To Create a Curtain Wall Unit Frame or Mullion Override

Use this procedure to override an individual frame or mullion in a curtain wall unit.

To exchange a frame or mullion, the new definition must already be defined in the curtain wall unit style.

1. Select the curtain wall unit on which you want to override an edge.
2. Click Curtain Wall Unit tab Modify panel Frame/Mullion drop-down Override Assignment .
3. Select the frame or mullion edge you want to override.
   

4. Create the override:

   If you want to …	Then …
   exchange the existing edge for another	select a new edge definition from the list. Note: To exchange an edge definition, the new edge definition must already be defined in the curtain wall unit style.
   remove the frame or mullion edge	select Remove Edge.

5. Click OK.
6. Specify where you want to save the curtain wall unit override.

   If you want to save the override …	Then …
   only on this specific curtain wall unit	no further steps are necessary. The override is saved to the curtain wall unit.
   to a curtain wall unit style	click Curtain Wall Unit tabModify panel Design Rules drop-down Transfer To Object.

7. If you have chosen to save the override to a curtain wall unit style, click Curtain Wall Unit tab Modify panel Design Rules drop-down Save To Style , and decide to which curtain wall unit style you want to save the override.

   If you want to save the override …	Then …
   to the current curtain wall unit style	select Transfer Edge Overrides to Style, and click OK. Note: If you have created only a frame or mullion edge override, only the Transfer Edge Overrides to Style checkbox is active. If you have also created other overrides, such as a cell merge or a division override, these checkboxes are available as well. If you also want to save these overrides to the style, select their checkboxes too.
   to a new curtain wall unit style	select Transfer Edge Overrides to Style, and click New. Then, enter a name for the new curtain wall unit style, and click OK. Note: If you have created only a frame or mullion edge override, only the Transfer Edge Overrides to Style checkbox is active. If you have also created other overrides, such as a cell merge or a division override, these checkboxes are available as well. If you also want to save these overrides to the style, select their checkboxes too.

   Note: If you do not want to save the override back to a style at all, click Curtain Wall Unit tab Modify panel Design Rules drop-down Revert To Style Design Rules . The overrides still remain on the curtain wall unit, where they can be removed, but they are not saved back to a curtain wall unit style.