Graphics Programs Reference
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15. Select the annotation symbol, and click the small box to the far right of
the FACE1 parameter in the Properties palette. Choose Show Face 1
from the list and click OK. Repeat for the FACE2 parameter, choosing
Show Face 2 from the list. Save and exit the family.
17. Open the 1 - Ceiling Elec view, and click the Load Family button on the
Insert tab. Browse to the newly created exit light fixture family and click
Open. Click the Lighting Fixture button on the Create tab. Select the
Place On Face option from the contextual tab, and place the fixture on
the ceiling. Notice that only the annotation symbol is displayed and not
the extrusion graphics.
18. Click the light fixture, and deselect the box for the Show Face 2
parameter in the Properties palette. Notice that the filled region for
FACE2 is no longer displayed.
Notalllightfixturesarerepresentedbyanannotationsymbol.Somefixtures
need to be shown at their actual size for coordination purposes. If a nested
annotation is used for these types of fixtures, the annotation changes size
with the scale of the view, which would be an inaccurate representation.
Symbolic lines can be used in a fixture family to represent the outline of a
fixture without having to show the model graphics within the family.
Symbolic lines appear in any view that is parallel to the view in which they
are created. When you're adding symbolic lines to a lighting fixture family,
they need to be drawn in the Ref. Level Floor Plan view or Ref. Level Ceiling
Plan view for ceiling-mounted fixtures. If the fixture you are creating is wall
mounted, drawthesymboliclinesineithertheFrontorBackelevation view.
Symbolic lines do not change size in different scale views, so they can be
drawn to match the size of the fixture. You can constrain symbolic lines to
reference planes or model graphics so that they move when the fixture is
changed.
When working in a lighting fixture family, any symbolic lines belong to
the Lighting Fixtures subcategory by default. You can create a unique
subcategory for the lines to allow for greater visibility control within the
model.
