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Chief Architect X10 Reference Manual

The following shows a curved wall with or Shakes Type, the Height - Overlap
three different Shading Contrasts (created in Amount = Exposure of the material.
a separate graphics program). Notice how the • Specify a Framing material’s Spacing
lowest contrast at the top appears almost flat. OC. This value controls the spacing of
wall studs only. See “Wall Framing” on
page 836.
Low Contrast
• Specify the material’s Length. This value
is restricted to a ratio of the Height for
Parquet, Octagon, and Hexagon material
Types.
Normal Contrast
• Specify the Thickness of a material Type
such as Tile. Thickness does not typically
affect the appearance of the material in
Vector Views, but is used for Materials
List calculations.
High Contrast
Note: With the exception of wall framing, when
a material is assigned to a wall type layer, floor
or ceiling structure or finish layer, or to a struc-
tural roofing layer, the Thickness value set
here is not used for materials list calculations.

3 Specifications - • Specify the Depth of a Brick material.
Depth does not typically affect the mate-
• Select a Material Type from the drop- rial’s appearance in Vector Views, but is
down list. The selected Type defines how used for Materials List calculations.
- or whether - the material is calculated in • Some patterns are defined by relative
the Materials List and may also be associ- Size. The number does not have any units:
ated with a pattern. See “Material Types” it is more like a scaling factor. Material
on page 1024.
Types with a Size setting are not calcu-
Depending on the Type selected, additional lated in the Materials List.
settings may become available. Unless • Specify the Joint Width, which is the
otherwise noted, these settings affect both the grout width between pieces of Tile. This
appearance of the material in Vector Views affects the size of tiles in Vector Views
and how it is counted in the Materials List: but not the size of the pattern lines.
• Specify the material’s Height. This value • Specify the Mortar Width for a Brick or
is restricted to a ratio of the Length for Block material. This affects the size of
Parquet, Octagon, and Hexagon material bricks and blocks in Vector Views but not
Types. When applied to a Strip, Shingles, the size of the pattern lines.

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