The AutoFit Width feature prompts a component to fit perfectly into an available space. To do this, right click on the component you wish to fit and select ‘Auto-Fit Width’.
If the component is fitted to an opening that is too large (resulting in a comp over 36” wide), a red warning ‘X’ will appear with a ‘Max Width’ warning (below). Adjust back to a smaller size using any of the width change options if this happens.
Note: If the space available is under the predetermined standard width of a new component (typically defaulted to 24” when pulling over an empty component), the new component will automatically fill the space available when it is pulled over. You should not have to use this feature.
When auto-fitting a component using this method, a red ‘Auto’ will appear at the top of the component (right). This means that the component is now the Design Zone’s dedicated ‘Auto Width’ component, which gives it an extra level of adjustability. There can only be one auto component per Design Zone. Typically, this would be a component with limited parts such as a longh ang section.
There will now be an ‘Auto’ option when you hover over the dimension lines on the other components, where you have previously seen ‘Next’ and/or ‘Move’ (left).
If you double click to change the dimension when ‘Auto’ is showing, it will change the width of the selected component, and take the size adjustment from the “auto width” component versus the ones beside it. In this example, the odd-sized double hang on the far right as our ‘Auto’ unit.
The second component from the left changed from 30” to 36” (see red arrow), and the components to either side did not change in width (green arrows), and the Auto component on the far right changed from 36” to 30” as a result (blue arrow, and shown originally on previous page).
Note: You can manually turn ‘Auto-Width’ feature on and off in the Component Properties menu, under ‘Misc.’ (right). The check means it is ON.
If an Asterisk (*) is displayed, it means the measurement (width) is a rounded value. This is because our board thicknesses are measured down the 1/10 of a millimeter, widths (especially when spanning units or filling a gap between units) may not work out to a nice fraction of an inch.
CAD will display the nearest fractional inch value but then show the * to indicate that the actual measurement differs slightly. You will likely see this most often on an “AutoFit” width component.
You can also trigger this yourself by typing in a measurement that is just slightly off from a standard fraction (e.g. 24.124 will display as 24.125* because that is the nearest standard fraction (24 1/8”).
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AutoFit Components with “Hot Edges”
Using “Hot Edges” is another method of auto-fitting a component. When you place an empty component (or a pre-designed template) in the available space, notice two brighter green “bars” that appear on either side of the space.
Before left clicking to place the comp, move the cursor over one of bars to prompt the component to fill the space. If you don’t move your mouse over the bars, the component will just come in at the defaulted width (ei. 24”). This is an option if you choose to keep a gap instead of filling the space. Left click to place.
The new comp will automatically share partitions with existing comps if “Auto Partitions” is enabled.
Note: This option will not show hot corners if the width to fill is larger than 36” wide. If it’s less than ~24” it will just fill the space automatically.
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