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Fireplace Specification Dialog

• Specify the Hearth Height, relative to rough opening. Only available for a fireplace
the floor in the room that the fireplace placed in a wall, Each Side and Top are set
faces. to 2” (50 mm) by default.
• Select the Elevation Reference from the If the Bottom Rough Opening value exceeds
drop-down list. This determines where the fireplace’s distance to the floor, the
the next two settings are measured from difference is added to the top when wall
and also affects their setting labels. framing is built. See “Framing” on page 835.
• Specify the height to Top, measured from Plan Display - Check Suppress
the selected Elevation Reference. 3 Dimensions to turn off the display of
• Specify the height to Bottom, measured the selected fireplace’s width and firebox
from the selected Elevation Reference. width dimensions in floor plan view.

2 Add for Rough Opening - Specify the 4 The preview of the fireplace updates as
amount to add to Each Side, the Top changes are made. See “Dialog Preview
and the Bottom for the fireplace’s framed Panes” on page 42.
Firebox Panel

1 Check No Firebox to eliminate the 3 Define the firebox Offset, measured
firebox from the fireplace. This is from the center of the fireplace.
checked by default for a fireplace object • Enter the offset Distance, which is how
generated on Floor 0 to serve as a solid far the firebox is offset from the fireplace
matching base for a fireplace on Floor 1. center. A value of 0 centers the firebox in
2 Define the Size of the selected the fireplace.
fireplace’s firebox. • Offset to Left/Right - Choose to offset
• Specify the firebox’s Height and Width. the firebox to the left or to the right.
• Specify the Depth of the firebox.

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