The Linear Material tool draws a standard representation of sheet building materials (such as plywood, gypsum board, and stucco) along a path. To create linear material details, either use the Linear Material tool, or draw a polyline and then select the Create Objects from Shapes command (see Creating Objects from Shapes).
To draw linear material details:
Click the Linear Material tool from the Detailing tool set.
If desired, set the linear material attributes from the Attributes palette (fill style, pen style, and line thickness). The linear material attributes can also be specified after creation.
Click a polyline drawing mode from the Tool bar. For more information on the polyline drawing modes, see Creating Polylines.
Click to set the object’s start point.
Click to set the end of the segment and the beginning of the next. Continue drawing segments in this manner until the object is complete.
Click a second time at the start point to complete a closed polyline object, or double-click to complete an open polyline object.
The linear material parameters can be edited from the Object Info palette.
Click to show/hide the parameters.
Linear material details with stipple patterns may require a significant amount of time to draw.
Create a plug-in symbol from a linear material object (see Creating New Symbols) with Convert to Plug-in Object selected. Activate the symbol in the Resource Browser to draw the linear material detail with the saved symbol parameters.
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