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Then … If you want to …
select Transfer Edge Overrides to Style, and click New. Enter
a name for the new curtain wall unit style, and click OK.
NOTE If you have created only a profile edge override, only
the Transfer Edge Profile 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
NOTE If you do not want to save the override back to a style at all, right-click and click Design Rules
➤
Revert
to Style Design Rules. The overrides still remain on the curtain wall unit, where they can be removed as described
in
“ Removing Curtain Wall Unit Overrides ” on page 895 , but they are not saved back to a curtain wall unit
style.
In-Place Editing of Edge Profiles for Curtain Wall Units
Use this procedure to edit profile edges with in-place editing. With in-place editing, you can use edge grips to edit the
profile directly and interactively on screen, and later save the changes to the profile definition.
1 Select a curtain wall unit that has the edge profile you want to edit onscreen with in-place editing.
2 Right-click, and click Frame/Mullion
➤
Edit Profile In Place.
This command is only available if you have profile-based edges in the curtain wall unit.
NOTE If the profile is not drawn to size, it must be converted in order for you to begin the in-place editing
session. Click Yes if prompted to convert the profile to its actual size.
3 Select the edge you want to edit.
NOTE You have entered the in-place editing session now. You can see this from the magenta colored grips and
light blue hatch of the temporary in-place editing profile, as well as the faded color of all other objects in the
drawing. Note that while you are in the in-place editing session, you have only limited editing access to other
commands in the drawing. Before working on other objects, you should first end the in-place editing session.
4 Edit the profile:
Then … If you want to …
move the grips as needed.
The Edge grip has three edit modes: Offset, Add Vertex, and
Convert to Arc. The default mode is Offset, which offsets the
selected edge in a direction that is perpendicular to the
midpoint of the edge. Depending on the shape of the profile
and the edge you choose to modify, neighboring lines are
extended or trimmed, and new lines are added, as necessary. use grips to edit the profile
Use the Add Vertex edit mode to add a vertex to the selected
edge, and create a new edge. If the selected edge is an arc,
the new edge is an arc, as well.
Convert to Arc changes the selected edge to an arc and
stretches the midpoint of the edge. The edge grip for an arc
also has a Stretch mode, so that you can stretch the midpoint
of the edge after it has been converted to an arc.
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