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To Add a Step to the Roof Line or Floor Line of a Curtain Wall

Use this procedure to add a step to the roof line or the floor line of a curtain wall. You can also add a step on the Roof/Floor Line worksheet on the Properties palette.

Note: This option is available only when the roof line or the floor line has not been edited. After the line has been changed, you cannot automatically add a step using this option.
  1. Select the curtain wall, and click Curtain Wall tab Modify panel Roof/Floor Line drop-down Edit In Place.

    A temporary profile is created for you to edit the geometry of the Roof line.

  2. Click Edit In Place tab Profile panel Add Step .

    If Add Step cannot be selected, the roof line or the floor line was previously edited.

  3. Select the roof line or the floor line.

    Modifying a curtain wall floor line by adding a step

    A third vertex is added to the line halfway between the two ends of the line and four feet from the line. A step is created from the selected vertex to the second vertex.

  4. Continue editing the roof line or the floor line, if needed.
  5. Save or discard the changes:
    If you want to … Then …
    restore the roof line and the floor line to their shape before editing click Edit in Place tabEdits panelCancel.
    save the changes click Edit in Place tabEdits panelFinish.

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