Use this procedure to add or edit custom block components in the display representation of a structural member style.
- Create a 2D or 3D block for the component that you want to add to the structural member.
Create the block in the same plane as the structural member that you use to represent structural member.
- Click
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- Expand Architectural Objects, and expand Structural Member Styles.
- Select the structural member style that you want to change.
- Click the Display Properties tab.
The display representation in bold is the current display representation.
- Select the display representation where you want the changes to appear, and select Object Override.
- If necessary, click
. - Click the Other tab.
- Under Custom Block Display, click Add.
- Click Select Block and select the block you created.
- Select a setting for Position Along (x) to position the block in a location along the X-axis of the member.
- Specify an insertion offset of the block in the X, Y, and Z directions.
- Specify whether you want repeat the block display along the X-axis of the member:
If you want to… Then… repeat the display of the block along the X-axis of the member select Repeat Block Display. offset the repeated blocks from the start or endpoint of the member enter values for Start Offset and End Offset. specify the space between the repeated blocks enter a value for Space Between. increase the spacing between repeated blocks so the insertion point of the last block is at the end offset distance from the end of the member select Fit, and select Space Evenly. scale the block so the extents of all the blocks fit between the start and end offset distances select Fit, and select Scale to Fit. - Specify whether to mirror the block in the X,Y, or Z direction:
If you want to… Then… create a mirror of the block in the X direction select Mirror X. create a mirror of the block in the Y direction select Mirror Y. create a mirror of the block in the Z direction select Mirror Z. - Click OK twice.