Adding Doors and Windows

Doors and windows are hosted by walls
Use alignment lines and temporary dimensions to place the opening
Tags are included automatically as you add the door or window
Enter SM to place opening directly at the midpoint of wall

Add Door

Activate 1st Floor

Select any grid line, enter VH to hide by category

Architecture tab > Build panel > Door

Type Selector - Single Flush: 0915 x 2134mm

Make sure Tag on Placement is on

Place the door at the left exterior wall, change the tag to 101

Press spacebar to flip the door

Place the doors as shown

Tag number automatically increase based on the 1st door added

Cross-select all elements

Filter panel > Filter

Select Door only

Type Selector - Single Flush: 0915 x 2032mm

Zoom-in to the top-right corner

Mode panel > Load Family

Library folder/ US Metric folder/ Door folder/ M_Double-Glass 1

Type Selector - M-Double-Glass 1: 1830 x 2134mm

Place the door at the end of the hall

Quick Access toolbar > Aligned Dimension

Select inner of left wall, center of door, inner of right wall

Click the EQ control to centered between 2 doors and lock them

Delete the dimension

Click OK to maintain the EQ constraint

Load a Door Type

Architecture tab > Build panel > Door

Mode panel > Load Family

US Metric floder/ Doors folder/ M_Double-Flush-Dbl Acting.rfa

Type Selector - 1830 x 1981

Add Doors on 2nd Floor

Activate 2nd Floor

Turn off the grid lines

Architecture tab > Build panel > Door

Type Selector - M_Single Flush: 0915 x 2032mm

Place the 1st door and change the door tag to 201

Continue add the same door by imported CAD file

Create New Door Type

Type Selector - M_Single Flush: 0762 x 2032mm

Edit Type - Duplicate - 0620 x 2032mm

Change the width to 620

Add the new doors by inported CAD file

Load door family - M_Bifold-4 Panel: 1830 x 2032mm

Add the Bifold Doors as shown

Load door family - M_Double - Glass 1: 1830 x 2134mm

Add the double glass door at the balcony

Add and Copy Window

View control bar - Reveal Hidden Elements

Select the grid, Reveal Hidden Elements panel > Toggle Reveal Hidden Elements Mode

Architectyre tab > Build panel > Window

Mode panel > Load Family

US Metric folder/ Window folder/ M_Casement 3x3 with Trim

Type Selector - M_Casement 3x3 with Trim: 0915 x 1220mm

Add 4 windows as shown, exact location is not important

Use the temporary dimension to adjust the window closest to the stair grid line at 790

Use Aligned dimension, make it equal and lock the padlock

Use temporary dimension to adjust the center of the 1st window to the grid at 1400

Delete the Aligned dimension but keep the constraint

Change to 3D view

Ctrl-select all windows

Clipboard panel > Copy to Clipboard

Clipboard panel > Paste - Aligned to Selected Levels

Shift-select 3rd to 8th Floor

Add Windows on 1st Floor

Activate 1st Floor

Architecture tab > Build panel > Window

Type Selector - Casement 3x3 with Trim: 0915 x 1220mm

Edit Type - Duplicate

Name: 1220 x 1220mm

Width: 1220

Add the 1st window

Click on the temporary dimension, change it to 1140

Click on the H icon to make it permanent

Select the dimension, drag the witness line to the center of window and lock it

Add the 2nd window, drag the witness line to the center of left and right window 

Change the dimension to 1750

Repeat the same steps on the other 2 windows

Place 2 more windows on the back wall