page 2170: ...2130 Chapter 47 AEC Content and DesignCenter ...
Page 2171: ...Other Utilities 6 2131 ...
Page 2172: ...2132 Chapter 48 Other Utilities ...
Page 2182: ...2142 Chapter 51 Reference AEC Objects ...
Page 2212: ...2172 Chapter 52 Customizing and Adding New Content for Detail Components ...
Page 2217: ...AutoCAD Architecture 2008 Menus 54 2177 ...
Page 2226: ...2186 Chapter 54 AutoCAD Architecture 2008 Menus ...
Page 2268: ...2228 Index ...