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Create a Cap Standard

Bally
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Follow these initial steps to create a new Cap Standard:

  1. From the Explorer pane, Content tab, select any furniture line and create a typical workstation.
    Include worksurfaces, pedestals, and overhead storage you would specify in a typical workstation.

  2. Create the A-STDTAGS layer. This layer will be used for tags, giving you more control of what you see when you plot.

  3. To start the wizard, click the Make Standard icon  on the Cap Standard tool bar and then refer to the following topics:

Select objects and the insertion point for the standard


  1. After clicking the Make Standard icon in the Cap Standard or Office toolbar, the Select Objects pane of the New Cap Standard wizard is displayed.
    The New Cap Standard wizard guides you to all the steps for creating a standard (typical).



  2. To select the objects for the part, click . This sends you to the drawing.

  3. Select the objects to include in the Cap Standard. Make sure you use a crossing or a window to select everything including the nodes.

  4. Press Enter to confirm your selection.
    You will be taken back to Select Objects pane of the Make Standard wizard where you will see a preview of the selected parts.

  5. Click any of the following options:
    Retain: Retains the selected objects as distinct objects in the drawing after you create the block.
    Convert to block: This is the default selection. It converts the selected objects to a Cap Part.
    Delete: Deletes the selected objects from the drawing after you create the block.

    Go to Specify the tag properties.

 

Specify the tag properties

  1. On the Tag Properties pane of the Make Standard Wizard, click the Pick Location and Rotation icon to select where you want the Standard's tag to appear. This sends you back to the drawing.
    You can also enter the X, Y, Z... coordinates manually.

  2. In the drawing, click at the desired Text Location point and press enter.
    Once you are back to the Tag Properties pane, the selected location coordinates appear.



  3. Modify any of the following:
    Rotation to manually change the text angle. 0 is horizontal, 90 is vertical.
    Size to modify the text height. Panels typically have a height of 4"; interior components have a height of 2.5".
    Justify to choose a Left, Right or Center justification for the text.
    Select the Layer you wish the tag to be on.
    You can also check the box Always display tag in upper case.

  4. Click Next and go to Enter standard information.

 

Enter standard information

  1. On the Standard Information pane of the Make Standard wizard, enter the  required information.



  2. If you want to assign an Alias at this time to all the components of the Standard you can.

  3. Check Consolidate the parts in this standard... so that identical items are combined into one line item.

  4. Check Apply Alias values... to copy the alias tags to all identical standard items.

  5. Click Next to continue and go to Save the standard in a custom catalog.

Note:  For more information about consolidating parts, see Consolidate identical items.

 

Save the standard in a custom catalog

For information about custom catalogs, see the Custom Catalogs in the Worksheet help.

  1. On the Custom Catalog pane of the Make Standard Wizard, check Save the part to a custom catalog. If this option is unchecked, the Cap Standard will be saved in this drawing only.



  2. Select the appropriate Custom Catalog to store the new Cap Standard.
    Click the New icon to create a new project or a new custom catalog.

  3. Click Back to review the information or Finish to complete.

Now, this new standard will get counted when you create a worksheet. You can do this for any custom item including plants, computers, artwork, etc.

 

 

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