To Edit In-Place Curtain Wall Divisions

Use this procedure to edit divisions using in-place editing with the Edit Grid grip. With in-place editing, you can edit the curtain wall directly and interactively in the drawing area, and later save the changes to the curtain wall or curtain wall style.

  1. Select a curtain wall on which you want to edit divisions with in-place editing.
  2. Specify the mode in which to edit the curtain wall:
    If you want to edit … Then …
    this instance of the curtain wall click Curtain Wall tab Modify panel Design Rules drop-down Transfer To Object.
    the curtain wall style click Curtain Wall tab Modify panel Design Rules drop-down Revert To Style Design Rules .
  3. Click the Edit Grid grip.
  4. Enter d (Division in place) and press Enter

    Viewing edit in-place grips for a primary division

    Note: You have entered the in-place editing session now. You can see this from the faded color of all objects in the drawing, as well as from the different grips at your disposal. Note that while you are in the in-place editing session, you have only limited editing access to other commands in the drawing. Before working on other objects, you should first end the in-place editing session.

    Viewing edit in-place grips for adding and removing bays

  5. Edit the division:
    If you want to … Then …
    add a bay to the grid click the Add Bay grip.
    remove a bay from the grid click the Remove Bay grip.
    change the start offset of the grid select the Start Offset grip and move it to the appropriate position.
    change the end offset of the grid select the End Offset grip and move it to the appropriate position.
    change the spacing of bays click the Auto Grid Bay Spacing grip and move it to the appropriate position.
    manually edit the grid click Edit In Place tab Division panel Convert To Manual . You can manually add and remove gridlines, change the offsets, and change the position of individual gridlines.
    use a worksheet to edit the cell dimensions click the Fixed Cell Dimension Rules grip, and edit the values in the worksheet.
  6. Save or discard changes to the curtain wall grid:
    If you want to … Then …
    save the changes click Edit in Place tabEdits panelFinish.
    discard all changes click Edit in Place tabEdits panelCancel.
  7. In the Save Changes dialog box, specify to which division to save the changes:
    If you want to … Then …
    save the changes to the style in the current curtain wall division verify the current division is selected for Save Changes to Existing Division, and click Save. The changes are made in the style and affect all curtain walls of that style in the drawing.
    create an override to the style by saving the changes in a new curtain wall division click New, enter a name for the new division override, and click OK. Click Save. The changes are saved as an override to the style, and affect only the curtain walls to which the override is applied.