Use this procedure to edit profile edges using in-place editing. With in-place editing, you can edit the door/window assembly directly and interactively in the drawing area and later save the changes to the profile definition.
- Select the door/window assembly that has the edge profile you want to edit on screen with in-place editing.
- Click
. This command is only available if you have profile-based edges in the door/window assembly.
Note: If the profile is not drawn to size, it must be converted in order for you to begin the in-place editing session. Click Yes if prompted to convert the profile to its actual size. - Select the edge you want to edit. Note: You have entered the in-place editing session now. You can see this from the magenta-colored grips and light blue hatch of the temporary in-place editing profile, as well as the faded color of all other objects in the drawing. 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.
- Edit the profile:
If you want to… Then… move or offset edges, or convert edges to arcs 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.
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 - Grips: 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.
- Ribbon: Click
. Then, specify the location of the new vertex on screen. - Context menu: Click Add Vertex, and specify the location of the new vertex on screen.
remove a vertex - Grips: 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.
- Ribbon: Click
. Then, select the vertex to remove on screen. - Context menu: Click Remove Vertex, and select the vertex to remove.
add a ring select the profile, and click 
. Then, 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 select the profile, and click 
. Then select the ring you want to remove. Note: You cannot remove the last ring from a profile.replace a ring select the profile, and click 
. Then, select a closed polyline, spline, ellipse, or circle for the replaced ring. Specify if you want to erase the source linework, and press Enter. - Save the changes to the profile:
If you want to… Then… change the existing profile definition to reflect the new shape click 
. create a new profile definition with the shape you have created Click 
. Then, 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 
.