Spot00010.pngPlacing Lighting Pipe Ladders

The Lighting Pipe Ladder is a is a three-click rectangular object, and can be inserted in Center-line Placement mode or Edge Placement mode.

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Placement Mode
Description

Center-line

Click once, and then again, to define the length through the center of the ladder. Click again to specify the ladder width

Edge

Click once, and then again, to define the length along the edge of the ladder. Click again to specify the ladder width.

Preferences

Sets the default preferences for the lighting pipe ladder

Lighting pipe ladders cannot participate in Braceworks calculations.

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To insert a lighting pipe ladder:

  1. Click the Lighting Pipe Ladder tool from the Spotlight tool set, and then click a placement mode from the Tool bar.

  2. Click in the drawing area to insert the ladder.

The first time you use the tool in a file, a properties dialog box opens. Set the default properties, and click OK. The properties can be edited from the Object Info palette.

To use the lighting pipe ladder as a hanging position, convert it to a hanging position object; see Creating a Hanging Position Object.

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Inserting Hanging Positions

Creating Hanging Positions

 

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