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in plan view. See “Window Levels” on page required, you will first need to explode the
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Editing Mulled Units To explode a mulled unit

A mulled unit moves as a single standard 1. Select the mulled unit.
window in both floor plan and 3D views.
2. Click the Explode Mulled Unit e d i t
The components of a mulled unit cannot be
moved relative to one another. If this is button.

Window Levels

It is often necessary to position more than • When you click on stacked doors and
one window, mulled unit, and/or door at the windows in plan view, those on the
same location along a wall in plan view: for Default Level are selected first. To select
example, to create an entry with side lites an opening on another level, use the
and transom.
Select Next Object edit button. See
To help control and organize the appearance “Select Next Object” on page 215.
of stacked wall openings in plan view, you Typically, the Default Level is set as 0 (zero).
can assign windows at various heights to
different Window Levels.
Window Level Zero
Window Levels do not define the height of a
window, just the appearance and behavior of Window Level 0 (zero) is the level that all
windows and doors in plan view. bay, box and bow windows and doors are
always placed on. Typically, it is also the
• In plan view, windows and doors on the Default Level that standard windows are
Default Level display the line color and placed on, as well.
style of the layer they are on. See “Lay-
ers” on page 184. Because doors are always on Level 0 and
because Window Levels affect line colors in
• Windows on any other level appear light printouts, it is usually best to keep the
gray, regardless of the layer they are on. Default Level at 0. If you do change the
Default Level, remember to change it back
The Default Level before printing.

The Default Level is the Window Level that If you specify the Default Level as a value
Standard Windows are initally placed on other than zero and then place a window in
when created and affects several things: your plan, it will not use all Window
• In plan view, windows and doors on the Defaults settings. Instead:
Default Level display the line color and • The program will position it above any
style of the layer they are on. windows that are at the same location but

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