Part 7: Place Windows

In this exercise, you work in elevation and plan views to add windows to the model. You use alignment and dimension tools to more precisely position the windows.

Category New Users Time Required 10 minutes Tutorial Files Used GSG_07_place_windows.rvt

Before you begin, download the GSG_07_place_windows.rvt file. Download this zip file (if you have not already downloaded the exercise files for the tutorials.)

Objectives

• Place windows.
• Duplicate and modify a window type to create a different window size.
• Use the Aligned dimension tool to reposition windows to be equidistant from each other.
• Use the Align tool to position windows.

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Add Windows

1. Place windows:
   1. Open project GSG_07_place_windows.rvt.
   2. In the Project Browser, under Floor Plans, double-click 01- Store Floor.
   3. Click Architecture tabBuild panel (Window).
   4. In the Type Selector, verify that M_FIXED 0610 x 1220mm is selected.
   5. Click to place a window in the Office (104) and place 3 windows, as shown, in the break room (105).
      
   6. Place 4 windows in the exterior wall at the Break room (105) as shown.
      
   7. Press Esc twice to exit the Window tool.
2. Create a window type:
   1. In the drawing area, select a window in the exterior wall, and on the Properties palette, click (Edit Type).
   2. In the Type Properties dialog, click Duplicate.
   3. In the Name dialog, enter 610 x 610 mm, and click OK.
   4. Under Dimensions, for Height and Width, enter 610, and click OK.
   5. Select the other windows in the exterior wall, and in the Type Selector, select M_Fixed 610 x 610 mm.

Dimension Windows For Equal Spacing

1. Open the 01 - Store floor plan.
2. Click Annotate tabDimension panel (Aligned).
3. Select the north wall of the Break Room (105), select each of the window centerlines, and then select the south wall of the break room.
4. Click to the left of the west wall to place the dimension line.

   Note that each of the 4 dimensions is different.

   
5. Click the equality symbol (EQ), and then press Esc twice.

   The windows are moved so that all of the dimensions are equal.

   
6. Select the interior wall to the north side of the break room; position the cursor over the wall, and when you see the move icon , drag the wall up or down to see how the design intent is maintained.

Align Windows

1. Open the west elevation.
2. Click Modify tabModify panel (Align).
3. Click the top of the reveal in the wall, and click the bottom edge of the trim of the far right window.
   
4. Repeat the same steps to align the other windows with the reveal in the wall.
   
5. Click (Modify).

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