Creating doors, windows, and assemblies
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Tool |
Tool set |
Shortcut |
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Door
Window
Door and Window Assembly
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Building Shell |
Door tool Alt+Shift+D (Windows) Option+Shift+D (Mac) Window tool Shift+D (Windows) Option+Shift+W (Mac) |
Use the Door tool, Window tool, and Door and Window Assembly tool to create objects based on a style resource and/or the parameters specified in the preferences dialog box. The objects can be created in Top/Plan view or in a 3D view. There are different methods for creating any of these objects:
Click to insert an object based on a style or the parameters in the preferences dialog box; see Inserting doors, windows, and assemblies.
Draw the object manually using a style or the parameters in the preferences dialog box; see Drawing doors, windows, and assemblies.
Door and window assemblies can be created from existing doors/windows, or from a closed 2D shape; see Creating a door and window assembly from existing objects. Although you can use the Door and Window Assembly tool to create an assembly, creating it from existing doors and windows in a wall is the recommended method.
To place a door or window into a curtain wall, use the Edit Wall tool; see Editing curtain wall panels. The object is automatically placed as a curtain wall door/window. The door/window's selected style or preferences are used as much as possible, while fitting the object within the curtain wall grid. Assemblies can be used as repeated elements in a curtain wall.
The same modes are available for all three tools.
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Mode |
Description |
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Standard Insertion
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Inserts an object with the selected style or parameters specified in the preferences dialog box |
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Offset Insertion
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Inserts an object according to an offset reference point; see Offset symbol insertion mode |
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Interactive Sizing Insertion
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Draws an object manually, with the size and location indicated |
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Wall Insertion
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Toggles between enabling and disabling object insertion into a wall; see Wall Insertion mode |
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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 object; see The Symbol Insertion tool |
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Corner to Corner
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For Interactive Sizing Insertion mode, defines the object by clicking two diagonal points |
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Center to Corner
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For Interactive Sizing Insertion mode, defines the object by the distance from the center to one corner |
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[Object] Style |
Opens the Resource Selector to select an object style for placement; double-click a resource to activate it |
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Preferences
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Opens the [Object] Preferences dialog box, to set default parameters; see Door settings, Window settings, or Door and window assembly settings |
