To Add Custom Graphics as a Display Component of a Door and Window Assembly

There may be instances where an infill, frame, or mullion requires a custom 2D or 3D graphic. For example, you might need a highly detailed three-dimensional truss as the mullions or a decorative light fixture applied to an infill. In cases like these, you can create a custom block, add a display component with the block attached, and associate that component with an element definition. When you assign that definition to an element, the block is also displayed.

  1. Draw your custom component, and save it as a block.
  2. Click Manage tab Style & Display panel Style Manager .
  3. Expand Architectural Objects Door/Window Assembly Styles.
    Note: Alternatively, select a door/window assembly in the drawing, and click Door/Window Assembly tab General panel Edit Style drop-down Door/Window Assembly Styles.
  4. Select the door/window assembly style that you want to change.
  5. Click the Display Properties tab.
  6. Click .
  7. Click the Custom Plan Components tab.

    If Model, Sill Plan, or Sill Plan Screened is the current display representation, the tab is called Other.

  8. Click Add.
  9. Select Infill, Frame, or Mullion as the element type.
  10. Select the specific element from the list.
  11. Select Draw Custom Graphics.
  12. Specify the display of the element:
    If you want to… Then…
    display the block instead of the associated door/window assembly element select Replace Graphics.
    superimpose the block over the door/window assembly element so that both are displayed clear Replace Graphics.
  13. Click Select Block and select the custom block that you created.
  14. Click OK.
  15. Specify further settings for the custom display block:
    If you want to… Then…
    scale the block to fit a particular dimension select Width, Height, or Depth. To prevent the block from losing its proportions, select Lock XY Ratio.
    mirror the block determine if it should mirror in the X, Y, or Z direction.
    specify how the block is inserted into the grid in the X, Y, and Z directions specify an insertion point on the X, Y, and Z planes.
    offset the block from the grid specify the offset in the X, Y, and Z direction.
  16. Click OK three times.