Use this procedure to create a window tool and add it to a tool palette. You may want to create your own window tools if you are placing multiple windows of specific styles with additional properties that you want to be the same each time you add a window of each type.
For example, you are creating an office floor plan that contains two custom window styles: fixed casement for conference rooms and operable casement for offices. To work efficiently, you can create a window tool for each style. You can then select the appropriate tool to place windows in offices and conference rooms.
You can use any of the following methods to create a window tool:
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create a tool from a window in the drawing | select the object, and drag it to the tool palette. |
create a tool from a window style in the Style Manager. | click . Locate the style you want to copy, and drag it to the tool palette. Click OK. |
copy a tool in the current palette | right-click the tool, click Copy, and click Paste. |
copy a tool from another palette | open the other tool palette, right-click the tool, and click Copy. Reopen the palette where you want to add the tool, right-click, and click Paste. |
This description is used as the tool’s tooltip on the tool palette, and to describe the tool if it is stored in a tool catalog.
You can select three options here:
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use a standard window size | click Standard Sizes, and then select a window size. |
use a custom window size | enter values for Width and Height. |
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the outside of the window frame | Select Outside of frame for Measure to. |
the inside of the window frame | Select Inside of frame for Measure to. |
Zero indicates a closed window.
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position the window at a specific distance between the edge of the opening and the end of a wall segment | select Offset/Center for Position along wall, and enter a value for Automatic offset. |
center the window on a wall segment | select Offset/Center for Position along wall, and specify a point near the center of the wall segment |
position the window anywhere along the wall | click Position along wall, and select Unconstrained. |