Inserting a Building Component

Click Select Component

and select a component from the list.

To see the component listing, expand the component type node.

Tip: To re-import and update the list of components, Ctrl + select a component in the Insert Component list.

Select a building face or a surface.

Note: To insert a component on a specific story, double-click the story in the tree.

To restrict the placement of a wall hosted component to the specified sill height above the story, select the Lock Sill Height check box.

Note: You can click Sill Reference

and select a horizontal plane or a building surface as the reference elevation for the sill height.

Drag the component to a position and click to insert.

To exit the edit mode for the last position component and to insert another component, click Insert Component

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To insert copies of the component with same parameter values without pausing to edit each component, click Repeat Insert

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Note: You need to click the command again to deactivate it.

To modify the dimensions of the last inserted component, click Edit Component

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Align the component with a surface.

To rotate a floor-hosted component by 90 degrees in counterclockwise direction, click Snap Rotate . If you move the component near a surface, it will align the component to that surface.
Tip: You can also press the down arrow to rotate the component and align it to the surface.
To rotate a floor-hosted component by 90 degrees in clockwise direction, click Snap Rotate . If you move the component near a surface, it will align the component to that surface.

Click Sizing

and specify the sizing values for the selected building component.

To search and select a component from a Collaborative Space, click Search Component

, select the component, and double-click to place it.

To move the existing building components to a different parent product, perform the following steps:

Ctrl + select the components that are to be moved to a different parent product.
Click Multi-edit, and then click Parent Product .
Select a node in the tree for the parent product.
Note: You can also create a new node in the tree for the parent product.

To place the wall components from top view, perform the following steps:

From the Standard section of the action bar, click View Selector , and select top view.
Select the edge of the wall to place the wall components at sill height.
To place the same component on a different wall face, remove the selected wall face from the selection list and choose a different wall face without exiting the command.

Click OK

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