In the exercise below, you will place coverings on the elevation templates you created in the topic Create or apply an elevation template.
Do only the front side of the elevation template.
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Make sure you have selected the appropriate catalog in the drop-down box.
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This will bring up the Elevation Template Tile Insertion Wizard. -
Navigate your way into the catalog to select the appropriate cover. For this exercise, select a crown cover.
Note: For details about the Select Symbol dialog, see Place a product using Insert Symbol in the Cap help. -
Hover your mouse over a part in the top level to highlight and select it.
Do not click on the part, as this will bring up the Options dialog. -
Click on the Insert button.
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Once on your cursor, the part acts just as if it were being brought in from the Explorer bar. Since it is an elevation view of the part the only place you would ever want to snap it to is onto an elevation template. Snap this cover as shown below.
Note: Notice when snapping there are nodes in all the places where you can place covers. The elevation template does not represent the physical structure of the frame; it is a visual representation of where covers can go. The section at the top of the frame is the right size for crown cover to be placed. All the other lines on the template represent locations where covers can go. The dotted line section above the frames is a visual indication of how high above the frame a stacked panel can go. -
Place the other crown covers.
Note: If you place the wrong cover or snap a cover into the wrong place, simply use AutoCAD move or erase to fix the problem.
This ability to manipulate covers with AutoCAD commands is one of the most powerful features of ET. It means that you can copy covers, not only within a template, but between templates, even if those template are in different drawings.
Currents and AutoStrada covers are compatible. You can place AutoStrada covers on Currents Service Walls and vice versa. -
Once you place the crown covers, navigate up two levels and then into “Raceway covers” > “four outlets, each side”.
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Place four outlet raceway covers on each frame.
Note: The raceways snap to the bottom of the elevation template but are placed in the correct location. -
Place other covers on the template, such as slatwall covers and tackable upholstered wall covers.
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Select stacking panels by navigating to the add-up panels section of the catalog, then place the covers.
Note: UFOs are shown because these panels are supported by AC for legacy purposes. In a future release they will no longer appear. For now, simply erase the UFOs. -
See Push template to opposite for the next step.