Creating & Editing Elevations
Learn how to create and edit elevations using the 18 drawing tabs.
Layout Tab
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Create new elevations
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Navigate through all of your elevations within a job
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Edit each elevation’s framing system
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Add & edit caulk joints
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Add & edit center lines







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Click “Add/Edit Center Lines”. -
Select the vertical that you want to be a specific distance from the left wall. -
Input the distance in inches that the vertical will be from the left wall. Click “Add”, then click “Done”. Your elevation is now updated with the new center line.

Splice Tab
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Enter the height (in inches) for each splice location. All points are measured from the ground (0 inches). -
Click “Redraw”. You will now be able to see your new splice in the drawing window

Doors Tab
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Add a complete entrance (frame and leaf). These are pre-configured shortcuts to selected door frames and door leafs. -
Separately add a door frame and door leaf
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Click “Add Entrance” on the left side of the doors tab. -
Specify the panel where you want to place your door. -
Click “Add Entrance” on the right side of the doors tab. -
Choose the entrance you want to use from the pop-up window (in this window you can also edit or change the frame or leaf used in the entrance shortcut). -
Click the “Select” button at the bottom right of the pop-up window. Now your drawing will be updated with the new entrance.

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Click “Add Entrance” on the left side of the doors tab. -
Specify the panel where you want to place your door frame. -
Click “Add Door Frame”. -
Select the door frame you will use from the pop-up window. -
Click “Select” at the bottom right of the pop-up window. Now your drawing will be updated with the new door frame.

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Input the panel number containing the door frame, then click “Add Door Leaf”. -
Select a door leaf from the pop-up window. -
Click “Select” at the bottom right of the pop-up window. Now your drawing will be updated with the new door leaf.

Unequal Tab
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Click the “Add” button at the top left of the Unequal tab -
Click “Select Panels” -
Choose which panels that you want to have a specified width -
Input the width of your unequal panels (in inches) -
Click “Add to Drawing”. Now your drawing will be updated with the new unequal panels

W-Merge Tab (window-merge)
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Click the “Add” button at the top left of the w-merge tab -
Input the panel numbers in which your window will be (In this example we added a window from panel 1 to panel 2). -
Input the height at which the window will begin (bottom of window) -
Input the height at which the window will end (top of window) -
Click “Add to Drawing”. Now your drawing will be updated with the new window or transom

Step Tab
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Click the “Add” button at the top left of the step tab -
Input the panel numbers in which your step up will be (In this example we added a step up from panel 1 to panel 3). -
Input the height at which your step will start (top of lowest step) -
Input the height at which your step will end (top of highest step) -
Click “Add to Drawing”. Now your drawing will be updated with the cascaded top

Rake Tab
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Click the “Add” button at the top left of the rake tab -
Input the panel numbers in which your rake top will be (note: to add a rake top to only one panel, input “from panel 1 to panel 1”. In this example we added a rake top from panel 5 to panel 6) -
Input the height at which your rake top will begin -
Input the height at which your rake top will end -
Click “Add to Drawing”. Now your drawing will be updated with the new rake top.

Arch Tab
The arch tab allows you to add an arched top from one panel to another. The option is available to stop the verticals at the original head, or extend them up to the arched top.
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Click the “Add” button at the top left of the arch tab -
Input the panel numbers in which your arched top will be placed (note: to add an arched top to only one panel, input “from panel 1 to panel 1”. In this example we added an arched top across the whole elevation, from panel 1 to panel 6) -
Specify the size of the arched top either by inputting its a. Outer radius (in inches) b. Or its height (in inches) above the top of the original head -
Check the box to the right to have the verticals stop at the original head, or leave it unchecked to extend the verticals up to the arched top. -
Click “Add to Drawing”. Now your drawing will be updated with the new arched top

Bulk Tab
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Click the “Add” button at the top left of the bulk tab -
Input the height (in inches) that your bulkhead will be -
Select “All Panels” to apply the bulkhead to all panels, or select “Selected Panels” to choose which panels to apply the bulkhead to. -
In the pop-up window, choose which panels to apply the bulkhead to -
Click “Add to Drawing”. Now your drawing will be updated with the new bulkhead

Height Tab
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Click the “Add” button at the top left of the height tab -
Click “Selected Panels” and choose the panels you will change the height of -
Input the new height (in inches) of the panel tops -
Click “Add to Drawing”. Now your drawing will be updated with the new panel heights

Horz Tab
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Click “Add” at the top left of the horz tab -
Select “Add a horizontal at a height of” -
Input the height (in inches) at which your horizontal will be -
Choose whether to add the horizontal to all panels or certain panels. -
Click “Add to Drawing”. Now your drawing will be updated with the new horizontal

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Click “Add” at the top left of the horz tab -
Select “Add a horizontal above the highest (previous) horizontal” -
Input the height (in inches) above the previous horizontal that your new horizontal will be -
Choose whether to add the horizontal to all panels or certain panels. -
Click “Add to Drawing”. Now your drawing will be updated with the new horizontal

EqHoz Tab
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Click “Add” at the top left of the EqHoz tab -
Input the quantity of horizontals that you will add -
Choose whether to add the horizontals to all panels or certain panels. -
Click “Add to Drawing”. Now your drawing will be updated with the new horizontals

Split Tab
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Click “Add” at the top left of the split tab -
Input the quantity of splits to be added -
Input the number of the panels containing the window or transom -
Input the height of the bottom of the window -
Input the height of the top of the window -
Click “Add to Drawing”. Now your drawing will be updated with the new window splits

Miter Tab
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Click “Add” at the top left of the miter tab -
Input the vertical number of your jamb (left jamb is vertical #0). Miter can only be added to one vertical at a time. -
Choose whether to add a miter to the top or bottom of the vertical (or both) -
Click “Add to Drawing”. Now your drawing will be updated with your new miters.

Stop Tab
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Head over to the Layout tab and click “Edit Elev Frame Sys” -
At the top of the pop-up window, click the “Stock Length Material” tab -
In the section titled “Glazing Adapter and Glass Stop Part Numbers”, Click the field under the label “Horizontal Stops” or “Vertical Stops”. -
Right click the area with red text saying “Right Click this Area to Open Parts List” -
In the Parts List, search for the glass stop part number you will be using -
Click “Insert Part”. (In this example we copied and pasted the same part number for the horizontal stop into the “Vertical Stop” field.

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At the top of the “Edit Elev Frame Sys” window, click the “Frame Profile” tab -
In the Section titled “Glass Stops”, input the profiles (in inches) of the left, right, top, and bottom glass stops -
Click “OK” at the bottom right of the window.

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Now that we have chosen which part numbers to use for the glass stops, and specified their profiles, we can add the glass stops to the drawing. -
Click “Add” at the top right of the stop tabInput the panels in which your glass stops will be -
Input the height at which your glass stops will begin (in this example they will start at the bottom of the window we added to panels 3 & 4) -
Input the height at which your glass stops will end (top of the window in this example) -
In this example we chose to add glass stops on all sides of the windows (left, right, top and bottom) -
Click “Add to Drawing”. Now your drawing will be updated with the new glass stops. They will be visible as purple lines.

AltVert Tab
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Click “Add” at the top left of the AltVert tab -
Click “Select Verticals” -
In the pop-up window, choose which vertical to replace. (In this example will be replacing the right jamb) -
Input the width (in inches) of the corner mullion you will be using

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Click “Add to Drawing” -
In the pop-up window, right click the area that says “Right Click in this Area to Open Parts List” -
From the parts list, select the corner mullion that you will be using, then click “Insert Part”. (note: you can filter the parts list by typing ‘corner’ into the description field) -
Click “OK”. Now your drawing will be updated with the new corner mullion

Exclude Tab
The Exclude tab allows you to exclude a jamb/vertical from an elevation. Doing this is the second step in creating a corner joining two elevations. Since the corner mullion was added to the previous elevation, you won’t need to add the same corner mullion to this elevation.
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Create the elevation that will be joined to the previous elevation with the corner mullion you just added. -
Click “Add” at the top left of the exclude tab -
On the drawing, click on the jamb/vertical you will be excluding -
Click “Update Drawing”. You will notice the jamb/vertical you excluded is now shown by with dashed line.

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Click the Layout tab -
Click “Edit Elev Frame Sys” -
Under the section titled “Profile Dimensions”, input the profile of the corner mullion into the field corresponding to the jamb/vertical you just excluded. (Left jamb in this case) -
Click “OK”. Now your drawing will show the updated profile of the excluded jamb/vertical.

Glass Tab
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In the glass tab, under the section at the far left titled “Action”, we selected “Add” to add a new type of glass -
In the next section over, titled “Apply Glass”, we selected “by Lite”, to change the glass type of specific lites. -
Select the glass you would like to use in the menu. a. You are able to filter results by using the “Description”, “Color”, “Type” fields, etc… b. The “Show Label” Column allows you to customize the glass label shown on each lite in the drawing window. For the glass we selected, we changed the label to say “Tempered”. -
Click on the lites/rows you would like to apply the new glass to.
