User Manual - Page 1630

For AUTOCAD 2011.

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Then …If you want to …
space is removed. You can select
any combination of specific cells.
For information about offsets, see Specifying an Offset for a
Curtain Wall Unit Grid on page 1577.
12 Click OK.
For information about assigning the division definition to a specific grid in
your curtain wall unit, see Assigning a Division to a Curtain Wall Unit Grid
on page 1597.
Using the Auto-Adjust Cells Option to Resize Cells in a Curtain
Wall Unit Grid
Use this procedure to automatically resize cells in a grid when the result of
dividing the grid by the specified cell dimension is not a whole number.
For example, if a vertical primary grid in a curtain wall unit style is 17 feet in
length and you specify a fixed cell dimension of 3 feet, the grid has five cells
of 3 feet each with 2 feet remaining. Using the Auto-Adjust Cells option, you
can specify how the grid distributes the remaining quantity.
1 Click Manage tab ➤ Style & Display panel ➤ Style Manager .
2 Expand Architectural Objects, and expand Curtain Wall Styles.
3 Select a curtain wall unit style.
4 Click the Design Rules tab.
5 In the left pane, select Divisions under Element Definitions.
6 Select a Divisions definition or create a new one.
7 Select Fixed Cell Dimension as the division type.
8 Select Auto-Adjust Cells, and specify the cell adjustment:
Then …If you want to …
select Grow, and select the specific
cells to which you want the space
added.
add the remaining space to grid
cells
select Shrink, and select the specific
cells from which you want the
remove the remaining space from
grid cells
1574 | Chapter 21 Curtain Walls
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