DesignSeries00029.pngCreating Slab Styles

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To create a slab style:

  1. Click the Slab tool from the Building Shell tool set, and click Preferences from the Tool bar.

  2. The Slab Preferences dialog box opens. Click the Definition tab to define the slab’s components and attributes.

  3. Click Edit Slab Attributes to define the slab attributes in Top/Plan view.

  4. The Slab Attributes dialog box opens. The slab attributes of an unstyled slab are initially set to the parameters displayed in the Attributes palette. If they are changed here, the Attributes palette reflects the changed attributes of the selected slab (after exiting the Slab Preferences dialog box).

    Fill, pen, drop shadow, and opacity can be set by class rather than by the attributes in the Slab Attributes dialog box. If the slab class is changed later, the slab changes to use the attributes of the new class. Slab attributes cannot be overridden on a per-instance basis; if a slab style uses class attributes, all slabs of that style must use class attributes. However, slabs of the same slab style can be placed in different classes.

  5. Click OK to return to the Slab Preferences dialog box.

  6. Click the Insertion Options tab to set the slab insertion and energy analysis options.

  7. Click the Textures tab to select textures for the slab parts.

  8. Click the Data tab to specify slab record information, which is also the IFC data that can be assigned when creating an IFC entity (edits to either the Data tab or the IFC entity edit the data in both locations). This information can be included in a slab style schedule. These fields are optional; enter text only where desired.

  9. Click Save Preferences as Slab Style.

  10. The Assign Name dialog box opens.

  11. Enter a unique name for the slab style and click OK.

  12. If the slab style name already exists, you are prompted to cancel and select a different name, or replace existing slabs with the slab style applied with the edited slab style. If you are replacing slab styles, the Slab Replacement dialog box opens; specify the slab replacement properties.

  13. The new slab style is saved with the file and displays as a slab style in the Resource Manager and Resource Selector.

To create a new slab style from an unstyled slab, right-click on an unstyled slab, and select New Slab Style from Unstyled Slab from the context menu.

To create a slab style from the Resource Manager, click New Resource, select Slab Style, and then click Create. A slab style created in this way is not associated with the current slab preference setting, but can be applied later.

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Concept: Resource Libraries

The Attributes Palette

Applying a Texture to an Object

Setting Class Properties

Creating Slabs

Editing Slab Styles

 

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