4
Enter a name for the tool.
5
Click the setting for Description, enter a description of the tool, and click OK.
6
Expand Basic, and expand General.
7
Click the setting for Description, enter a description of the column grid created from this tool, and click
OK.
8
Specify a layer key and any layer key overrides if you do not want to use the layer assignments specified
in the layer key style used in the drawing.
9
Select a column grid shape.
10
Specify the settings for the dimensions of the grid.
For more information, see “
Creating a Column Grid with User-Specified Settings
” on page 1499.
11
Click OK.
Working with Column Grids
After you have created column grids in your drawing, you can customize them for your project. You can add labels,
extend grid lines, and add dimensions to the grids.
Labeling Column Grids
You can label existing column grids in the X direction and the Y direction.
1
Select the column grid you want to label, right-click, and click Label.
2
Specify the grid location for labels:
Then…
If you want to…
click the X - Labeling tab.
add labels to the X axis of the grid
click the Y - Labeling tab.
add labels to the Y axis of the grid
3
Enter a starting number or letter for the label under Number in the table.
Each grid line in the X direction or the Y direction is listed in the table. If Automatically Calculate Values
for Labels is selected, numbers or letters are consecutively assigned to the remaining grid lines in the order
you specify (ascending or descending).
NOTE To renumber a grid, enter a new value in the first location. The remaining values are updated if
Automatically Calculate Values for Labels is selected.
4
If you do not want to use certain characters in the sequence, select Never Use Characters, and enter the
characters, separated by commas.
5
To change the label symbol, click Bubble.
6
Select a new label symbol from the MvBlockDef Select dialog box, and click OK.
Any multi-view block currently defined in the drawing can be used.
7
Click Generate New Bubbles On Exit to update the bubbles.
8
Specify the location of bubbles:
Then…
If you want to…
select Top and/or Bottom.
place bubbles in the X direction of the grid
select Left and/or Right.
place bubbles in the Y direction of the grid
9
Enter a value for Extension.
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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 ...
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