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Bay, Box, and Bow Windows

the unit. See “Editing Windows” on page Next Object edit button or press the Tab
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key.
• Only the bay or box window component
that was clicked on is selected using this
method. If you need to select a different
component, click on it and repeat the pro-
cess.
Depth edit handle on a bay window • In a bow window, all components are
identical, so only one component can be
Bay, box and bow windows can also be selected. Changing this component
edited in their respective specification changes them all.
dialogs. See “Bay/Box and Bow Window
Specification Dialogs” on page 600. Resizing Components

Displaying Bay, Box An individual component window can be
and Bow Windows resized using the edit handles, by changing
settings in the component’s Window
The display of bay, box and bow windows is Specification dialog, or by using the
controlled in the Layer Display Options Transform/Replicate Object dialog. See
dialog. See “Layer Display Options Dialog” “Transform/Replicate Object Dialog” on
on page 190. page 269.
Like other windows, bay, box and bow When a bay/box/bow window is first created,
windows can display labels: either a single there is room for one standard trimmer on
label for the unit, or one for each component. each side of each component window. When
See “Window Labels” on page 573. the bay as a whole is moved and resized, its

Bay, box and bow window width and radius components automatically resize so that a
dimensions, which display in plan view standard trimmer is still accommodated.
when specified to do so in the window’s If you increase a component window’s width
specification dialog, are placed on the to the point where there is not enough room
“Dimensions, Manual” layer. See “Options for standard trimmers, a thinner trimmer can
Panel” on page 603. be used. The size of this thinner trimmer is
specified in the Build Framing dialog. See
Component Windows “Openings Panel” on page 849.

A component window within a bay, box or If a component window is resized, it retains
bow window can be resized like any other its size if at all possible when the containing
standard window. To select a component bay/box/bow window is moved or resized. If
window, click at the location of the the bay is resized in such a way that the
component in question, then click the Select component is too large to fit even with a
thinner trimmer, the component resumes its

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