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General Parameters

Editing parameters

When you click on an element, a supplementary element (text, hatch, scale) or an architectural or mechanical object, the property bar opens and the properties can be changed.

Adopt parameters

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Edit menu > Adopt parameters

This function adopts a current parameter and opens the relevant creation function so that this parameter can be used to create other elements, supplementary elements (text, hatch, dimensions) or architectural or mechanical objects.

The function can be called up in two different ways. First, select the function and then click on the relevant object or, if you are already in editing mode, select the function afterwards. In both cases, the associated creation function is opened.

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Adopting parameters for a hatch
When you select the AUTOMATIC HATCH function to create a hatch, the property bar always opens with the parameter settings of the hatch you created most recently.
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In this case, a "brick" hatch was created.
Now you already have a hatch on your plan and you want to generate an identical one.

Select the ADOPT PARAMETERS function.
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Click on the hatch from which you want to adopt the parameters.
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The property bar opens with the correctly set values and you can create the hatch.
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Copy parameters

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Edit menu > Copy parameter(s)

This function transfers the parameters from an existing element, supplementary element (text, hatch, dimensions) or architectural or mechanical object to another of the same type.

The function can be called up in two different ways. First select the function and then click on the relevant object or, if you are already in editing mode (double-click), select the function afterwards. In both cases, the associated dialog window is opened.

Parameter

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Selection


In this column, you can select which parameters should be copied and which not. If the box is ticked, the parameter will be copied.
If all parameters are selected, the parameter record name will also be copied for the following objects: dimension, hatch, text, column, door, girder, floor, wall, window.

Parameter

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The parameters that can be copied are listed here.

Modify value locked

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In this column, you can see which of the values can be modified and which cannot. If the lock is open (green), the value to the right can be changed. If the lock is closed (red), the parameter can be copied but not changed.
If several objects are selected for copying parameters, the parameters of the first object selected are used and a " ≠ " indicates parameters that are not the same for all selected objects.

Value

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The various values for the individual parameters are listed here. These values can be changed, depending on the status of the lock symbol.
If the lock is open (green) and you click in the field, a selection list appears.
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Selection and copying options

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All / None

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These options allow you to select or deselect all parameters.

Open / close all groups

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With these functions, all parameter groups can be opened and closed simultaneously.

Copy to single/on image/on all

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The parameters can either be inherited by individual parts, by visible parts or by all.
If you select the "single" option, you can then click on the relevant objects in the plan.
If you select the "on image" option, the parameters are applied to the appropriate objects that are visible on the screen.
If you select the "on all" option, the parameters are applied to the appropriate objects, even if they are not visible on the screen.

Selection

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For the ON IMAGE and ON ALL copying options, there is an additional option in addition to the selection regarding visibility.

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If you make only the selection "Text height" (5) in the window, for instance, and close with "Select" and "on image", only the text that is visible on the screen and has text height 5 will be changed. With the copying option ON ALL, all text with text height 5 will be changed.
If you close the selection dialog window and then click on "Copy to single", the selection will be ignored.

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Copying parameters for lines
You have a thin, dotted line and thick, solid lines. You now want to change the solid lines to thin, dotted lines.
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Select the COPY PARAMETER(S) function and click on the dotted line.
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WSelect the SINGLE option and click on the elements one by one that you want to change. If you want to change all the elements visible on the screen, select the ON IMAGE option. copy-line-parameters3
CANCEL function
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