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Room Dividers and Invisible Walls

default is changed in the plan, views You can also specify that the cap span the full
previously sent to layout are unaffected. The width of the wall, which is the default for
display of pony walls that are not using the pony walls with Railings above. See
default, however, are dynamic: if you change “Railings Over Walls” on page 348.
an individual pony wall’s Display in Plan
setting, layout views will show the change. Changing Wall Types
See “Keeping Layout Views Current” on
page 1295. The default upper and lower parts of a pony
wall can be specified in the Pony Wall
Lower Pony Wall Caps Defaults dialog. See “Pony Wall Defaults”
on page 342.
You can specify a cap over the top of a lower The upper and lower parts of a pony wall can
pony wall. See “Wall Cap Panel” on page be redefined as different wall types in the
401.
Wall Specification dialog. See “Wall Types
By default, the cap generates on the exterior Panel” on page 400.
side of the wall, outward from the surface of
the upper wall. This detail is sometimes Note: The only way to control the materials
referred to as a “water table”. displaying on a pony wall is by changing the
wall types.

Room Dividers and Invisible Walls

The Room Divider tool is used to
define separate room areas in a plan;
typically, by dividing a large room area into
two or more smaller areas. See “Room
Definition” on page 411.

Common uses for Room Dividers
include dividing areas of an open floor plan
into areas with different purposes. Room Dividers separate this dining area
from adjacent rooms

Room Dividers can also be used to define
areas with different floor or ceiling materials
or heights.
Room Dividers are drawn using the
attributes specified in the Room Divider
Defaults dialog; which means they are
simply walls that are specified as Invisible

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