Edit Opening

Drag-Rotate-Mirror

As with other construction elements, use Drag, Rotate and Mirror to freely modify the Opening position in any view. As a result, the Opening orientation setting (seen in the Info Box) may change to “Custom”.

Copy or Duplicate Opening

You can only copy/paste an Opening if you also copy/paste its associated element.

To duplicate an Opening (without moving or copying the associated element), use Drag a Copy

Graphical Editing

Use pet palette commands.

If you edit the shape of a rectangular or circular Opening, it changes automatically to Polygonal.

Exception: An ellipsis Opening does not become a polygon.

https://helpcenter.graphisoft.com/wp-content/uploads/archicad-25/040_elementsvb/OpeningEdgeEdit.png 

https://helpcenter.graphisoft.com/wp-content/uploads/archicad-25/040_elementsvb/OpeningProfileRadial.png 

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