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Chapter 38:

Roads, Driveways

and Sidewalks

Roads and sidewalks are modeled in 3D like Chapter Contents
other terrain objects in Chief Architect. • Road and Sidewalk Defaults
Because they have much in common with • Road, Driveway and Sidewalk Tools
terrain objects and rely upon terrain data to • Displaying Road Objects
be viewed in 3D, it is helpful to be familiar • Editing Road Objects
with terrain modeling before using these • Adding Road Objects to the Library
tools. See “Terrain” on page 1199. • Road Specification Dialog
• Median Specification Dialog
• Driveway Specification Dialog
• Road Marking Specification Dialog

Road and Sidewalk Defaults
Default Settings can be accessed by tools are used. It is a good idea to check these
selecting Edit> Default Settings. settings before placing any roads or
Click the + beside Roads, Sidewalks and sidewalks in your plan.
Driveways to display the subheadings. See
“Default Settings” on page 86. Road Defaults

The settings in the Road Defaults, Driveway You can access the Road Defaults dialog
Defaults, Road Marking Defaults, and from the Default Settings dialog, or by
Sidewalk Defaults dialogs determine the
initial settings when the road and sidewalk double-clicking the Road Tools button.

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