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Hatch Wall

To create a polygon shaped room or deck

1. Click the radio button beside an option
to specify whether you want to Define
Polygon by Side Length, Radius to
Corner or Radius to Side.
2. Specify the desired Number of Sides.
3. Specify the desired Side Length or,
4. Specify the desired Radius.
5. Uncheck Include Railing to produce a
deck platform defined by Deck Edges.
The settings in these two dialogs are identical This option is not available in the New
and are saved between program sessions. Polygon Shaped Room dialog.
They are also independent of one another so
different settings can be retained for each. 6. Click OK, then click once in plan view
to create the specified polygon shaped
room.

Hatch Wall

The Hatch Wall tool can be used to the “Walls, Main Layer Only” layer is turned
fill wall segments with a single hatch on, wall hatching only displays in the Main
pattern in plan view. Layer(s). See “The Main Layer” on page
383.
To apply wall hatching, select Build> Wall>
In many cases, it is preferable to create a wall
Hatch Wall , then click on a wall. The
hatch pattern covers the entire length and type definition rather than use the Hatch
width of the wall segment. Wall tool because multiple fill styles can
be used. See “Wall Type Definitions Dialog”
on page 386.
Note: The Hatch Wall tool cannot be used to
apply a hatch pattern to Invisible Walls or to Once created, wall hatching can be selected,
walls on a locked layer. See “Room Dividers edited and deleted much like other line-based
and Invisible Walls” on page 353 and “Lock- objects. See “Editing Line Based Objects” on
ing Layers” on page 186.
page 217.

Hatch Wall places a hatch pattern across If you use the Hatch Wall tool to apply a
all layers of the selected wall layers hatch pattern to a wall that has been divided
displaying in the current view, covering any into multiple segments using the Break
fill styles specified for that wall type. When Wall tool, the pattern is only applied to
wall hatching is applied to a railing, or when

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