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Chief Architect X10 Reference Manual

• Width is measured left to right across the Both the front and back heights of a sloped
soffit, parallel to the front of the soffit. soffit must be defined.
• Thickness is measured perpendicular to • Height at Back Face is measured from
the slope of the soffit. the finished floor to the lowest point at
• Horizontal Length is measured from the back of the soffit.
back to front in floor plan view. Since the • Height at Front Face is measured from
soffit is sloped, this measurement is not the finished floor to the underside of the
the actual length of the soffit. It cannot, soffit at the upper end.
for example, be used to determine the
length of a sloped beam.

Floor and Wall Material Regions

Floor and Wall Material Regions allow Material Regions are CAD-based objects
you to create areas within a wall or floor that composed of one or more layers. The
use different materials than the parent object. thickness of these layers and their materials
There are three types of Material Regions: can be set in the Material Region
• Floor Material Regions Specification dialog. See “Material Region
Specification Dialog” on page 1000.
• Wall Material Regions
By default, Material Regions use the
• Custom Backsplashes
materials specified in the Floor and Wall

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