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Wall framing can be viewed and edited in Detail views. See “In Wall Detail Views”
floor plan and 3D views, as well as in Wall
on page 864.

Connecting Walls

When walls are drawn sufficiently close to and which do not. See “Layer Attributes” on
one another, they will snap together to form page 185.
an intersection. This snapping occurs when When a wall builds through another wall, it
the walls’ center lines are within a distance will extend into the intersected wall until it
defined by the larger of the two walls’ widths
meets the interior surface of that wall’s Main
and will occur even when Object Snaps Layer. See “The Main Layer” on page 383.
are turned off. See “Object Snaps” on page
168.
If the two walls in question have identical
specifications and are collinear, they will
merge to become a single wall. See
“Aligning Collinear Walls” on page 373.
When three or more walls connect to form a Through Wall Line
completely enclosed area, that area defines a
room. See “Rooms” on page 411. You can specify which walls build through
wall intersections at corners in the Wall
When walls snap together to form an
Specification dialog. See “Structure Panel”
intersection and Object Snaps are on page 392.
enabled, the program joins them at their
Resize About line, which is specified in the You can also control how the individual
General Wall Defaults dialog. See “Aligning layers of one wall build into another using
Walls” on page 373. the Edit Wall Layer Intersections e d i t
• The wall that is being drawn or edited will tool. See “Wall Layer Intersections Edit
move, lengthen, or shorten slightly to Handles” on page 371.
meet the other wall.
Fix Wall Connections
• The other wall will not move; however,
its length may be affected. Occasionally, intersecting walls may
not properly connect. When this is the
Wall Intersections case and the connection in question is on the
Any time two walls intersect, one wall will current floor, a Caution symbol will
build through the other. You can turn on the display at the problem location in plan view
display of.the “Walls, Thru Wall Lines” layer and the Connect Walls icon will follow
in plan view to see which walls build through your mouse pointer.

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