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Compare your finished detail with the c11-ex11.2end.rvt file, available in
the download from the topic's web page. You'll return to this detail again for the
next exercise.
exercise 11.3: Create a repeating Detail
Component
In the following exercise, you will create a custom repeating detail for the sill
detail you've been working on. The exterior of the building is terracotta brick
and will have visible joint work every 8 (200 mm). From the Chapter 11 down-
loadable files, open the c11-ex11.3start.rvt file, or continue with your opened
file if you've completed the previous exercise. Follow these steps:
1. Select a new Detail Component family again. Choose Application
New Family, and choose Detail Item.rft from the list.
2. Create a masonry joint 6 (150 mm) long and 3⁄8 (10 mm) high with
a strike on one of the short ends (Figure 11.16) using a filled region
with no hatch pattern.
3. Save the family as 04 Grout , and load it into the project, selecting the
correct open project file if more than one file is open.
Figure 11.16 The grout detail component
4. Click the Esc button to clear the active command. Back in the project
file, go to the Annotate tab's Detail panel, open the Component fly-
out, and choose the Repeating Detail Component tool.
5. Choose Edit Type from the Properties palette, and then click the
Duplicate button in the Type Properties dialog.
6. Name the new type 04 Terracotta Grout , and click OK.
7. Change the properties of this new type to reflect the detail component
you just created and its spacing. Change only the following fields:
Detail: Set this field to 04 Grout, the family you just created.
Spacing: Set this value to 8 ( 200 mm).
 
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