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Chief Architect X10 Reference Manual

• Select Unconditioned exclude the room
in the Preferences dialog. See
“Architectural Panel” on page 121. from the Conditioned Area, regardless of
its Room Type.
2 Specify whether the selected room is • Select Use Default for Room Type
included in the Living Area (Conditioned/Unconditioned) to base
calculation. See “Living Area” on page 422.
the selected room’s inclusion in the Liv-
• Select Include in Total Living Area Cal- ing Area on its Room Type. The default
culation to include the room in the Living for the selected Room Type is stated in
Area regardless of its Room Type. parentheses.
• Select Exclude from Total Living Area Options -
Calculation exclude the room from the 4
Living Area regardless of its Room Type.
• Specify the Roof Group of the selected
• Select Use Default for Room Type room. Change this value to control how
(Included/Excluded) to base the selected the program combines the selected room’s
room’s inclusion in the Living Area on its roof system with that of the rest of the
Room Type. The default for the selected building when automatic roofs are built.
Room Type is stated in parentheses. This value is nearly always left at zero.

3 Specify whether the selected room is a Not available in the Room Type Defaults
Conditioned Room or not. See dialogs. See “Roof Groups” on page 777.
“Conditioned Area” on page 1281. • Uncheck Include in Schedule to prevent
• Select Conditioned to include the room the selected room(s) from being included
in the Conditioned Area of the structure, in a Room Finish Schedule. See “Room
regardless of its Room Type. Schedules” on page 444.

Structure Panel

Some settings on the STRUCTURE panel are What appears in both the diagram and in the
also found in the Floor, Floor/Ceiling settings to its left may be affected by the
Platform, and Room Type Defaults dialogs. location where you clicked to select the
room. For example:
This panel features a cross section diagram
showing the relationships between its various • If the selected room is located above two
heights and platform thicknesses. It is meant rooms with different structural settings,
to represent the relationships between the position of the pointer relative to these
heights and thicknesses rather than provide a two lower rooms determines which of
scaled drawing of the model. them displays as the floor below.
Two floors can be included in the diagram: • If the selected room is located below two
the floor that the selected room is located on, rooms with different floor heights, its
and the floor below it, if one exists. absolute and relative ceiling height set-
tings will be disabled.

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