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Editing Walls

The ways in which a wall can be edited In the Specification Dialog
depend on the current view and which edge
is selected. See “Selecting Objects” on page The appearance and structure of walls
213. can be customized in the Wall
Specification dialog. See “Wall
Selecting Walls Specification Dialog” on page 389.
The characteristics of the roof directly above
Like other objects, walls can be selected in a a selected wall can also be specified in the
variety of ways. See “Selecting Objects” on Wall Specification dialog. See “Roof Panel”
page 213.
on page 395.
• In plan view, if wall hatching has been
applied to a wall using the Hatch Using the Edit Tools
Wall tool, the hatching may be A selected wall or walls can be edited in a
selected first. Click Select Next
variety of ways using the buttons on the edit
Object to select the wall itself. See toolbar. See “The Edit Toolbar” on page 38.
“Hatch Wall” on page 355.
•When Select Room Before Wall in 3D is Using Dimensions
checked in the Preferences dialog and Automatic, manually-drawn, and
you click on a wall in a cross section/ele- temporary dimension lines can be
vation or camera view, the room defined used to both resize and move walls with
by that side of the wall will become accuracy. Select a wall, then click on a
selected instead of the wall. See “Appear- dimension line that locates it and type in the
ance Panel” on page 105 and “Selecting value that you need. See “Moving Objects
Rooms” on page 417.
Using Dimensions” on page 479.
When this is the case, you can select the When a wall is resized using dimensions, the
wall by clicking the Select Next Object inline text field used to edit the dimension
will have three unique buttons:
edit button or pressing the Tab key.
• Horizontal walls have Move Left End
• In plan views, the Edit Area t o o l s , Move Both Ends , and Move
allow you to select only part of a wall or
walls. See “Edit Area Tools” on page 271. Right End .
• Vertical walls have Move Top End ,
Using the Edit Handles
Move Both Ends , and Move Bottom
A selected wall can be modified in a variety
of ways using its edit handles in any view. End .
The handles that are available will depend on Choose the option that you want to use
the current view type. See “Edit Handles for before pressing the Enter key.
Walls” on page 370.

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