Graphics Programs Reference
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lets you later tag and keynote the materials but also allows you some easy flex-
ibility over arraying these elements manually.
Before you create a repeating detail component, let's examine one such com-
ponent's properties. Select Repeating Detail Component and choose Edit Type
from the Properties palette to open the Type Properties dialog box shown in
Figure 11.3.
Figure 11.3 Type Properties
dialog box for a repeating detail
Here's a brief description of what each of these settings does:
Detail
This setting lets you select the detail component to be repeated.
Layout
This option offers four modes:
Fixed Distance This represents the path drawn between the start
and end points when the repeating detail is the length at which
your component repeats at a distance of the value set for Spacing.
Fixed Number This mode sets the number of times a component
repeats itself in the space between the start and end points (the
length of the path).
Fill available Space Regardless of the value you choose for
Spacing, the detail component is repeated on the path using its
actual width as the Spacing value.
Maximum Spacing The detail component is repeated using the
set spacing, and the number of repeated components is set so that
only complete components are drawn. Revit Architecture creates
as many copies of the component as will fit on the path.
inside This option adjusts the start point and end point of the detail compo-
nents that make up the repeating detail. Deselecting this option puts only full
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