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Fireplaces

Fireplaces are edited, moved, resized, and along each edge and a Move handle at the
deleted similar other objects. See “Editing center.
Objects” on page 207.
Fireplaces always face the interior when
placed on an exterior wall. When placing a
Built into a Wall
fireplace in an interior wall, click on the edge
To place a masonry fireplace in a wall, select of the wall that you want the fireplace to
face. The fireplace is created with the firebox
Build> Fireplace and click on a wall. A on the same side as the wall edge you clicked
fireplace is created with the outside of the on to create it.
fireplace flush with the outside of the wall.

Fireplaces cannot be placed in a wall Freestanding
specified as Invisible or if the wall in
question is on a locked layer. See “Locking To place a free-standing masonry fireplace,
Layers” on page 186. select Build> Fireplace and click in an
open area away from a wall.

Select the fireplace to display four edit
handles located along the wall.
Unlike fireplaces placed in walls, free-
standing fireplace have ten edit handles when
selected and may be rotated, resized, or
moved in any direction, similar to the way
CAD boxes can. See “Editing Box-Based
Objects” on page 236.
Click the diamond-shaped Depth handle and
drag toward the outside of the wall. The Free-standing fireplaces can be selected and
fireplace will stop when the firebox front is replaced with a symbol from the library by
flush with the inside edge of the wall. clicking the Replace From Library edit
button. See “Replace From Library” on page
942.

Fireplace Foundations
When a Walls with Footings or Grade Beams
on Piers foundation is built, a fireplace
In 3D views, fireplaces placed in walls foundation will be generated under any Fire-
display five edit handles: a Resize handle

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