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21	21	== 3. To use this function: ==
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23		-* Go to the Floor View on which you want the created Columns to base and then click "Auto Grid".
24		-* Start the Auto Column function.
25		-* (Similar to Auto Grid), you will need to extract layers Respectively. Pick the column to extract the layer for outline.
26		-* Also, pick the column name and annotations. For columns, the size annotation is not necessary.
	23	+* Go to the Floor View on which you want the created Columns to base and then click "Auto Column" button.
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	25	+[[image:0.png||alt="AutoColumn0"]]
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	27	+* You will need to extract layers Respectively. Pick the column outline to extract the layer for columns.
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	29	+[[image:1.png||alt="AutoColumn1"]]
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	32	+* Also, pick the column name and annotations for properties. For columns, the size annotation is optional.
27	27	* You can further modify how you want to name your columns in Settings.
28		-* Click "Start Recognisation" button when you are happy with these settings.
29		-* MaxiAEC is working hard to read the data of columns from your drawing.
30		-And now here we have a list of columns we have read. You can see that the columns are marked as they were in the CAD drawing.
31		-* For the sizes of column, we use decimal inch for width and length.
32		-* If you believe any of the data in the table is wrong, just manually change it.
33		-* Or you can use batch edit to insert data that was not in the table at once.
34		-Click the button to start column creation.
	34	+* Click "Start Recognisation" button when you are happy with these settings. You will be able to preview the columns and their dimensions before creation.
	35	+* You can see that the columns are marked as they were in the CAD drawing.
	36	+* Marks and size properties can be manually changed, or you can use batch edit to insert data that was not in the table at once.
	37	+* Click the button to start column creation.
35	35	* Now that the creation is done, let's go to 3D view to see the outcome. Multiple columns are created and as you can see, the column family types are named based on their mark and dimensions.
36	36	* Using that, you will no longer have to manually create columns family types and place them one by one.
37		-* We can also create structural beam based on the beams we just created.
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