RAM Concept Help

Draw the drop caps

  1. Double click the Slab Area tool () to edit the default properties.
  2. In the Default Slab Area Properties dialog box:
    1. Change Thickness to 500 mm.
    2. Change Surface Elevation to 0, and leave the Priority as 2.
    3. Click OK.
  3. With the Slab Area tool () selected, define the four drop caps with four or five vertices as appropriate.
  4. Go to "Draw the opening:", or try the next method
  5. With the Selection tool (), select (by double-clicking) and delete the drop cap at B-2.
  6. Click Redraw (). Some tool button icons have a small triangle in the lower right corner (). This indicates that there are other similar tools available for this button.
  7. Place the mouse over the Slab Area tool () and press down on the left mouse button for one second. A pop-up menu appears.
  8. Select the Drop Cap tool from the menu. The selected tool becomes current for that button.
  9. Click at the column at B-2. A Drop Cap Tool dialog box appears.
  10. Enter an angle of zero degrees.
  11. Enter a side dimension of 1.2 m and click OK.