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AutoCAD and Its Applications—Advanced
values by using the
Array Creation
ribbon tab. See Figure 8-12C. In Figure 8-12D, there D
are three rows, fi ve columns, and two levels. To set the number of levels and spacing fi fi
between levels, use the
Array Creation
ribbon tab, right-click and select
Levels
from the
shortcut menu, or use the prompts on the command line. Note that for the following
command sequence, the drawing units have been set to architectural.
Figure 8-12.
A—Two floors and one structural column are drawn. Creating a 3D rectangular array will
place all of the required columns on both floors at the same time. B—After entering the
ARRAYRECT
command, you can pick a grip and drag to set the number of rows or columns
or the spacing between rows or columns dynamically. The floor objects are removed from
the view for illustration purposes only. C—The
Array Creation
ribbon tab can be used to set
values for rows, columns, and levels. D—An associative 3D rectangular array made up of
three rows and five columns on two levels. E—An arrangement of three rows and seven
columns after editing the properties of the associative array.
Number of
columns
and spacing
Number of
rows
and spacing
Number of
levels
and spacing
Array Creation
ribbon tab
A B
D E
Pick and drag
to set the
number of
columns
Pick and drag
to set the
column spacing
Pick and drag
to set the
number of
rows
Pick and drag
to set the
row spacing
C C