Adjoining elements

Use this dialog to define parameters for elements that adjoin the selected element type. These parameters determine the length of adjoining elements in a drawing.

To display the Adjoining elements dialog:

  1. On the Drawing template manager dialog, for Drawing components, select Adjoining Elements
  2. Click New or Modify.

For Style name, enter a name for the component style, and click Save (this is only available when creating a style, not when modifying an existing style).

In the Adjoining elements dialog, specify dimensions that form the surroundings of a selected element type.

For individual element types, you can choose the following parameters:

Element Type

Preview

Parameters

Beam

X, Y, Z1, Z2

Ground beam

X, Y, Z1, Z2

Column

X, Y, Z1, Z2

Spread footing

Z

Wall

X, Y, Z1, Z2

Continuous footing

Z

Floor slab

X, Y, Z1, Z2

Raft foundation

X, Y, Z1, Z2

Lintel

X, Y, Z1, Z2

Ring beam

X, Y, Z1, Z2

 

Stairs

X, Y, Z1, Z2

Group

X, Y, Z1, Z2