Creating A Brace With User-Specified Settings - Autodesk 24108-051400-9000 - AutoCAD Revit Architecture Suite 2008 User Manual

Creating a Brace with User-Specified Settings

Use this procedure to add a new brace with property settings that you specify. The style specified in the tool provides
the brace shape, which is extruded along the path you define by specifying a start point and an endpoint.
Creating a brace
Optionally, offset the brace from its start point or endpoint.
Offsetting a brace
1 Open the tool palette that contains the structural brace tool you want to use, and select the tool.
(You may have to scroll to display the desired tool).
2 On the Properties palette, under General, click Style, and select a structural brace style.
3 Specify a value for Bound spaces:
If you want to
allow the brace to be used as a bounding object for associative
spaces
prevent the brace from being used as a bounding object for
associative spaces
use the bounding setting from the brace style
NOTE For more information on associative spaces, see
4 Specify a value for Trim automatically:
If you want
the geometry of the brace to be automatically trimmed to
any other structural members, other architectural objects, or
linework to which it is logically connected
Then
select Yes.
select No.
select By Style.
Generating Associative
Then
select Yes.
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