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(You may have to scroll to display the desired tool.)
2 Right-click the tool, and click Apply Tool Properties to
➤
Slab or Apply Tool Properties to
➤
Roof Slab.
3 Select the slabs or roof slabs to be modified, and press
ENTER
.
4 Edit the properties of the modified slabs/roof slabs in the Properties palette, if necessary.
Changing the Properties of Slabs or Roof Slabs
Many of the slab/roof slab properties that you can edit using grips can also be edited on the Properties palette. In cases
where multiple selected objects have the same value for a property, you can change the value for all the objects with
a single entry on the Properties palette. The Properties palette also provides access to the Slab Edges and Roof Slab Edges
worksheets, and enables you to attach hyperlinks, notes, or files to slabs/roof slabs.
Changing the Style of Slabs/Roof Slabs
Use this procedure to change the style for one or more slabs or for one or more roof slabs in a drawing. Note that the
procedure cannot be applied to slabs and roof slabs simultaneously.
1 Select one or more slabs/roof slabs, and double-click one of them.
2 On the Properties palette, expand Basic, and expand General.
If the selected objects are of different styles, the value of the Style property is *VARIES*.
3 For Style, select a new style from the drop-down list.
The selected style is assigned to all selected objects.
Changing the Thickness of a Slab/Roof Slab
Use this procedure to change the thickness of a slab/roof slab for which the Base Thickness (BT) variable is used to
define the Thickness value in the object style. If the style specifies a fixed thickness for the slab/roof slab (or for any
component of a multi-component slab/roof slab), then the Thickness value on the Properties palette is read-only and
can only be changed by editing the style or applying a different style. For more information on using the BT variable,
see “
Specifying the Thickness and Offset of a Slab/Roof Slab Component ” on page 1354.
1 Select the slab/roof slab you want to change.
2 On the Properties palette, expand Basic, and expand Dimensions.
3 Click the Thickness value, and enter a new value.
Changing the Offsets of a Slab/Roof Slab
Use this procedure to change the vertical or horizontal offset of a slab or roof slab. The offsets are the vertical and
horizontal distances from the insertion point of the slab/roof slab.
1 Double-click the slab/roof slab you want to change.
2 On the Properties palette, expand Basic, and expand Dimensions.
3 Click the Vertical offset or Horizontal offset value, and enter a new value.
Changing Slab/Roof Slab Edges
Use this procedure to access the Slab Edges or Roof Slab Edges worksheet from the Properties palette.
1 Double-click the slab/roof slab whose edge(s) you want to change.
2 On the Properties palette, expand Basic, and expand Dimensions.
3 Click next to Edges.
The Slab Edges and Roof Slab Edges worksheets are identical in function to the Edit Slab Edges and Edit
Roof Slab Edges worksheets accessed from the slab/roof slab context menu. For more information on using
these worksheets, see “
Changing the Edges of a Slab/Roof Slab ” on page 1332
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