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Editing Doors

• In metric plans, the automatic label for a dialog if no schedule is present. See “Label
900 mm wide, 2100 mm high double Panel” on page 679.
hung window will read 900x2100.
Customized labels using text and Object
If you prefer, you can use one of two other Specific Text Macros as well as label
formats: Height/Width and Width Only. position and orientation can also be specified
Label formats are specified in the Door in the Door Specification dialog. See “Text
Specification dialog or in the Door Defaults Macros” on page 522.

Editing Doors

Before a door can be edited, it must be Using the Mouse
selected. To select a door, click it when the
In plan view, click either of the two end
Select Objects tool or any of the Door handles and drag along the wall to change the
Tools are active. Doors and/or windows width. The label showing the size updates as
can also be group selected and edited. See the handles are dragged. Click and drag the
“Selecting Objects” on page 213 Move handle at the center to move the door
along the wall it is placed in. Use the
Blocked units are made up of individual triangular Rotate handle to adjust the door’s
doors and windows that have been grouped swing. If the door’s label displays, an
together to act as one object. You can create a additional handle is available to move it.
blocked door unit or by creating a Mulled
In 3D views, a selected door has five edit
Unit composed of doors and/or windows. handles: the Move handle at the center and a
See “Make Mulled Unit” on page 567.
Resize handle on each edge. Click and drag
Select a blocked unit by clicking on it in any an edge handle to resize the door.
view. To select a door that is a component of Using the edit handles, doors resize
a blocked unit, click at the location of the according to the currently active Edit
component in question, then click the Select
Behavior . See “Defaults, Preferences,
Next Object edit button. See “Selecting and Edit Behaviors” on page 208.
Objects” on page 213.
A door or window moved against an
In the Specification Dialog intersecting wall temporarily stops when the
casing meets the intersecting wall. You can
The most precise method of editing a continue to drag and it resumes movement
door or group of doors is to use the past the intersecting wall.
Door Specification dialog. Door type, size,
casing, materials, shape, and more can all be
specified in this dialog. See “Door
Specification Dialog” on page 544.

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