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Chief Architect X10 Reference Manual

outlets on walls, the on floor, and on the most 3D and ray trace views. To place a light
sides of cabinets and soffits. Select Build> fixture using the Light tool:
Electrical> 220V Outlet to place 220 volt • Click near a wall or the side of a soffit to
outlets. place a wall-mounted fixture at that loca-
The type and height of an outlet will vary tion.
depending on where it is placed. For • Click away from a wall to place a ceiling
example: mounted light.
• In rooms defined as Bath or Master Bath, • Click on the center of a soffit to place a
Ground Fault Circuit Interrupt (GFCI) ceiling mounted light on the soffit’s bot-
outlets are placed. tom surface.

• Click outside of a room and away from a
If standard outlets are placed in a room wall to place a path light.
prior to defining it as a Bath, you should
replace them with GFCI outlets. • Some light symbols from the library can
be mounted under wall cabinets, as well.
• An outlet placed at the back of a base The rendering characteristics of individual
cabinet in floor plan view is positioned lights that control how they appear in Render
above the counter. and ray trace views can be specified on the
• An outlet placed at the back of a base LIGHT DATA panel of the Electrical Service
cabinet containing a kitchen sink is Specification dialog. See “Light Data Panel”
placed at the standard 11 1/2" (300 mm) on page 661.
above the floor.
Switches
• An outlet placed on the side of a cabinet
or soffit will be positioned 32” (800 mm) Select Build> Electrical> Switch to
up from that object’s bottom. place electrical switches on walls or
• An outlet placed outside the building or on the sides of cabinets or soffits. Like
in an exterior area such as a deck or porch outlets, the height of switches is measured
will be weatherproof. from the floor to the center of the object.

To take advantage of the program’s • A switch placed on the side of a cabinet
capabilities, define room types properly or soffit will be positioned 32” (800 mm)
before placing electrical objects. See “Room up from that object’s bottom.
Types and Functions” on page 414. • Switches placed outside the building or in
an exterior area such as a deck or porch
Light Fixtures will be weatherproof.

Select Build> Electrical> Light to
place light fixtures on walls, the If you connect two or more switches in a
ceiling, or on soffits. All light fixtures placed circuit, they update to 3-way or 4-way
in a plan can also serve as light sources in switches automatically.

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