OpenBuildings™ Designer Help

Place Construction Lines

Used to place precision symbol.

Accessed from:


  • Ribbon: Building Design > Electrical > Symbols > Lines > Place Construction Lines


SettingDescription
Mode
  • Free — Select start- (P1) and endpoint (P2) of line, then click in drawing area. Construction Line gets generated in the direction of selected point with offset distance and height settings.
  • Parallel — Select start- (P1) and endpoint (P2) of line, then click in drawing area. Construction Line gets generated in the direction of selected point with offset distance and height selected.
  • Arrange — Select start- (P1) and endpoint (P2) of line, then click in drawing area (P3) for width of Construction Lines field. Construction Lines are created in the direction of point P3 with selected offset distance and height.
  • Grid — Select start- (P1) and endpoint (P2) of line, then click in drawing area (P3) for width of Construction Lines field. Construction Lines are created in the direction of point P3 with selected offset distance and height.
Arrangement Enables for "arrange" mode.
Options available:
  • 1 : 1 : 1
  • 1/2 : 1 : 1/2
  • 1/2 : 1 : 1
  • 1 : 1 : 1/2
and
  • 1/2 : 1/2
  • 3/4 : 1/4
  • 2/3 : 1/3
For upper 4 options, the Number of Lines can be set.
preview Displays the preview of construction lines with position of placement of points P1, P2 and P3.
Offset Enter offset distance from P1 and P2 for Construction Line. The default value is "0" for free and "1" for parallel mode.
Number of Lines Enables for "arrange" mode. Enter number of Construction Lines.
Grid Value Enables for "grid" mode. Enter distance between Construction Lines.
Height Enter Construction Line height manually.
Select Opens Installation Height dialog where standard installation heights are set.
OK Creates Construction Line(s).
Cancel Closes the dialog.
Key-in: BESCLINECREATE