Graphics Programs Reference
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As you begin to draw the headers, other objects such as the doors
and thresholds may get in the way. You'll use the Freeze tool to graphi-
cally select the layers instead of opening the Layer Properties Manager
to freeze the respective layers.
6. At the Select an object on the layer to be frozen or:
prompt, click one door or door swing (A-DOOR) and one threshold
(A-DECK-STRS).
All the objects on the Doors and Steps layers temporarily disappear.
Press Esc to end the Freeze command.
You need to draw two parallel lines across each of the three open-
ings, from the endpoint of one jamb line to the corresponding end-
point of the jamb on the opposite side of the opening.
7. To start the LINE command, enter L or click the Line button from
the Home tab Draw panel.
Move the cursor near the upper end of the left jamb for the back
door until the colored snap marker appears at the upper-left endpoint
of the jamb line and then click.
8. Move the cursor to the left end of the lower jamb, and click to complete
the line.
9. Right-click once to open a context menu near your cursor (see
Figure 6.35).
10. Choose Enter from the menu, and then right-click again to open
another context menu at the cursor, as shown in Figure 6.36.
11. Choose Repeat LINE.
FiGuRE 6.35 The right-click context menu for accessing recent and
common commands
 
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