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Chief Architect X10 Reference Manual

off angle. The dialog shows how much
(weighted by length) of the selected walls
are in each category.
Select the second option and click OK to add
new entries to the Allowed Angles list and
allow new walls to be placed at these angles.
Walls already at Allowed Angles remain so.
See “Angle Snaps” on page 170.
Select the third option and click OK to do
nothing, which is the same as clicking
Select the first option and click OK to rotate Cancel.
the plan so that the largest group of off-angle You may want to rotate the majority of the
walls move to an Allowed Angle. This may walls to one of the normal allowed angles.
place this largest group at Allowed Angles,
but has two disadvantages. Then, use an Edit Area tool to select
everything again and select the second option
• First, other groups of off angle walls to provide new angle entries to cover the
remain off angle.
remaining walls.
• Second, any walls that were at an allowed
angle before this action will move to an

Stretch CAD
The Stretch CAD tool allows you to 4. When the Stretch CAD polyline’s shape
reshape or move a variety of CAD and position meet your needs, click and
based objects using a temporary closed drag its Move edit handle.
polyline. 5. As you drag, intersected objects will
either stretch, contract, or move.
To use the Stretch CAD tool
Not all CAD based objects can be reshaped
1. Select Edit> Stretch CAD . using the Stretch CAD t o o l :
2. Click and drag to draw a rectangular • Road and Text objects are examples of
polyline through the CAD objects that objects that can be moved but not
you would like to stretch. reshaped by this tool.
3. Edit the shape of the Stretch CAD poly- • Stairs, Ramps, and Sun Shadows are
line so that it intersects the objects you examples of objects that are not affected
want to stretch along the desired planes. by this tool at all.

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