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Wall Tools

Exterior Walls Pony Walls
The Exterior Wall and Curved A Pony Wall, also called a split
Exterior Wall tools draw walls wall, is defined as a wall with
using the default wall type specified for two separate wall types, one for the upper
exterior walls in the Exterior/Interior Wall portion and another for the lower portion.
Defaults dialog. See “Exterior and Interior The Pony Wall and Curved Pony Wall tools
Walls” on page 349.
draw pony walls using the information
specified in the Pony Wall Defaults dialog.
Interior Walls
You can also convert a normal wall into a
The Interior Wall and Curved pony wall and vice versa in the Wall
Interior Wall tools draw walls Specification dialog. See “Pony Walls” on
using the wall type specified for interior page 351.
walls. The interior wall type is defined in the
Exterior/Interior Wall Defaults Defaults Half-Walls
dialog.
The Half-Wall and Curved
Half-Wall tools create solid
Note: Whether a wall is recognized as an railings: walls that are 36” (900 mm) high
exterior or interior wall by the program is topped with a handrail. The height and other
determined by its position in the model, not attributes of solid railings drawn with this
by the tool used to draw it. See “Exterior and tool are defined in Half-Wall Defaults dialog.
Interior Walls” on page 349.
See “Half-Wall Defaults” on page 344.
Foundation Walls
Room Dividers
The Foundation Wall and
Curved Foundation Wall tools Room Dividers are Invisible walls
draw foundation walls according to the with a thickness of 0” (mm) that are
information specified in the Foundation used to define separate room areas in a
Defaults dialog. Foundation walls normally plan. They can display in plan view but not
have a footing and can be drawn on any floor in 3D views. See “Room Dividers and
of the model, not just the foundation floor. Invisible Walls” on page 353.
See “Foundation Walls” on page 350.
Polygon Shaped Room
The Slab Footing tool draws a single-
layer concrete wall the same width as The Polygon Shaped Room tool
that specified for footings in the Foundation opens the New Polygon Shaped
Defaults dialog. Rooms defined entirely by Room dialog, where you can specify the
Slab Footings will have a Ceiling Height of 0 exact size and number of sides of a new
and a Monolithic Slab Foundation specified. polygonal room and then click in plan view
See “Foundation Defaults” on page 688. to create that room. See “Polygon Shaped
Rooms and Decks” on page 354.

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