Creating a Profile Family

You sketch a profile using lines, dimensions, and reference planes. After you save the profile family, you can load it and apply it to solid geometry in the project.

1. Click  > New > Family. 
2. In the New Family - Select Template File dialog, select a the Profile.rft template, and click Open.
   A plan view opens that includes 2 reference planes. There are no other views available in which to sketch geometry.
3. If necessary, sketch reference planes for constraining the lines in the profile.
4. Click Home tab  > Detail panel > Line, and sketch the profile loop.
5. If necessary, click Home  tab > Detail panel > Detail Component to place a detail component into the profile family.

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   Tip: You can change the sorting order of any detail components in the family by using the detail component draw order tools.

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6. To specify the detail at which the profile family displays in the project, select any of the lines of the profile sketch, and click Modify Lines tab > Visibility panel  > Visibility Settings.
7. Select the desired detail levels (Fine, Medium, or Coarse), and click OK.
   

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   Tip: You can specify the detail level for detail components using the same methods.

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8. On the properties palette, define the Profile Usage.
   For example, if you are creating a mullion profile, select Mullion.

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   Note: This setting ensures that only relevant profiles are listed when using profiles within a project. For example, when selecting a mullion profile, stair nosing profiles do not display or when selecting slab edges, gutter profiles do not display.

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9. Click OK.
10. Add any dimensions required.
11. Save the family.