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Chief Architect X10 Reference Manual

settings in this dialog. If Update Auto- Wall Layout Template
matically is unchecked, clicking Update Begin by laying out the Wall Layout
may force the Preview to be blank.
template. If it printed on multiple sheets, they
9 A preview of the current print job should be combined into one. Make sure that
displays here. The drawing sheet for exterior and interior wall surfaces line up
each page displays as a white rectangle, and where the sheets join together.
you can scroll through the pages. If the print Fasten the Wall Layout Template to a sturdy
job is large, a progress dialog may display surface to provide support for your walls.
briefly as the preview draws or updates.
Walls
10 To help prevent unwanted printed
output, information messages regarding Walls should be cut and fixed to a rigid
page size and resolution may display here, backing so that they can stand on their own
depending on the settings in this dialog. and support the weight of the roof or floors
above them. How they are cut and assembled
Assembling the Model varies depending on the desired final
appearance of the model and how they were
Once the templates have been printed, they printed.
can be assembled. You need scissors, an
adhesive, and a rigid material like cardboard Roofs
or foamboard that can be easily cut and glued Roof planes are joined together when
to provide support for the 3D model. possible before printing. For each roof
The Model Maker produces templates of surface, the fascia and soffit surfaces are
wall and roof surfaces in the model, but does attached at the eave.
not include tabs or other means of connecting All flattened roof/fascia/soffit surfaces are
them together. If you wish, you can leave placed into a CAD detail named “Model
extra paper beyond the template edges as you Detail.” This is overwritten and updated each
cut them out for use assembling the model. time the roof group is printed for a particular
model. If the roof or portions of the roof need
to be reprinted, those pieces can be printed
from the detail.

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