Design SuiteInserting a table and chairs

Mode

Tool

Tool set

Modes for The Symbol Insertion tool

Table and Chairs

Table and Chairs tool

Design Suite, Architect, Spotlight: Furn/Fixtures

Landmark: Building Shell

The Table and Chairs tool provides access to a variety of standard configurations available from the Resource Manager, in addition to individual objects created using the tool. The tool can be used to create your own style resources (see Concept: Plug-in object styles).

To insert a table and chairs:

Click the tool and mode.

Do one of the following:

Click Table and Chairs Style on the Tool bar to select a resource from the Resource Selector.

Click Preferences to open the object properties dialog box and specify the tool’s default parameters.

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

Click to show/hide the parameters.Click to show/hide the parameters.

Parameter

Description

Style

Replace, remove, or edit the current style, or create a new plug-in object style for this object.

Editing a style changes all instances in the file that use the style.

Hide style parameters

Hides the parameters that are set by style; these cannot be edited from the dialog box or Object Info palette

Length/Width/Height

Enter the table length, width, and height

Top Thick

Enter the thickness of the table top

Skirt Thick

Enter the thickness of the table skirt underneath the table top

Skirt OS

Enter the size of the table skirt offset from the outside edges of the table to the legs

Shape

Select the table shape

Corner Diam

For Round Rectangle shaped tables, enter the diameter of the corners

Leg Shape

Select the table legs shape

Leg Thick 

For round and square legs, enter the thickness of the table legs

Leg Offset

For round and square legs, enter how much to offset the bottom of the legs from where they attach to the table top; only positive numbers are allowed

Taper Pcent

For round and square legs, enter how much (in percentage) the legs should taper from top to bottom 

Chair Type

Select the chair type

End Chairs/Side Chairs

Select an even number of chairs from 0-20 for the table ends/sides; chairs are distributed evenly on each end/side 

Chr Space

Select the distance between the table chairs

Show 3D

Displays the table and chairs as 3D views; if deselected, only a planar view of the table and chair shapes display in 3D views

Table and chair parts

To control appearance and visibility, select a class from the list of classes present in the drawing, or create a new class. Select <Table and Chairs Class> to place the part attributes in the same class as the table and chairs object.

Click on the drawing to place the object, and click again to set the rotation.

Optionally, create a style resource from the object (see Standard plug-in object styles without catalog options).

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