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Chief Architect X10 Reference Manual

Layer Panel Materials Panel
For information about the LAYER panel, see The settings on the MATERIALS panel are
“Layer Panel” on page 195. available for a wide variety of objects in the
program. For information about these
settings, see “Materials Panel” on page 1017.

Quoins

Select Build> Trim> Quoins in any
view and click at a wall corner where Note: The Auto Place Quoins tool does not
you want to place quoins. place quoins on manually drawn dormers or
at intersections with Attic Walls. See “Attic
Walls” on page 378.

A selected quoin or quoins can be moved,
but only to another wall corner or corners. In
3D views, quoins can be lengthened or
shortened using the edit handles. Quoins can
be copied, deleted and resized similar to
other objects using the edit toolbar or the
Quoin Specification dialog.
You can also add Quoins to all exterior The size of quoins in plan view is relative on
corners at once by selecting Build> Trim>
their size in 3D.
Auto Place Quoins .
Initially, quoins use the same material as the
default material of the wall surface they are
By default, Auto Place Quoins adds
Quoins to outside corners only. If you prefer, placed against. This material is specified in
you can specify that inside corners receive the Wall Type Definitions dialog. See “Wall
quoins in the Quoin Defaults dialog. See Specification Dialog” on page 389.
“General Panel” on page 901.

Quoin Specification Dialog

Select one or more quoins and click The settings in this dialog are the same as
the Open Object edit button to open those in the Quoin Defaults dialog, but
the Quoin Specification dialog. affect the selected quoins rather than all
subsequently created quoins.

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