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Click Select on the vertical toolbar.
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Set the Locate Filter to Wall Systems.
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Select the wall that you want to place the gap in.
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Click Select a Path on the Place Wall Ribbon.
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Click Sketch 2D on the ribbon.
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Select objects in the model that you want to see in the 2-D environment.
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Click Draw .
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Click Split on the vertical toolbar.
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Identify the two locations on the wall between which you want to place the gap. Be sure to use the Bottom Up option during selection.
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Click Add or remove graphic from a group on the Change toolbar.
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Click Select Graphic Group on the ribbon.
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Select the original wall path. Be sure to use the Bottom Up option during selection.
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Click Select elements to add to group or remove from it on the ribbon.
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Select the segment of the wall path where the gap should be.
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Click Remove on the ribbon.
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Click Select on the vertical toolbar.
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Select the segment between the two points that you just removed from the group. Be sure to use the Bottom Up option during selection.
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Press Delete on the keyboard.
You should now have a wall path with a gap in it.
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Click Add or remove graphic from a group on the Change toolbar.
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Click Select Graphic Group on the ribbon.
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Select the original wall path.
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Click Select elements to add to group or remove from it on the ribbon.
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Select all the segments on one side of the gap. Be sure to use the Bottom Up option during selection.
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Click Remove on the ribbon. By removing all the segments on one side of the gap from the original wall group, you create a new second wall. The software currently does not support having a gap in a single wall.
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In the 2-D environment, click Close .
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Click Finish.
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Set the wall system, type, composition, and other properties.
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Optionally, click Select Boundaries to limit the height of the wall.
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Click Finish to remove the segment from the wall thus creating the gap.