If a component cannot be assigned a material, or if you do not want to use materials but still want consistency among
structural members of the same style, you can specify the display properties of the structural member components in
the structural member style:
■
Layer, color, and linetype of structural member components
■
Hatching used with each component
■
Cut plane height and the display of components relative to the cut plane
■
Other specific structural member display information, such as whether custom blocks are added to the display of
the structural member
You can also use the Display tab of the Properties palette to change the display property settings for a selected object
display component in the current display representation. For more information, see “
Using the Properties Palette to
Change Display Properties
” on page 445.
About Structural Member Display Representations
Structural member geometry is created by a shape contained in the style of the structural member that is extruded
along the axis of the member. Each shape can have different levels of detail in its geometry, allowing different displays
of the structural member that the shape is defining. If you look at the display representations of a structural member,
you see that there may be more than one of the same representation. Each representation displays the structural shape
in a different level of detail.
For example, you can use the Plan, Plan High Detail, and Plan Low Detail structural member representations to display
a plan view of a structural member.
Displaying a structural member with the Plan High Detail, Plan Low Detail, and Plan display representations
The Plan Low Detail display representation displays the member with simple lines and arcs. You can use this display
representation to create a top view framing plan where you want a single line representation of a column. The Plan
Low Detail display representation includes two display components, Beam Sketch and Brace Sketch. You can change
the display properties of these components, such as layer, color, and linetype, to differentiate the display of beams and
braces. On the Other tab of the style override dialog box for this display representation, you can also add offsets between
members to display them as you typically would in a top view framing plan. Note that the Use Member Offsets check
box applies only to the start and end offsets. The Offset value below the check box applies only to structural braces,
and allows you to offset them horizontally so that they are visible even when positioned directly underneath a beam.
1430 | Chapter 29 Structural Members
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 ...
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