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Displaying Windows

on a lower level rather than use the 2. Open the Window Defaults dialog and
default Floor to Top height; change the Default Level to 1.
• Its Type will be Fixed Glass; 3. Place the second row of windows above
• Its Height will be 12” (300 mm); the door and side lites on Level Zero.
The program will automatically posi-
• It will have no Sill. tion fixed glass windows above the door

Once the window is created, its parameters and side lites.
can be changed. See “Editing Windows” on 4. Edit these fixed glass windows’ Widths
page 574. and other attributes as needed.

5. Open the Window Defaults dialog and
Using Window Levels
change the Default Level to 2.
The door and windows in the illustration 6. Place the top window above the others.
below were created on different Window The program will place a fixed glass
Levels. window above the windows on Level 1.
7. Edit this window’s Arch and other attri-
butes as needed.
Level 2
8. When you are finished, open the
Level 1 Window Defaults dialog and change the
Default Level back to 0.
Level 0
In addition to using Window Levels to place
and manage stacked windows, you can
combine them into a single blocked unit. See
“Make Mulled Unit” on page 567.
To stack windows using Window Levels

1. Place the door and side lites on Window
Level Zero.

Displaying Windows

The display of windows, window Windows can only be placed in walls, so if a
labels, openings, casing, and headers wall’s layer is turned off, any windows
in floor plan and 3D views can be controlled placed in that wall will not display, either.
in the Layer Display Options dialog. See See “Displaying Walls” on page 361.
“Layer Display Options Dialog” on page If the “Windows” layer is not set to display,
190.
window casing and other components are not

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