Defining the dimensioning of components
1
Open a tool palette that has a wall tool.
2
Right-click a wall tool, and click Wall Styles.
3
Select the wall style that you want to change.
4
Click the Components tab.
5
Define if the positive and negative sides of the wall should be an interior or exterior wall side by selecting
Interior or Exterior for (+) and (-).
6
To define an offset for a wall component, select the component in the list view, and enter a value for Offset
Increment.
Alternatively, you can use the arrow keys.
7
Under Function, select if the component is a structural component or a non-structural one.
This distinction is important when creating a dimension style for a multi-component wall, as you can
define in the dimension style that it only dimensions structural components.
You can also leave the component function as unspecified.
8
To specify the dimension settings for a wall component, verify that the component is selected in the list
view.
NOTE The component selected is highlighted in the graphic on the left.
9
Under Dimension, select if the component should be dimensioned to one side, to both sides, or to the
center of the component.
■
To dimension the component only to one side check the mark under
or
depending on
whether you want to dimension the component to the left or right side.
■
If you want to dimension the component to both sides, check both marks for
and
.
■
If you want to dimension the component to its center, check the mark for
.
10
Click OK to finish setting up component dimensioning in the wall style.
For information on creating a dimension style for wall components, see “
Specifying Object Dimension
Points in AEC Dimension Styles
” on page 1881.
Removing a Component from a Wall Style
Use this procedure to delete a component from a wall style. When you remove a component from a wall style, the
component is also removed from all existing walls that use this style.
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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 ...
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