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Chief Architect X10 Reference Manual

Using Dimensions the next time the roof is rebuilt. See
“Gable/Roof Lines” on page 815.
Like various other objects, doors can
be moved using dimensions. See • Click the Components edit button to
“Moving Objects Using Dimensions” on modify or add information related to the
page 479. selected door in the Materials List and
schedules. See “Components Dialog” on
You can specify how doors and windows are
located by dimensions in the Dimension page 1284.
Defaults dialog. Dimensions can be set to
locate the centers, sides, casing, and/or rough Centering Doors
openings of doors and windows, or you can The Center Object edit button allows
choose to not locate them at all. See “Locate you to center a selected door along a
Objects Panel” on page 452. wall within a room or relative to a cabinet or
Once a dimension line has been drawn, you window. See “Using Center Object” on page
can move or add its extension lines to locate 256.
non-default locations on a door. See “Editing
Extension Lines” on page 476. To center a door along a wall
1. Select a door or combination of win-
Using the Edit Tools dows and doors in plan view.
A selected door or doors can be edited in a 2. Click the Center Object edit button
variety of ways using the buttons on the edit then choose from one of the following
toolbar. See “The Edit Toolbar” on page 38. options:
• Click the Change Opening/Hinge Side • Click near a wall inside a room to cen-
edit button to change the side of the ter the door along that wall in that
door that its hinges are on. See “Changing room.
Door Swings” on page 539. • Click outside the house (on the exterior
room) near an exterior wall to center
• Click the Change Swing Side edit the door along an exterior wall.
button to change which direction the
selected door swings. Door Sides
• Click the Show Door Open in 3D o r Like walls, all doors have two sides: an

Show Door Closed in 3D edit button interior side and an exterior side. This is the
to control the selected door’s appearance case even for doors placed in interior walls.
in 3D views. See “In 3D Views” on page See “Exterior and Interior Walls” on page
536. 349.
By default, the interior side of the door will
• Click the Gable Over Door/Window face the direction that the door swings to
to create a gable over the selected door(s)
open. If you prefer, you can specify that the
interior side face the opposite direction in the

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