To Specify Which Curtain Wall Edges Use a Frame Assignment

Use this procedure to specify edges that use a frame assignment. When you create a frame assignment, you need to specify the edges of the frame to use that assignment.

Frame edges that are not assigned a frame definition are not displayed.

  1. Click Manage tab Style & Display panel Style Manager .
  2. Expand Architectural Objects, and expand Curtain Wall Styles.
  3. Select a curtain wall style.
  4. Click the Design Rules tab.
  5. In the left pane, select a grid.
  6. Select a frame assignment.

    Location is the only way to specify the frame edges.

  7. Click the Used In column, and then click the [...] button at the far right of the row.

    Specifying frame location

  8. Select the edges that you want to use this assignment - Left, Right, Top, or Bottom - and click OK.

    Assigning frames to nested grids

    Do not assign multiple definitions to the same frame edge because only the last definition assigned to the edge is used.

  9. Click OK.