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Room Labels

• Click the Create Room Elevation selected room. See “Cross Section/Eleva-
tion Views” on page 1052.
Views edit button to create an interior
elevation view of each wall defining the

Room Labels

A label can display in floor plan view for any Before creating a custom Room Name,
area defined as a room. There are two parts assign the Room Type most similar to the
to each room label: room’s actual use. For example, if you wish
• The Room Name, which is similar to a to name a room “Guest Room”, begin by
specifying it as a “Bedroom” since these
Text object and can be selected and rooms have similar uses.
edited. See “The Text Tools” on page 491.
When a Room Name is based on its Room
• The room area, which is not a standard Type, the name in the label will be in all
text entry and cannot be directly edited.
capital letters. When a custom Room Name
You can assign a custom Room Name, move is used, capitalization is user-defined.
a room label or even delete it without If you wish to further customize a room’s
affecting the Room Type. See “Room Types label by adding text or a text macro, uncheck
and Functions” on page 414.
Show Room Label in the Room
Specification dialog and create your own
Room labels can move or even disap- label using a Text object. See “The Text
pear when room entries are revalidated. Tools” on page 491.

Room Label Defaults Displaying Room Labels

The initial settings that control the The display of room labels is controlled in
size, font, color and other aspects of the Layer Display Options dialog. By
room label appearance are controlled in the default, room labels are placed on the
Room Label Defaults dialog. See “Room “Rooms, Labels” layer and use the Text Style
Label Defaults” on page 414. assigned to that layer. See “Layer Display
Options Dialog” on page 190.
Custom Room Labels
You can specify how the area of rooms is
The Room Names that display in room labels reported by the program by turning on the
are often based on the Room Types assigned display of one or more of these layers:
in the Room Specification dialog. You can, • Rooms, Standard Area is measured from
however create a custom name for a selected the center of interior walls that define the
room, also in the Room Specification room and from either the outside surface
dialog. See “General Panel” on page 435.
or outside of the Main Layer of exterior
walls, depending on the Living Area to

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