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Custom Muntins

You can specify how windows and doorsare schedules. See “Components Dialog” on
located by dimensions in the Dimension page 1284.
Defaults dialog. Dimensions can be set to
locate the centers, sides, casing, and/or rough Window Casing, Sills, and
openings of windows and doors, or you can Millwork
choose to not locate them at all. See “Locate
Objects Panel” on page 452. Windows often feature casing, or trim, on
both sides of the wall opening as well as a sill
Once a dimension line has been drawn, you on one or both sides. See “Applying
can move or add its extension lines to locate Moldings” on page 908.
non-default locations on a window. See
“Editing Extension Lines” on page 476. The default casing for windows is a basic
rectangular stock profile. You can specify a
Using the Edit Tools window’s casing profiles in the Window
Specification dialog, or you can choose to
A selected window or windows can be edited suppress casing altogether. See “Casing
in a variety of ways using the buttons on the Panel” on page 581.
edit toolbar. See “The Edit Toolbar” on page
38. A separate molding profile can be specified
for the lintel, or top horizontal molding. A
• Click the Gable Over Door/Window sill profile can be specified, as well. See
edit button to create a gable over the “Lintel Panel” on page 584.
selected window(s) the next time the roof Additional millwork items can be applied
is rebuilt. See “Gable/Roof Lines” on above and below the window’s casing on its
page 815.
exterior side. See “Treatments Panel” on
• Click the Change Wall Side edit but- page 593.
ton to move the selected Wall Niche to Each of these objects can be replaced with a
the opposite side of the wall. See “Wall different profile or object directly from the
Niches” on page 564. library in 3D views. Select a molding profile
or millwork item, then click on the window
• Click the Components edit button to component you want it to replace. See
modify or add information related to the “Replace From Library” on page 942.
selected window in the Materials List and

Custom Muntins

You can design your own muntins for the block should cover at least half the glass
glazing of a window or door. Muntins are horizontally and one quarter of the area
formed from a CAD block composed of lines vertically, but should not overlap it in either
and arcs drawn over window or door glass in direction by more than five percent.
a cross section/elevation view. The CAD

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