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Preferences Dialog

Architectural Panel

1 Select the desired default behaviors for cabinets, doors, and windows. See
selected Walls. “Displaying Cabinets” on page 615,
• Check Show Same Wall Type Handles “Displaying Doors” on page 535, or
to display edit handles on selected walls “Displaying Windows” on page 571.
that draw new walls of the same type • Select Opening Indicators Point to
when dragged. See “Same Wall Type Edit Hinge Side for opening indicators that
Handles” on page 371. point to the hinge side of the opening.
• Check Select Room Before Wall in 3D • Select Opening Indicators Point to
to select the room defined by a wall when Handle Side for opening indicators that
you click on the wall in 3D views. See point to the handle side of the opening.
“Selecting Rooms” on page 417.
3 Check Stair Sections Move
• Check Turn on Connect Island Rooms Independently to allow stair sections
When Opening Legacy Plans to auto- connected by landings to move separately,
matically connect “island” rooms an without moving the entire staircase. See
Invisible wall in legacy plans opened in “Editing Stairs and Ramps” on page 733.
Version X10. See “Room Definition” on
page 411. 4 Uncheck Enable ‘Show Room Label’
Automatic Behavior When Changing
2 Opening Appearance - Specify the Room Types to prevent a room’s label from
appearance of opening indicators on displaying when an “Unspecified” room is

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