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Roof Hole/Skylight Specification Dialog

General Panel

1 Check Skylight to specify this polyline • Select Skylight Automatically Gener-
as a skylight. If unchecked, the curb ates Ceiling Hole to automatically gener-
and glass for the skylight are removed but the ate and maintain the skylight hole in a flat
opening remains. ceiling. This option is the selected for
• Specify the Frame Width and Height of skylights in vaulted ceilings.
the selected skylight.

2 Angle for Inside Hole Rim - Defines Note: Holes automatically produced in a slop-
ing custom ceiling plane by a new skylight
the shape of the skylight well where it must be manually maintained.
passes through the roof plane.
• Square Sides - The framing for the sky- • Select Manually Edit Ceiling Hole
light is cut square to the pitch of the roof. Polyline to edit the flat ceiling hole poly-
• Plumb Sides - The framing for the sky- line manually. Click OK to return to floor
light is plumb-cut. plan view and edit the ceiling hole poly-
line. When this option is selected, the
• Plumb/Square - The bottom edge is ceiling hole polyline and the skylight can
plumb-cut, the top edge square-cut. be selected separately in floor plan view.

3 Specify how the selected skylight/roof • Select Do not generate ceiling hole to
hole’s Ceiling Hole should be built. generate a hole through the roof plane but
These options are only available if the room not the ceiling.
below has a default ceiling specified in the • Uncheck Generate shaft to ceiling hole
Room Specification dialog. See “Structure to generate a roof hole and a ceiling hole,
Panel” on page 436.
but no vertical surfaces connecting them.

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