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Working with AEC Design Elements 213
This creates a wall segment. You can end the
wall or you can continue to crea te another wall
segment.
4. To complete the wall, right-click, or to add
another wall segment, dr ag the next wall
segmenttothelengthyouwantandclickagain.
If you create a room by ending a segment at
the end of another seg ment of the same wall
object, the program displays the Weld Point
dialog.Thisdialogletsyouconvertthetwoend
vertices into a single vertex, or keep the two end
vertices separate.
5. If you want the wall segments to be welded at
a corner (when you move one wall, t he other
wall stays at the corner), click Yes. Otherwise,
click No.
6. Right-click to complete the wall, or continue to
add another wal l segment.
To a ttach separa te walls:
1.
Select a wall object.
2. On the Modify p anel, click Attach, and then
pick another wall object.
Thetwowallobjectsbecomepartofthesame
wall object, but are not physically connected.
Attach stays active, and you can continue
clicking wall segments to attach. To stop
attaching, click the Attach button or right-click
in the ac tive viewport.
To attach multiple wal l objects s imultaneously
to the selected wall object, click Attach Multiple
on the Modify panel to open the Attach
Multipledialog.Thisworksthesameasthe
Select Objects dialog (page 1–78),exceptthatit
shows only wall objects; choose multiple walls
to attach, and then click the Attach button.
To connect vertices in a wall:
This method lets you connect two separate wall
sect ions with a new seg m ent.
Tip: It is easier to work with wall vertices in
wireframe view mode.
1. Selectawallobjectthathasmorethanone
section. Typically you would use Att ach to
create such an object.
2. In the modifier stack (page 3–760),gotothe
Vertex sub-object le vel.
3. Click Connect and point the mouse over an end
vertex until the cursor changes to a cross.
4. Click once over the end vertex.
5. Move the cursor to another end vertex, and
then click to connect the two segments.
To inser t a ver tex in a wall:
It is easier to work with wall vertices in wir eframe
view mode.
1. Select a wall segment.
2. In the modifier stack (page 3–760),gotothe
Vertex sub-object le vel.
3. Click Insert.
A highlighted line appears along the bottom of
the wall, showing where you can insert vertices.
4. Click anywhere on the highlighted line to insert
avertex.
The new vertex is attached to the mouse cursor.
5. Move the mouse to position the vertex, and
then click to place it.
Now the mouse is attached to one of the new
segments.
6. Move the mouse along the segment and click to
add vertices.
7. Right-click to finish working on this segment.
You can now insert vertices in other segments,
or right-click again to exit Insert mode.