To Add Custom Graphics as a Display Component

You can add custom blocks to the display representations of some building systems objects. For example, you can add custom blocks to mechanical pipe runs to add symbology to designate hangers.

To create a custom component for a building systems object

  1. Draw the custom component, and save it as a block.
  2. Select a building systems object, and on the Display tab of the Properties palette, click (Edit Object Display).
  3. In the Object Display dialog box, click the Display Properties tab.
  4. Select any display representation except one of the Plan display representations, and click (Edit Display Properties).
  5. In the Display Properties dialog box, click the Other tab.
    Note: If the Other tab is not available, the selected building systems object does not support custom graphics as a display component.
  6. Under Custom Block Display, click Add.
  7. In the Custom Block dialog box, click Select Block.

    In the Select a Block dialog box, select the block that you created.

  8. To specify a scale, in the Custom Block dialog box, under Scale to Fit, specify a scale to maintain for the block based on the size of the block entities.

    You can select Width, Height, Depth, Lock XY Ratio, or a combination of these options.

  9. To mirror the block upon insertion, under Mirror In, specify the direction to mirror the block:
    • Mirror X creates a mirror of the block in the X direction, along the segment curve.
    • Mirror Y creates a mirror of the block in the Y direction.
    • Mirror Z creates a mirror of the block in the Z direction.
  10. To insert an instance of the block, under Insertion Point, specify a position for the block on the object by selecting an X, Y, and Z position on the segment curve.
    Attention: When Repeat Block Display under Repeat Mode is selected, Insertion Point is unavailable (shaded).
  11. To specify an offset for the block, under Insertion Offset, enter distances for the X, Y, or Z directions from the segment curve.
  12. To repeat the block along a segment, under Repeat Mode, select Repeat Block Display, and enter a distance for Start Offset and/or End Offset and Spacing.

    The insertion point of the first block is located at the start offset location. The block is then repeated, placed according to the specified distance for spacing between blocks. The last block is placed at or near the end offset location to allow for equal spacing between blocks based on the specified distance.

  13. Click OK 3 times.

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