Creating windows

Tool

Tool set

Shortcut

Window

Building Shell

Shift+D (Windows)

Option+Shift+W (Mac)

The Window tool creates windows based on a window style resource and/or the parameters specified in the Window Preferences dialog box. Windows can be created in Top/Plan view or a 3D view. There are two methods for creating a window:

Click to insert a window based on a style or the parameters in the Window Preferences dialog box; see Inserting windows.

Draw the window manually using a style or the parameters in the Window Preferences dialog box; see Drawing windows.

Mode

Description

Standard Insertion

Inserts a window with the parameters specified in Window Preferences

Offset Insertion

Inserts a window according to an offset reference point

Interactive Sizing Insertion

Draws a window manually, with the size and location indicated

Wall Insertion

Toggles between enabling and disabling window object insertion into a wall; see Wall Insertion mode

Alignment modes

For Standard Insertion mode and Offset Insertion mode, these modes change the alignment of the insertion point along the X axis of the window; see The Symbol Insertion tool

Corner to Corner

For Interactive Sizing Insertion mode, defines the window by clicking two diagonal points

Center to Corner

For Interactive Sizing Insertion mode, defines the window by the distance from the center to one corner

Window Style

Opens the Resource Selector to select a window style for placement; double-click a resource to activate it

Preferences

Opens the Window Preferences dialog box, to set default window parameters; see Window settings

Windows

Window settings

Editing windows

Window properties

Creating window schedules

Creating a custom window opening configuration

Energos energy analysis module

Window terminology specific to the United Kingdom

Wall display with design layer cut plane enabled

Setting design layer properties

 

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