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Chief Architect X10 Reference Manual

General Panel

• Specify the top Height of the Terrain Fea- Polyline Panel
ture, relative to the terrain surface, using a
positive or negative number. The POLYLINE panel states the length of the
garden bed’s Perimeter, its enclosed Area,
• Specify the feature’s Thickness. and its Volume. See “Polyline Panel” on

If a feature’s height above the terrain is page 314.
greater than its thickness, the program will
fill in the resulting gap. Spline Panel
• Check Make Hole to specify the selected The SPLINE panel has a single option and is
Terrain Feature as a Terrain Hole. See only available when the selected object is a
“Terrain Holes” on page 1209. spline. See “Splines” on page 321.
• Check Clip Overlapping Terrain Fea-
tures to suppress the 3D display of any
part of the selected Terrain Feature inter-
sected by other Terrain Features with a New Segment Angle - Specify the angle
lower Height value. Clipping is useful for between line segments that are used to draw
creating features that contain other fea- the spline. Specifying a smaller angle makes
tures such as planters or swimming pools. the spline smoother. Specify a larger angle to
draw the spline faster.
Distributed Plant Panel
Selected Line Panel
This panel is only available when the
selected Terrain Feature is a Garden Bed. For The SELECTED LINE panel is available when
information, see “Distributed Object Panel - the selected edge of the polyline is a line as
Distribution Region” on page 1005. opposed to an arc. See “Selected Edge” on
page 214.
• Check Show Region to display the edges
of the garden bed in floor plan view. The settings on this panel are available for a
variety of other objects in the program. For
information about these settings, see “Line
Panel” on page 300.

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