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Floor and Room Defaults

Floor and Room Defaults

Select Edit> Default Settings to open heights of architectural objects can be
the Default Settings dialog, then click measured relative to this absolute height, as
the arrow to the left of “Floors and Rooms” well. As such, this default cannot be
to expand the category. Here, you can access changed.
several defaults dialogs which directly affect
rooms. Select a line item and click the Edit Floor/Ceiling Platform Defaults
button to open the defaults dialog associated
with it. The default Floor and Ceiling Structure and
Finish definitions in the Floor Defaults
Current Floor Defaults dialogs are drawn from the Floor/Ceiling
Platform Defaults dialog. See “Floor and
The Floor Defaults dialog for the Ceiling Platforms” on page 427.
current floor can also be opened by
clicking the Floor Defaults button, which Room Type Defaults
can be added to the toolbars. See “Adding
and Removing Buttons” on page 142. The Room Types dialog can also be
opened by clicking the Room Types
Many important default values that affect button, which can be added to the toolbars.
rooms are specified in the Floor Defaults
dialog for each floor in a plan. This dialog
controls important information that the
program uses to create a 3D model -
particularly floor and ceiling heights and
materials. Moldings can also be specified in
the Floor Defaults dialog.

Only the defaults for the first floor of a
building can be set ahead of time. The
program uses the setting from the first floor
to create subsequent floors. Once a new floor
is created, its floor defaults can be changed.
See “Floor Defaults Dialog” on page 714.
Select an Available Room Type from the
Floor 1 Default Height list, then:

Chief Architect always defines the default • Click the Edit button to modify the
height of Floor 1 at 0’-0”. This height value selected Room Type in the Room Type
is measured from the top of the subfloor and Defaults dialog.
is the constant by which the heights of • Click the Copy button to create a new
structural elements in the program like walls, Room Type based on the selected one,
floors, and ceilings are measured. The

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