Creating slabs with both automatically bounded and manual edges

In order to work in a broad variety of construction situations, slabs allow each edge to be either bounded by a wall or with edges that are considered “manual.” If a slab is split, the existing bounded wall associations are maintained for edges that abut a wall, and the newly split edges are manual. Each slab edge can be given a unique component edge offset, as needed.

To create a slab that is automatically bounded to existing walls on some edges and manual on others:

1.      Click the tool and mode.

2.      Do one of the following:

●        To use an existing slab style from the resource libraries, click Slab Style on the Tool bar. From the Resource Selector, double-click a resource to activate it. Alternatively, to draw an unstyled slab, leave the <Unstyled> setting as is. Proceed to step 3.

●        To create a custom slab style, click Preferences. From the Slab Preferences dialog box, set the default properties (see Creating slab styles). The properties can be edited from the Object Info palette.

3.      Click each wall that forms the wall set and press Enter, or click the check mark button on the Tool bar.

Manual edges are automatically created as needed to complete the slab’s geometry.

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Slab properties

Concept: Automatically bounded and manual slab edges

Drawing slabs manually

Creating automatically bounded slabs from existing walls

Converting slab boundary associations

Setting edge offsets

Creating slab styles

Using slab styles

Creating slab components

Editing slab geometry

Creating slabs

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