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Wall Specification Dialog

settings are dynamic: if one is changed, the Specify which part of the pony wall you
other will update accordingly. would like to Display in Plan View. See
• Specify the Elevation of Lower Wall “Displaying Pony Walls” on page 352.
Top, which is the division between the • Select Default to display the portion of
upper and lower walls. If the top of the the pony wall specified in the Pony Wall
lower pony wall is stepped or raked, this Defaults dialog.
value will be “No Change”. This is an • Select Upper Wall to display the upper
absolute value: regardless of the wall’s portion of this pony wall in plan view
location, it is always measured from 0” regardless of the default setting.
(mm) - the default floor height for Floor
1. See “Floor Defaults Dialog” on page • Select Lower Wall to display the lower
714. portion of this pony wall in plan view
regardless of the default setting.
• Specify the Height Off Floor of the divi-
sion between the upper and lower walls. • When walls are group-selected, choose
This value is measured from the floor No Change to allow each wall in the
height of the room(s) defined by the selection set to maintain its own setting.
selected wall. If the wall defines rooms A preview of the selected wall,
with different floor heights, “No change” 3 including any doors, windows, and/or
will display. fireplaces inserted into it, displays on the
Align Pony Walls - Specify how the layers right. See “Dialog Preview Panes” on page
of the selected wall’s Upper and Lower 42.
portions align.
Wall Cap Panel
• Select Outer Surface to align wall types
at their outer surfaces. The settings on the WALL CAP panel allow
• Select Main Layer Outside to align wall you to apply a cap to the top of a lower Pony
types at the exterior edge of their main Wall and are only available for Pony Walls.
layers. See “Lower Pony Wall Caps” on page 353.
• Select Wall Center to align the centers of Two settings are unique to wall caps:
the main layers of both wall types. •When Full Wall Width is checked, the
• Select Main Layer Inside to align the cap extends the width of the lower wall.
wall types at the interior side of their main When unchecked, extends out from the
layers. exterior surface of the upper wall.
• Select Inner Surface to align wall types •Check Rotate Profile to rotate the
at their interior surfaces. selected cap profile 90° counterclockwise,
or to the left.
• No Change is used by default when mul-
tiple pony walls with different alignment For information about other settings, see
settings are selected. Choose this to leave “Moldings Panel” on page 908.
the alignment as it was when the dialog
was opened.

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