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Example NameStructural Member Style Description
Decorative Square Column - Tapered
12”-8”
Decorative square tapered square column
(specific use).
Plywood Web Joist - 1010” Plywood Web Wood Joist.
NOTE Naming conventions for structural member styles are not fixed. In the case
of structural member styles defined as a result of the Structural Member Catalog,
it is acceptable and more efficient in many cases to use the default name that is
provided by the catalog. As an example the “Plywood Web Joist - 10” style name
listed above would be “10in Plywood Web Wood Joist”.
Best Practices for Structural Member Styles:
■ When naming a structural member style, consider whether it can be used
for more than one purpose. For example, wide flange shapes can be used
for either columns, bracing or beams. In the case of such an element, you
should not indicate a specific use in the member style name.
■ When defining custom display blocks for the Model display of structural
member styles, you should use other structural members to define the
blocks where possible, in lieu of mass elements. An example of this is seen
in the example Bar Joist styles that are provided with AutoCAD
Architecture. The custom display blocks that define the webbing are made
from a structural member style called “Steel Joist Webbing”.
■ Materials should be assigned to structural member style components.
Documentation Objects
AutoCAD Architecture documentation objects are object types that are
explicitly for use as annotation tools. Rather than define 3D geometry, they
define data structures and 2D annotation graphics.
NOTE Since documentation objects do not define geometry, it is not necessary
to classify their styles for scheduling purposes, however you may want to consider
it if you need more display control than that provided by the normal display set
controls.
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