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Chief Architect X10 Reference Manual

• Select Locate Wall Surface to locate
Select Edit> Default Settings , expand
the Dimension category and choose wall surfaces.
“Temporary”, and click Edit to access this • Select Locate Wall Dimension Layer to
dialog. You can also open this dialog by locate wall dimension layers as specified
clicking the Temporary Dimension in the Wall Type Definitions dialog. See
“Wall Type Definitions” on page 383.
Defaults button, which you can add to
your toolbars. See “To add a button to a The next two settings control how temporary
toolbar” on page 143. dimensions locate interior walls.
The appearance of Temporary Dimensions, • Select Primary Wall Side to locate one
including their size, format, and extension side of interior walls.
lines, are set along with those of manual and • Select Both Wall Sides to locate both
automatic dimensions in the Dimension surfaces of a selected interior wall. Wall
Defaults dialog. See “Dimension Defaults thicknesses are not dimensioned.
Dialog” on page 447.

Note: Temporary Dimension Defaults do not
affect the temporary wall length dimensions
that displays when a wall is selected. See
“Measuring Walls” on page 365.

2 With Opening Selected - Specify how
walls are located by temporary
dimensions when a door, window, or
masonry fireplace in that wall is selected.
• Select Locate Wall Surface to locate the
wall’s surfaces, or Locate Wall Dimen-
sion Layer to locate the wall’s dimension
layer.
• Select Locate Primary Wall Side to
always locate the wall along the exterior
side.
• Select Automatic to locate the wall’s
exterior by clicking on the wall opening
near its exterior side, or locate the wall’s
1 With Wall Selected - Specify how interior by clicking on the wall opening
walls are located by temporary near its interior side.
dimensions when a wall is selected.

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