Use this procedure to edit profile edges with in-place editing. With in-place editing, you can use edge grips to edit the profile directly and interactively on screen, and later save the changes to the profile definition.
This command is only available if you have profile-based edges in the curtain wall unit.
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use grips to edit the profile | move the grips as needed. The Edge grip has three edit modes: Offset, Add Vertex, and Convert to Arc. The default mode is Offset, which offsets the selected edge in a direction that is perpendicular to the midpoint of the edge. Depending on the shape of the profile and the edge you choose to modify, neighboring lines are extended or trimmed, and new lines are added, as necessary. Use the Add Vertex edit mode to add a vertex to the selected edge, and create a new edge. If the selected edge is an arc, the new edge is an arc, as well. Convert to Arc changes the selected edge to an arc and stretches the midpoint of the edge. The edge grip for an arc also has a Stretch mode, so that you can stretch the midpoint of the edge after it has been converted to an arc. |
add a vertex to the profile | select an Edge grip, and press Ctrl to switch to the Add Vertex edit mode. Move the edge to the desired location and click, or enter a value and press Enter. Alternatively, you can click . |
remove a vertex from the profile | select the Vertex grip for the vertex you want to remove, and press Ctrl to switch to the Remove edit mode. Move the cursor off the selected vertex, and click. Alternatively you can click . |
add a ring to the profile | click | . Select a closed polyline, spline, ellipse, or circle for an additional ring. Specify if you want to erase the source linework, and press Enter.
remove a ring from a profile | click Note: You cannot remove the last ring from a profile.
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. Select the ring you want to remove.
replace a ring on a profile | click | . Select a closed polyline, spline, ellipse, or circle for the replaced ring. Specify if you want to erase the source linework, and press Enter.
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change the existing profile definition to reflect the new shape | click | .
create a new profile definition with the shape you have created | click | . Enter a name for the new profile and click OK. The in-place edit session is exited and the new profile definition is available in the Style Manager.
discard all changes on the profile and revert back to the previous shape | click | .