Selecting windows and editing window properties

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We'll begin by opening up an existing project from the recent files page

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and we will now open up two additional views from the project browser.

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The first being the West elevation. So we double click on that.

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The second will be the default view below 3d views. We'll double click on that.

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We're now going to tile those views and we can achieve

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that up on the ribbon by clicking on the view tab

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and within the windows panel, select tile views.

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As we can see, we can't see the entire building in all three views.

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We can achieve that

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by typing in a shortcut on the keyboard called Z A

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and that stands for Zoom all to fit.

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So if we type in Z A,

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we can see that all the views have now been centralized.

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Windows are component families,

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which means they are stored outside of a project

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within a library and have their own file type.

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They have a dot R fa extension,

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we're going to select a window in the West elevation.

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So if we click in that view to activate it

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and then click on one of the windows that appear in that view.

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Within the properties pallet, we can see these parameters,

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these are known as instance parameters,

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meaning that any change made to any of these will

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only affect that one window that we currently have selected.

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So if I change the cell height to two ft,

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when we move our cursor back into the view, we can see that window has indeed updated.

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Ok. Well, undo that. So we go up to the quick access toolbar

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and click undo.

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We're now using a selection filter, choose all of the windows along that wall

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and we'll do that within the level one floor plan.

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So once again, we left, click in there to activate that view

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and we'll open up a selection window by clicking and dragging

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up to the top here.

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Our ribbon has now changed to modify multi select

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and within the selection panel, we can click filter.

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So it's showing us the other categories that we included in our selection set.

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If we click on check none,

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then click windows

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when we click. OK.

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It is only the windows this time along that wall that are now selected,

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we once again change within the property's palate the cell height to two ft.

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So when we move our cursor back into the screen area, again, the graphics area,

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we can see this time, all of the windows have now updated.

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We'll deselect those windows by clicking in a space.

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And this time after selecting a single window,

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we'll choose edit type

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that will bring up the type properties, data box.

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The parameters in here affect all of

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the windows that have previously been inserted.

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So all of the windows of this type up the top here.

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If I change any of the parameters in here,

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all of the windows will update even though I have only got one window selected.

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So if we change the width of this

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window to four ft

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and click, ok,

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we'll see that the window is updated in all of the views.

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Again. Again, if I click in an empty space to deselect

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and if you want to see what actually happened, if we missed it,

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if we go up to the quick access toolbar

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and click undo,

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we can see the windows revert back to their original width.

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And if we choose redo,

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that's the change that we made within the type properties. Dollar box.