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                        individual objects in the Materials List. See   Mulling Stacked Openings
                        “Materials Lists” on page 1263.
                                                                Group selection can be done in plan view or
                        To create a mulled unit                 any 3D view. Plan views work well for
                                                                blocking windows that are side-by-side, but a
                        1.  Make sure that dimensions are set to   camera or elevation view is needed to block
                            locate Opening Sides, then use dimen-  vertically stacked objects.
                            sions to position the windows and doors
                            the desired distance apart. See “Moving   To block stacked openings
                            Objects Using Dimensions” on page
                            479.                                1.  In a cross section/elevation view, select
                                                                   the door and the windows on level 1 and
                        2.  In any view, group-select multiple win-  2 above it, then click the Make Mulled
                            dows and doors on the same wall that
                            are within 24” of each other.          Unit    edit button.
                                                                2.  Repeat step 1 with the sidelight on the
                        3.  Click the Make Mulled Unit      e  d  i  t     right and the window above it.
                            button to create a block.
                                                                3.  Repeat step 1 with the sidelight on the
                        The Make Mulled Unit    edit tool can be   left and the window above it.
                        used to block component windows and/or   4.  Group select the three vertically joined
                        doors only if they meet the following      units and click the Make Mulled
                        requirements:
                                                                   Unit    edit button to join them side to
                        •  They must be placed in the same wall.   side.
                        •  Adjacent objects be within 24” (600 mm)   The configuration of the horizontal and
                           of one another (side to side or top to bot-  vertical mullions in a mulled unit will vary
                           tom).                                depending on the order in which you block
                        •  The edges of adjacent components that   stacked openings.
                           face one another must be parallel.   •  If you form a mulled unit by first block-
                        •  The edges of adjacent components that   ing objects vertically, the vertical mul-
                           face one another must be straight, not   lions of the larger unit will extend
                           curved.                                 continuously from the bottom to the top
                        •  The selected components can be adjacent   of the entire unit, breaking any horizontal
                           vertically or horizontally, but not a com-  mullions.
                           bination of the two. Complex units can be   •  If you form a mulled unit by first block-
                           formed only by mulling several blocks   ing objects horizontally, the horizontal
                           together.                               mullions of the larger unit will extend
                                                                   from side to side, breaking any vertical
                        Unlike automatically mulled openings,      mullions.
                        adjacent component edges of mulled units do
                        not need to be the same length.




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