

Other 2D elements added to the Profile Editor window (lines, dimensioning, etc.) can be used as local drafting aids, but will have no effect on the final appearance of the complex profile.Only Hotspots, and Fills drawn with the Fill tool, will be part of the saved profile.See Profile Origin in Profile Editor Window. – The Profile Origin is a significant reference point. – Profile attribute definition is also available in Attribute Manager: See Profiles (Attribute Manager). – Overlapping fills are supported, and will be cut out based on their Building Material Priority at the placed element level. – Your cross-sectional profile can contain multiple fill shapes (components) they will all be saved together as a single profile. Use Fill Selection Settings to assign Building Material and Cut Line type. In Profile Editor, only 2D drawing tools are available. Use the Fill tool to draw or edit the cross-section of the complex profile, with the usual 2D techniques, to achieve the desired shape. To open Profile Editor again, choose a Profile from the pop-up and click Edit. If you switch out of Profile Editor to a model window, the Profile Manager remains open, but its editing controls are not available. The selected Profile opens in the Profile Editor. From the model window, select an existing Complex Profile Element, then click Edit Selected Composite/Profile from the context menu.(In this image, the icon indicates “No Core.”) See also Partial Structure Display. Notice the icon that indicates whether the selected profile contains a core component, or not.


See Create/Edit Profile Components, below. The Profile Editor window opens, where you can start creating the Profile element. Open Profile Manager (Options > Element Attributes > Complex Profiles) It is always open in conjunction with the Profile Manager palette, which contains controls specific to the Profile Editor environment.ġ. To create or edit a Complex Profile, you will use the Profile Editor window - a separate 2D editing window which opens automatically whenever you open a Profile to edit, or when you create a new one.
