Window Tool Settings
To open the tool settings of windows, select Edit ▸ Settings Window ▸ Window… or double-click the tool icon. You can load an existing Window Type if available or customize the window by selecting its family and setting all the parameters and options. Current settings can be saved as new types by pressing the Add icon.
The Window tool settings window includes two panels: Geometry and Options.
Window Geometry
Use this panel to configure the parameters that define the shape and size of the window, such as width, height, reveal type, etc. The panel is provides the following options:
- Family. Open the drop-down menu to select the window family from the list. The available families include:
- empty opening
- generic and simple windows, symbolic representations of a window
- casement windows
- single/double -hung windows
- sliding windows
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Window Options
Use this panel to specify the dimensions of the frame, opening directions, the optional sill and various display options.
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Window Options
Use this panel to specify the dimensions of the frame, opening directions, the optional sill and various display options.
- Frame Dimensions. Depending of the current reveal, you can specify the dimensions of the various components of the door frame.
- Opening Direction, outward or inward.
- Show Sill. Activate the switch to enable the controls and define external and internal offsets and widths of the sill.
- Show Casing. Depending on the desired level of detail, you can choose to display the outside and inside casing component and specify its dimensions.
- Partitions: specify the number of internal partitions of the window.