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Creating Muntins each pane. When you click Load
Custom muntins are created by Muntins , all CAD blocks are loaded.
drawing their pattern using the CAD Custom muntins move with the opening and
tools, blocking the pattern to create a CAD copy with their opening. They also stretch or
block, and then selecting the window and compress when the glass area is resized. This
clicking the Load Muntins edit button. stretching may not be perfect for non-
rectangular glass areas that are resized by a
To create custom muntins large amount.

Custom muntins can be created for the
1. Create a Cross Section/Elevation
view of the wall the window or door is components of Bay Windows , Box
in and Zoom in on the window or Windows , and mulled units. To create
door. custom muntins for a Bow Window , y o u
must draw them on the one component that is
2. Use the Draw Line a n d Draw Arc
selectable. When the muntins are loaded,
tools to design the desired muntins. they will applied to all of the components
Try to make them start and end as close See “Component Windows” on page 597.
to the edge of the glass as possible.
The Load Muntins edit tool can also be
3. When the muntin design is complete,
group-select all lines and arcs and click used to add custom muntins to glass doors.
See “Special Doors” on page 542.
the Make CAD Block edit button.
See “Selecting Objects” on page 213.
A selection of CAD blocks created for
4. Select the door or window and click the use as custom muntins is available in
Load Muntins edit button to con- the library in Chief Architect Core Catalogs>
vert the CAD block into custom Architectural> Windows> Custom Muntins.
muntins.
• If the window in question is the compo- Editing Muntins
nent of a mulled unit, bay, or box win- Once blocked and loaded, custom muntins
dow, click on it and, then click the cannot be edited. If you wish to make
changes to them, you must first remove
Select Next Object edit button.
• If the window in question is the compo- them.
nent of a bow window, the custom Removing Muntins
muntins will load onto all of its compo-
nents - not just one of them. Remove custom muntins from a door
or window by selecting the opening in
If your window has more than one sash (a
double-hung window, for example, has two), cross section/elevation view and clicking the
you must create a separate CAD block for Unload Muntins edit button. The muntins

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