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dialogs. See “Dimension Preferences and Locked vs. Unlocked Centers
Defaults” on page 446.
The default for curved walls is an unlocked
Be aware that the wall length dimension that center because it is easier to draw and edit
displays when a wall is selected as well as when the center is unlocked.
the Length specification in the Wall
Specification dialog do not inherit their Once walls are in place and curved walls are
settings from the Dimension Defaults. properly aligned with straight walls, it is a
Instead, they follow the Resize About line. good idea to lock the curved walls’ centers.
See “Resize About” on page 373. To lock the center of a curved wall, select it

and click the Lock Center edit button.
Note: By default, dimensions and the Resize See “Using Lock Center” on page 226. The
About line all use the exterior edge of the curved wall remains selected, but its edit
Main Layer. When Resize About is set to use handles change.
a different location, dimension lines may not
agree with a wall’s length specification. See The locked status can also be changed in the
“Measuring Walls” on page 365. GENERAL panel of the Wall Specification
dialog. See “General Panel” on page 390.

Edit Handles for Walls

Walls can be edited extensively using their to rotate, move, and extend or shorten the
edit handles. Depending on the type of view, length of the wall.
a wall displays a different set of edit handles • Moving a wall in any view will move any
when selected. cabinets attached to that wall, as well.
• In plan view, straight and curved walls • In a cross section/elevation view, the top
and their footings can be edited like other and bottom edges of straight and curved
line- and arc-based objects. See “Editing walls can be edited like closed polylines.
Line Based Objects” on page 217 and See “Editing Closed-Polyline Based
“Editing Arc Based Objects” on page 221. Objects” on page 231. Only the top and
• In plan view, a wall’s edit handles display bottom edges of walls can be broken,
along its Resize About line. See “Resize angled or curved: the side edges cannot.
About” on page 373.
• In a camera view or overview, click on an
interior or exterior surface to display the
• The Edit Wall Layer Intersections
edit tool lets you control how a wall’s lay- same edit handles as in an elevation view:
ers build to another wall that it intersects. one at each corner and one on the top and
bottom edges.
• In a camera view or overview, click on the
top surface of a wall to display the same • A wall can only be moved perpendicular
edit handles as in plan view, allowing you to itself or, in the case of curved walls,
perpendicular to its chord using the Move

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