Window Styles; Creating A Window Style - Autodesk 24108-051400-9000 - AutoCAD Revit Architecture Suite 2008 User Manual

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Window Styles

A window style is a group of properties assigned to a window that determines the appearance and other characteristics
of the window.
You can use window styles to represent standard window types for specific jobs and drawings or for office standards.
When you create or modify a window style, the windows using the style have the settings and characteristics of the
style. Templates provided with AutoCAD Architecture contain window styles for many standard windows. You can
create your own window styles and window types for custom windows.
Each window you create has a window style associated with it. The window style controls window properties such as
dimensions, design rules, and standard sizes for windows. Style control means that when you change a window style,
the windows in the current drawing that use that style change globally.
The design rules are window-style properties that determine the predefined or custom shape and window type. Window
shapes such as Arch, Gothic, Rectangular, and Round are the geometric configurations of the window. Custom shapes,
such as Hinged-Single-Full Lite, are available for particular window types, for example a Single Casement window type.
Window types, such as Awning, Pass Through, or Casement, describe window opening characteristics of closure, swing,
and hinging.
You can create a style using default style properties or by copying an existing style. After you create the style, you edit
the style properties to customize the characteristics of the style.
Creating Tools from Window Styles
You can create a window tool from any window style. You can drag the style from the Style Manager onto a tool palette.
You can then specify default settings for any window created with that tool. For more information, see
Tools to Create Windows" on page 1059.

Creating a Window Style

Use this procedure to create a window style.
You can create a new style with default style properties, or you can create a new style by copying an existing style. After
you create the style, you edit the style properties to customize the characteristics of the style.
1 On the Format menu, click Style Manager.
2 Expand Architectural Objects, and expand Window Styles.
3 Create a window style:
If you want to create a new style
with default properties
from an existing style
4 Enter a name for the new window style, and press
5 Edit the style properties of your new window style:
If you want to
enter a description of the style
Then
enter text under Description.
double-click the reference file name to start its application.
select the file name, and click
Then
right-click Window Styles, and click New.
right-click the window style you want to copy, and click Copy.
Right-click, and click Paste.
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ENTER
Then
click the General tab, and enter a description.
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