Graphics Programs Reference
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9. Click the Family Types button on the Properties panel of the ribbon.
Input
0
for the value of the Symbol Offset parameter. Click OK.
10. Open the
Ch18_Duplex Receptacle.rfa
file found at
11. Switch windows back to the annotation family. Click the Load Into
Project button on the Family Editor panel of the ribbon.
12. Place the annotation symbol at the intersection of the reference planes
in the receptacle family; see
Figure 18.21
.
Figure 18.21
Placing the annottion symbol
13. Select the annotation symbol, and click the small box to the far right of
the Symbol Offset parameter in the Properties palette. (Click the
Properties button to turn on the palette if needed.) In the Associate
Family Parameter dialog box, select the Symbol Offset From Wall
parameter, as shown in
Figure 18.22
. This lets you control the nested
symbol parameter values from within the main family, without the need
to edit the family. Click OK. Save the family.
Figure 18.22
Controlling the nested annotation symbol parameters via
parameters from the main family
14. Load the receptacle family into a project file. Place a receptacle on a
vertical host. Select the receptacle, and input a value of
1/4
″
(
6
mm) for
