Creating Column Reservations from a Floor Plan | |
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From the
Column Reservations from Floor Plan dialog box,
click
Select a floor plan sketch
and in the
tree,
select the floor plan sketch.
- From Owning Story, select the owning story for the column reservations.
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In the dialog box,
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Enter in
Maximum opening width a value to reflect
the largest opening in the sketch for elements such as windows and doors.
Your entry is the largest distance the command attempts to identify as a door, window, or wall opening.
- Enter in Minimum column area a value to reflect the minimum column reservation area in the sketch.
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Enter in
Maximum wall thickness a value that
reflects the maximum thickness of the walls in the sketch.
Your entry is the largest distance between lines that the command considers for a wall. The command does not create any wall thicker than your entry.
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Enter in
Maximum opening width a value to reflect
the largest opening in the sketch for elements such as windows and doors.
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To convert all valid boundaries in the sketch to three-dimensional
column reservations, click
Generate All
.
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To see a preview of the valid column reservations boundaries and
openings, click
Analytical View
.
- To only make specific valid boundaries in the sketch into three-dimensional column reservations, click each individual boundary that you want to convert.
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Click
.
The system creates the column reservations both in the 3D area and in the tree, where it lists the column reservations under the owning story.