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Draw the polylines in plan view. You may want to draw the polylines on top of a wall of the wall style you are
creating the endcaps for. This helps you visualize how the endcap should appear for each component of the wall.
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Draw each polyline counterclockwise.
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Ensure that the X value of the start point and the X value of the endpoint of a polyline are the same. If the X values
are different, the endcap will be skewed.
Creating and Applying a Wall Endcap Style Directly in the Drawing
When you create an endcap style and apply it to a wall as described below, you are directly changing the endcap
condition of that wall. You can choose whether the endcap condition is saved either as a new endcap style or modifies
the existing endcap style. When openings, such as doors and windows, exist in a wall to which you apply an endcap,
the end of the wall is trimmed or extended to the endcap without moving the openings.
Creating an endcap for a single-component wall
You can use a crossing window to select multiple polylines to create an endcap for a multi-component wall.
NOTE When creating an endcap for multiple component walls that contain components at different elevations, this method
of creating and applying endcaps may not produce the intended results. It is based on the cut plane height of the wall and
does not respond to manual above or below cut plane heights.
Creating a wall endcap style in the drawing
1 In plan view, draw open polylines on top of or near the end of a wall segment to define the shape of the
end condition for each wall component.
The location of the polyline determines how the wall is extended or trimmed when the endcap is added
or modified.
Attaching endcaps to a wall
2 Select the wall, right-click, and click Endcaps
➤
Calculate Automatically.
3 Select the polyline(s) to define the shape of the endcap, and press
ENTER
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4 Enter y (Yes) to erase the polyline(s), or enter n (No) to keep the polyline(s).
If the current wall endcap style is not the Standard style, you are prompted to modify the current style:
Then … If you want to …
press ENTER. The selected wall and any other walls in the
drawing that use the wall endcap style are updated with the
new geometry. modify the wall endcap style that is currently assigned to the
wall
enter n (No). create a new endcap style from the selected geometry
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