Drawing slabs manually

Mode	Tool	Tool set
Vertex	Slab	Building Shell

To draw a manual slab object that is not associated with any walls:

Click the tool and mode, and then select the polyline creation mode; see Creating polylines.

A slab can also be created by drawing a closed 2D shape and then selecting the Create Objects from Shapes command (see Creating objects from shapes).

Do one of the following:

Click Slab Style on the Tool bar to select a resource from the Resource Selector.

Click Preferences to open the Slab Preferences dialog box and specify the tool’s default parameters. See Slab preferences.

The parameters can be edited later from the Object Info palette.

Similarly to drawing a polyline, create a closed slab shape.

Double-click while drawing to close the slab automatically.

 

Concept: Automatically bounded and manual slab edges

Creating automatically bounded slabs from existing walls

Creating slabs with both automatically bounded and manual edges

Converting slab boundary associations

Setting edge offsets

Creating slab components

Using slab styles

Editing slabs

Editing slab geometry

Creating slab drainage systems

Creating slabs