When I insert a scaled external reference with bounding objects into a drawing, any associative spaces
generated from the objects in the external reference will not be correctly calculated when their boundary
offset is set By Standard.What I can I do to fix this?
Currently, when an external reference is scaled during insertion, the boundary offset calculation will never be correct
if the boundary offsets are set By Standard. You can either re-insert the external reference without scaling, or you can
change the boundary offsets from By Standard to By Style or Manual and try to emulate the rules of the standard in
the style of by manually offsetting the net, usable, and gross boundaries.
I made some changes to bounding objects in an external reference.When I reload the external reference
into my current drawing, the spaces associative to the external reference do not update, even though I
have activated Automatically update associative spaces in the AEC Options settings (see
“
Activating
and Deactivating Automatic Updates
” on page 1599
).Why does the space not update?
The automatic update of associative spaces does not react to new bounding objects added into an external reference.
If the external reference has new bounding objects that affect the space, the space will display a defect marker when
the external reference is reloaded. To fix these spaces, you need to select the space, and run the context menu command
Update Space Geometry
➤
Selected Spaces. Additional spaces may need to be generated after the existing spaces have
been updated.
NOTE If the external reference does not have any new objects added, but only modifications to the existing objects, the
spaces can be updated using the context menu command Update Space Geometry
➤
All Associative spaces.
Creating Non-Associative Spaces
Non-associative spaces are freestanding spaces with user-defined geometry. You can either draw a space or convert
linework, object outlines, mass elements, or slabs to spaces, which you can then modify according to your needs.
Drawing a Non-Associative 2D or Extruded 3D Space
When you draw a non-associative 2D or extruded 3D space, you can either base it on target dimensions taken from
the space style, or you can draw rectangular or polygonal spaces with dimensions that you define.
NOTE Area objects from older versions of the software are converted to 2D spaces. You can convert them to extruded 3D
spaces, if necessary.
Inserting a Space with Style-Defined Target Dimensions
Use this procedure to insert a non-associative space based on target dimensions set in the space style. For information
about setting target dimensions in the space style, see “
Specifying Target Dimensions for the Space
” on page 1686.
1
Open the tool palette that contains the Space tool you want to use, and select it.
(You may have to scroll to display the desired tool.)
2
On the Properties palette, expand Basic, and expand General.
3
Select a style.
4
Enter a name for the space.
If the space style has an associated list definition, you can select a name from the drop-down list. For
information about list definitions, see “
Attaching a List Definition to a Space Style
” on page 1687.
5
Select a tag for the space.
If no space tags are contained in the list, you can drag a tag into the drawing from the Content Browser.
You can also create your own space tags from multi-view blocks.
NOTE For user-drawn spaces, the Associative setting is read-only and set to No.
6
For Offset boundaries, select how the 4 space boundaries (base, net, usable, and gross boundary) are offset
from each other:
■
Manual: The boundary offsets are 0 by default, and can be manually edited with grips. Each boundary
has its own set of grips.
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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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