To Insert Subassemblies on the Right and Left Sides of Assemblies

To insert a subassembly on the left side of a corridor using the Side parameter

  1. Click Home tabCreate Design panelAssembly drop-downCreate Assembly Find.
  2. In the Create Assembly dialog box, accept the default settings. Click OK.
  3. When you are prompted to specify the assembly baseline location, click a point in the drawing to insert the assembly.
  4. In the Tool Palettes window, open the Imperial - Basic tool palette by clicking the Imperial - Basic tab. (To display the Tool Palettes window, click Home tab Palettes panel Tool Palettes Find.)
  5. Click the BasicLane subassembly. The Properties dialog box is displayed for the BasicLane subassembly. Note that the Side parameter is set to Right by default.
  6. Click on the assembly. The BasicLane subassembly is inserted onto the right side of the assembly.
  7. On the tool palette, click the BasicLane subassembly again. Again the Properties dialog box is displayed.
  8. In the Properties dialog box, in the Advanced section, click the value for the Side parameter and change it from Right to Left.
  9. Click on the assembly. The BasicLane subassembly is inserted on the left side of the assembly.

To insert a subassembly on the left side of a corridor using negative insertion point values

  1. Click Home tabCreate Design panelAssembly drop-downCreate Assembly Find.
  2. In the Create Assembly dialog box, accept the default settings. Click OK.
  3. When you are prompted to specify the assembly baseline location, click a point in the drawing to insert the assembly.
  4. In the Tool Palettes window, open the Imperial - Daylight tool palette by clicking the Imperial - Daylight tab. (To display the Tool Palette window, click Home tab Palettes panel Tool Palettes Find.)
  5. Click the DaylightToOffset subassembly. The Properties dialog box is displayed for the DaylightToOffset subassembly. Note that the Daylight Offset from Baseline parameter is set to 10 by default.
  6. Click on the assembly. The DaylightToOffset subassembly is inserted onto the right side of the assembly.
  7. On the tool palette, click the DaylightToOffset subassembly again. Again the Properties dialog box is displayed.
  8. In the Properties dialog box, in the Advanced section, click the value for the Daylight Offset from Baseline parameter and change it from positive 10 to negative 10.
  9. Click on the assembly. The DaylightToOffset subassembly is inserted on the left side of the assembly.

To insert a subassembly on the left side of a corridor using Mirror

  1. Click Home tabCreate Design panelAssembly drop-downCreate Assembly Find.
  2. In the Create Assembly dialog box, accept the default settings. Click OK.
  3. When you are prompted to specify the assembly baseline location, click a point in the drawing to insert the assembly.
  4. In the Tool Palettes window, open the Imperial - Basic tool palette by clicking the Imperial - Basic tab. (To display the Tool Palette window, click Home tab Palettes panel Tool Palettes Find.)
  5. Click the BasicLane subassembly. The Properties dialog box is displayed for the BasicLane subassembly. Note that the Side parameter is set to Right by default.
  6. Click on the assembly. The BasicLane subassembly is inserted onto the right side of the assembly.
  7. On the assembly, right-click on the BasicLane subassembly and click Mirror. The BasicLane subassembly is inserted on the left side of the assembly. Note that the Mirror option is only available for subassemblies that contain a Side parameter.