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2.3.B Creating New Types for Door/Window Sizes

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Practice Exercise (Optional)

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  1. In the Living Area floor plan, locate Wall A using the image below.
  2. Create a new Fixed-Frameless Left window and place it to the left of the existing windows on this wall. Make sure it is hosted to the Palmer Exterior Panel Wall and give it a sill height of 3'0", a window height of 72".
  3. Create a new Fixed-Frameless Right window on the right side of the existing windows on this wall. Make sure it is hosted to the Palmer Exterior Panel Wall and give it a sill height of 3'0", a window height of 72".
  4. Now position the existing windows and resize the new windows so that there are no open wall sections showing.

Tip: Duplicate and edit the window type to manually adjust the width of the windows.

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When you have completed this exercise, your model should look like this:

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