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Chief Architect X10 Reference Manual

• Blank Molding - Select to generate a To use the Expand Room Polyline tool
blank molding polyline. The polyline fol-
lows the room perimeter and has blank 1. Click in a room defined by at least one
sections where the polyline crosses win- invisible wall or railing.
dows and doors if these objects are at the 2. Click the Expand Room Polyline
polyline height.
edit button.
Specify the Height of the selected molding
polyline, as measured from the selected 3. Click the Make Room Polyline or
room’s floor. Make Room Molding Polyline e d i t
button to create a polyline that follows
Expand Room Polyline the interior surfaces of walls, ignoring
invisible walls and railings.
The Expand Room Polyline edit
button is available when you select a Expand Room Polyline does not create
room separated from other rooms by a new room and cannot be used in
invisible walls or railings. Select this edit combination with the Auto Interior
tool to create and select a temporarily ®
enlarged room definition that ignores those Dimensions or Auto NKBA
invisible walls and railings. Dimensions edit tools: it only allows you
to generate a larger room polyline or room
molding polyline.

Room Specification Dialog

The Room Specification dialog the default, replace the check mark. See
controls the structural characteristics “Dynamic Defaults” on page 88.
and appearance of a selected room. To open The settings in this dialog are similar to those
the Room Specification dialog, select one or in the Floor Defaults dialog, but affect only
more rooms and click the Open Object edit the selected room See “Floor Defaults
button. See “Selecting Rooms” on page 417.
Dialog” on page 714.
Some of the panels in this dialog are also If multiple rooms are selected, not all of the
found in the Exterior Room Specification settings in this dialog will be available. See
dialog as well as in the Floor, Floor/Ceiling “Selecting Objects” on page 213.
Platform, and Room Type Defaults dialogs.
See “Floor and Room Defaults” on page 413. Many of the settings in this dialog can be
included in a Room Finish Schedule. See
Some values in this dialog are dynamic. A “Schedules and Object Labels” on page 667.
value with Default checked references the
Floor Defaults dialog. To return a value to

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