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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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