CADWorx Structure tab: Model panel > Column Grid
Command line: COLUMNGRIDSTR
Creates grids in the drawing. After you place a grid, double-click the grid to modify it.
Double-click the grid to display the Modify Column Grid palette.
Grid Rotation
Specifies the rotation of the grid.
Grid Spacing
Modify Spacing
Specifies whether you want to add, remove, or modify the vertical or horizontal lines.
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Vertical Lines (Y)
Allows you want to add, remove, or modify the vertical lines in a grid. Vertical lines place along the Y-axis.
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Horizontal Lines (X)
Allows you want to add, remove, or modify horizontal lines in a grid. Horizontal lines place along the X-axis.
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Elevations (Z)
Allows you want to add, remove, or modify elevations in a grid. Elevations place along the Z-axis.
Vertical Lines (Y) or Horizontal Lines (X)
Specifies the lines of the column along the x and y-axis based on the entered data.
Label Type Layout
Specifies the type of label layout to use. You can use numeric, alphabetic, capital alphabetic, and alphanumeric.
You can type in a value for Label to assign label names other than the software defaults. For multiple line labels, press ENTER to add the next line of the label.
Delete
Deletes a line from the list.
Add
Adds a new grid line to the list. The first grid line displays automatically in the list. The number of lines that you add and the value of the Column To Column Distance, determines the length of the grid. For example, if you have seven grid lines with an Overall Distance of 28'-5", then your perpendicular line would be the length of the Overall Distance plus the specified Extension Length. Therefore, if your Overall Distance is 28'-5", and your Extension Length is 24", the length of your perpendicular line would be 32'-5".
If you change the first grid line for the Column to Column Distance or set the Overall Distance higher than 0, then the software places the first grid line at that offset distance from the insertion point.
Label
Specifies the name of the label.
Column to Column Distance
Specifies the spacing between each line in the grid.
Overall Distance
Specifies the sum of the Column To Column Distance. For example, if your second Column to Column Distance is 22'-6", and your third grid line is 20'-0" from the second grid line, then your Overall Distance is 42'-6". The software continues to add to the Overall Distance for each subsequent line that you add.
Elevations (Z)
Defines grid elevations along the z-axis
Delete
Deletes an elevation from the list.
Add
Adds a new elevation to the list. The first grid elevation at 0 displays automatically in the list.
Label
Specifies the name of the label.
Floor to Floor Distance
Specifies the spacing between each floor in the grid.
Overall Elevation
Specifies the sum of the Floor To Floor Distance. For example, if your Floor to Floor Distance is 15', and your second elevation is 25', then your Overall Elevation is 40'. The software continues to add to the Overall Elevation for each subsequent elevation that you add.
Labels
Column Lines
Extension Length
Specifies the length that the grid line extends beyond the first and last horizontal or vertical column lines or the selected boundary.
Group
Specifies the group classification of the structural member designated in the Group Manager. When you select a group from the list, the layer automatically updates to the layer assigned to that group. The groups that display in the Group list come from the Group Manager in the Structure Editor. For more information, see Group Manager in the CADWorx Structure Editor Users Guide.
Layer
Specifies the assigned layer. Layers default to the assigned group. However, you can change a layer as needed. The layers that display in the Layer list come from the Layer Manager in the Structure Editor. For more information, see Layer Manager in the CADWorx Structure Editor Users Guide.
Column Bubble
Bubble Shape
Specifies a shape for the label call-out.
Bubble Size
Specifies the size of the bubble for the label call-out.
Group
Specifies the group classification of the structural member designated in the Group Manager. When you select a group from the list, the layer automatically updates to the layer assigned to that group. The groups that display in the Group list come from the Group Manager in the Structure Editor. For more information, see Group Manager in the CADWorx Structure Editor Users Guide.
Layer
Specifies the assigned layer. Layers default to the assigned group. However, you can change a layer as needed. The layers that display in the Layer list come from the Layer Manager in the Structure Editor. For more information, see Layer Manager in the CADWorx Structure Editor Users Guide.
Label Position
Specifies the position of the label. You can select or clear any of the options in Label Position.
Place By
Points
Inserts grid lines at the point that you select in the model space.
Coordinates
Inserts grid lines at the coordinates that you type for the X, Y, and Z values. The grid displays outwards from the bottom left hand corner at the X, Y, and Z location.
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X
Specifies the X coordinate.
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Y
Specifies the Y coordinate.
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Z
Specifies the Z coordinate.
Boundary
Inserts grid lines on a boundary.
The boundary shape that you select trims the grid lines, so that the Extension Length extends just outside the boundary. For example, a boundary that is L shaped creates an L shaped grid.
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