Today's quick tutorial was inspired by a post in the BIM After Dark Community. Tom was asking about adding detail items within families so when you cut a section you can see the detail... He wasn't talking about stud framing but it reminded me of this tip that I wanted to share with you.
We have all spent time placing those pesky little Wood Stud Detail Components in our wall sections... Well, there is nothing worse that doing that when you actually HAVE THE FRAMING MODELED!
So... here is a tip that will show you how to get the silly little "X" within your framing model families. It can also be applied to any family times (ie. Adding more detailed line-work into a double hung window family.. you name it.).
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How could you see yourself using this tip? Can you think of families where this would be useful...?