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Wall Specification Dialog

the FOUNDATION panel. See “Foundation along the wall does not move. Not avail-
Walls” on page 345. able for curved walls.
• Check Railing to specify the selected Check any of the Options to modify the
wall as a railing. More railing settings are 2 selected wall accordingly. In most
found on the RAILING, NEWELS/BALUS- cases, multiple options can be selected.
TERS, and RAILS panels.
•Check Invisible to specify the wall as
• Check Terrain Retaining Wall to treat invisible. Invisible walls can display in
the selected wall as a terrain retaining plan view but not in 3D views or the
wall. See “Retaining Walls” on page
1214. Materials List. Room Dividers are
invisible by default. See “Room Dividers
• Check Attic Wall to prevent the selected and Invisible Walls” on page 353.
wall from extending through the roof
above. See “Attic Walls” on page 378. •Check No Room Def. to display the wall
in floor plan and/or 3D views but not cre-
• The Thickness of the selected wall dis- ate room definition. See “Room Defini-
plays and can be changed here. If the wall tion” on page 411.
is a Post to Overhead Beam railing, this
setting can also affect the width of the •Check No Locate to prevent Auto Exte-
beam. See “Wall Thickness” on page 369. rior Dimensions from locating the
wall in plan view. See “No Locate” on
• Wall Angle - The current absolute angle
of the wall in plan view is shown. If you page 366.
type in a new angle, the wall rotates about • Automatically Generated Wall displays
its locked point and any walls attached to for reference and is checked whenever the
it will not move. If the selected wall is selected wall was generated by the pro-
curved, this value describes the angle of gram. Typically, automatic walls are also
the chord and cannot be modified. See Attic walls.
“3D Drafting” on page 32. •Check Lock Center to prevent the arc
• Wall Length - The current length, as center of a selected curved wall from
measured along the Resize About line, is moving when the wall is edited using its
shown. If you type a new length, the wall edit handles. Not available for straight
will extend or contract according to how walls.
it is locked. Any walls attached to the The Curved Wall settings control the
selected wall will not move. If the 3 definition of a selected curved wall’s
selected wall is curved, this value cannot radius and are only available when the
be modified. See “Resize About” on page selected wall is curved.
373.
• Select Outer Surface to measure the
• Select a radio button to Lock the selected selected wall’s radius from its center point
straight wall at its Start, End or Center. to its outer surface.
When the Wall Angle or Wall Length of
the selected wall is changed, this point • Select Main Layer Outside to measure
the radius from the wall’s center point to

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