To Add Components to a Window Style

Use this procedure to add or edit custom block components in the display representation of window styles.

  1. Create a block for the component to add to the window style.

    Create the block in the same plane as the window that you use to represent the style.

  2. Click Manage tabStyle & Display panelStyle Manager.
  3. Expand Architectural Objects, and expand Window Styles.
  4. Select the style you want to edit.
  5. Click the Display Properties tab.
  6. Select the display representation in which you want changes to appear, and select Style Override.
  7. If necessary, click .
  8. Click the Other tab.
  9. Specify whether to add or edit a block component:
    If you want to… Then…
    add a new block component click Add, and then click Select Block.
    edit an existing block component select the component to edit, and click Edit.
  10. Select the block to use, and click OK.
  11. Specify whether you want to scale to fit the block component to the object by width, depth, and height, or to lock the XY ratio:
    If you want to… Then…
    set the block scale to the width of the object select Width.
    set the block scale to the depth of the object select Depth.
    set the block scale to the height of the object select Height.
    scale the whole block equally, so that one direction is scaled to fit another of the scale criteria select Lock to XY Ratio.
    scale the block to its original size clear all options under Scale to Fit.
  12. Specify whether to mirror the block in the X,Y, or Z direction:
    If you want to create a mirror of the block… Then…
    in the X direction select Mirror X.
    in the Y direction select Mirror Y.
    in the Z direction select Mirror Z.
  13. Specify the X, Y, and Z location of the insertion point to be left, right, or center.
  14. Specify an insertion offset of the block in the X, Y, and Z directions.
  15. Specify whether the component is for the window frame or window glass component:
    If you want to add the block… Then…
    to the inside or outside of the frame click Frame Component, and click either Outside or Inside.
    to all window glass components or a single window glass component click Window Component, and click either All or Single. If you select Single, enter the component number.
    Note: If you specified Depth for Scale to Fit, the depth is scaled to the glass thickness. You can scale to the window panel thickness instead by selecting Scale Depth to Panel Thickness.
  16. Frame and Glass components are not available in some display representations.

    Click OK three times.