Flush Pier

Module(s): Special: Walls, Openings, Components

You can use the Flush Pier tool to insert flush piers in walls.

To create a flush pier

1. Click Flush Pier (How).
   

   Activate Flush Pier in one of the following ways

   • Menu bar: Create Architecture Special: Walls, Openings, Components

   • Palette: Tools Create area in the following module(s):

   Special: Walls, Openings, Components

2. Define the flush pier's anchor point .
   

   In the icon, click to place the transport point.

   The following options are available:

   

   

   

   With openings (for instance doors and windows) only the following options are available:

   

3. Click the wall in which you want to place the pier. The system will automatically display the offset distance between the point you clicked and the nearest reference point (represented by a small arrow). You can accept or change this value. Press ENTER to confirm this value.
4. If you want, you can now modify the parameters.
   Use one of the following options provided on the Context toolbar.
   

   • Click Properties to set the parameters in a dialog box.
   • Click Match Properties to copy the settings form an existing element.
   • Click Load favorite to select saved parameter combinations.

   

   A Isometric view
   B Plan

Note: Flush piers always have the full width of the wall in which they are placed.

Note: In the case of walls with multiple construction layers, the piers traverse all the layers. You can delete the pier from the construction layers in which it is not required.