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Chief Architect X10 Reference Manual

default behavior, resizing as the containing edit handles to create a lowered ceiling and/
bay window is resized. or a bench seat or garden window.

Floors and Ceilings

When originally created, the floor and
ceiling within a bay, box, or bow window are
the same heights as the floor and ceiling of
the room in which it is placed.

When the ceiling is lowered, the top heights
of the walls that define the window unit are
also lowered. When a roof is built over the
unit, its height will be affected, as well.

When the bottom of the window is raised to
create a bench seat, the unit’s walls will not
Both the top and bottom heights of these reach the ground. As a result, window units
window units can be adjusted in its with bench seats will have no foundation
specification dialog or a 3D view using its beneath them when the foundation is built.

Bay, Box, Bow Windows and Roofs

Several different roof styles can be specified roof directives need to be selected in the
for bay, box and bow window units in the specification dialog to produce this roof.
Bay/Box and Bow Specification dialogs.
See “General Panel” on page 601.
If you change a bay, box, or bow window’s
roof specification, you will need to rebuild
the roofs to see the changes. See “Rebuilding
Roofs” on page 779.

Hip Roofs

By default, a hip roof is built above the unit
when roofs are automatically generated. No

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