Once you have created a flooring surface and have applied products you may want to enable cove bases. These tools are used to total the amount of each cove base product that would need to be ordered to complete a project.
Although these tools don't provide a 3D visual of the cove base, the Wall Drawing tab provides an option to add and specify the height, depth, type, and color of Wall Base Trim.
Cove base tool
The Cove base tool is for erasing and adding cove bases in segments, sections, or shape of the flooring surface.
To Erase or Add a cove base from your flooring surface, follow these steps:
- On the Flooring component tab, select the Cove base tool.
- Move the cursor to the drawing area.
- Click Enable cove bases.
- This displays in the top left corner of the drawing area.
- This displays in the top left corner of the drawing area.
- In the Edit field in the Quick Properties box, click Erase or Add.
- Choose the Mode type; Segment, Section, or Shape
- Segment - one side or edge of the flooring surface
This image is an example of the Segment mode. - Section - specify an exact measurement of cove base along a segment
This image is an example of the Section mode. - Shape - includes the cove base for the entire flooring surface
This image is an example of a the Shape mode.
- Segment - one side or edge of the flooring surface
- In the type field, select the type of cove base you want removed or added.
- Move the cursor over the flooring surface. As seen in the previous images, a built-in aid will visually indicate where the edit mode will apply.
- Green (or the color type) = added or to be added
- Pink = to be removed
- No color = cove base does not exist
- Use the color indicators determine what area of the cove base will be edited.
- Click once to remove or place cove base on the flooring surface in Segments or Shape mode. Section requires two clicks; the start and end of the "section" being edited.
- Press the Esc key or move the cursor off the drawing area to release the Cove base tool.
Edit cove base tool
The Edit cove base tool is used to add different types of cove base products. By adding multiple products you get an accurate total of each product being used in your project.
In addition, the Edit cove base is can be used to:
- Enable or disable the cove base
- Assign a cove base as the default
- Change the type's color
- Delete created types of cove bases
Cove base legend
The Cove base legend is a tool for adding an information legend to the drawing that includes the different types of cove bases and how much is used in your project.
To add a Cove base legend to you drawing, follow these steps:
- Click the Cove base legend tool button.
- Move the cursor to the drawing area.
- Click to place the legend.
- Press the Esc key or move the cursor off the drawing area to release the Cove base legend tool.
Additional features of the Cove base legend include:
- Compatible with tagging
- Filter legend by tag
- Adjustable legend size
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