Interactive handing of windows
Window handing, or the window's orientation in the wall, can be managed interactively in Top/Plan view, when inserting a window with Standard Insertion mode, or later with the Selection tool. Handing indicators make it easy to set the window's orientation and, when editing a window, to change its Interior Side setting interactively in the drawing. The window's parameters are automatically updated to reflect the window as drawn, for accurate IFC data and reporting.
A window being inserted (left) or selected for editing with the Selection tool (right)
Because interactive window handing is linked to the window's parameters, the handing options may be limited by the window style's by style/instance settings; only parameters set by instance can be changed interactively. The handing options also may be limited by the window's own parameters; for example, although casement and tilt-turn windows have right-left parameters, most windows don't. The position of the handing indicator reflects which operations are available, and the interactive movement is limited to permissible changes.
When editing a window with the Selection tool, a hand cursor displays when over the handing indicator. Click and drag the indicator to a new position; the window orientation changes, and the related parameters are updated to match.
If the window's Interior Side is set by instance, a hand cursor displays when over the interior side arrow icon, and a preview icon displays on the other side of the window. Click the opaque arrow icon to change the Interior Side. The window position changes. The other parameters are unchanged, but they are set relative to the other side of the window.
When the Interior Side is set by style, the hand cursor and translucent arrow icon do not display.
The following commands and tools also update the window's by instance parameters to match the orientation after the object is flipped:
Flip on the window's Object Info palette
Flip Horizontal command
Flip Vertical command
Mirror tool
Duplicate Symbol in Wall tool (for plug-in objects and symbols)
Repetitive Unit tool (for windows saved as symbols)
