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Editing Custom Symbols

To define a stretch zone position on the bounding box will remain
constant and its position relative to the
1. Open a symbol’s Symbol Specification symbol’s surfaces will change.
dialog.
2. On the SIZING panel, under the Stretch In contrast, stretch zones and planes do rotate
Planes heading, check the boxes beside with the symbol’s geometry, so if a symbol is
1 and 2 to the left of a column under rotated and then resized, it will stretch
Stretch Planes. The fields to their right appropriately rather than become mishapen.
becomes active. When a symbol is rotated in 3D, its 2D
3. Specify values for both planes. representation in plan view may need to
change. The first time you rotate a symbol,
4. Check the box beside the corresponding the program will ask if you want the 2D plan
option in the Stretch Zones section of the view symbol to be regenerated to reflect its
panel.
new orientation. If you click Yes, it will be
5. Click OK. When the symbol is resized, automatically regenerated every time you
only the area within the Stretch Zone rotate it. You can enable or disable Auto
will be affected. Generate in the Symbol Specification
dialog. See “2D Block Panel” on page 955.
Rotating Symbols
Edit Wall Cutout Polyline
Symbol objects can be rotated in all three
dimensions in the Symbol Specification
dialog. Free-standing symbols can also be The Edit Wall Cutout Polyline edit tool
rotated in 3D views using the Rotate edit is available in camera views when a selected
handle: select the symbol on different symbol has Inserts into Wall checked in the
surfaces to rotate it along its different axes. Symbol Specification dialog. See “Options
See “Selected Side” on page 215. Panel” on page 956.
In either case, the symbol’s bounding box Click this button to enable edit handles on
will not rotate with the symbol’s geometry. the symbol’s wall cutout polyline so that its
Instead, it will resize as needed to contain the shape can be edited. See “Editing Closed-
symbol’s surfaces and its sides will remain Polyline Based Objects” on page 231.
orthogonal to the X, Y, and Z axes in the To restore the original shape of the cutout
drawing space. See “3D Drafting” on page polyline, click the Reset Wall Cutout
32.
Polyline edit button while the cutout
Similarly, the symbol origin will not rotate polyline is active for editing.
with the symbol geometry. Instead, its

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