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Exercise discretion when turning on “Auto-Adjust to Edge Height”. While this will cause the fascia to adjust to a
variable width component in a slab as it changes thickness, the adjustment is proportional. The fascia will adjust
both vertically and horizontally. The same consideration should be taken into account when turning on the option
to adjust the soffit to the overhang depth.
NOTE Slab edge styles can not be applied as a part of the slab style definition; instead you can apply them as a palette-based
tool property. Many of the slab styles included in the sample content files that ship with AutoCAD Architecture indicate in
their names a specific slab edge style and when a tool is created from those styles, the slab style is already assigned to the
tool properties. These styles originated in an earlier version of the software in which default slab edge styles could be assigned
to a slab style. This capability was removed from the User Interface of the slab style editor, however the style properties were
left in those sample styles.
Palette-Based Roof Slab and Slab Tools
To apply a slab edge or roof slab edge style at the time of creation, you can specify them as default properties of a
palette-based tool along with other properties:
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You may want to consider “Top”, “Bottom” or “Baseline” justification, depending upon the type of slab and its
intended purpose.
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The Vertical Offset can be set to pre-determine an elevation for the slab.
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You can establish an edge style as a default.
IMPORTANT To pre-set the edge style, you must first specify the library drawing in which the edge style exists, then
define the edge style to use. Even if the edge style already exists in the current drawing, it will not be used unless you
specify the style location.
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