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basicUpdated May 31, 2026

Place a window

Pick the Window tool, click on a wall, set width, height, and sill height, and commit.

The Window tool drops a window opening onto an existing wall. Windows live on walls like doors do — there's a width along the wall, a height, and an extra sill height that doors and cased openings don't have.

Before you start

Draw at least one wall in the room. See Draw a wall.

Steps (desktop)

  1. Click the Door / Window / Opening button in the left toolbar, or press W. If the button is currently showing the door or opening icon, click once to activate that variant, then click again to open the flyout and pick Window.
  2. Hover over a wall. A ghost outline previews where the window will land at the current default width.
  3. Click on the wall where the window should sit. The Add Window dialog opens.
  4. Pick a Width preset (24", 30", 36", 48", 60") or type a custom width.
  5. Optionally type a Trim width per side.
  6. Pick a Window Height preset (36", 48", 60", 72") or type a custom window height. This is the glass height, not the header height.
  7. Pick a Sill Height (from floor) preset (24", 30", 36", 42", 48") or type a custom sill height. This is the distance from the finished floor to the bottom of the rough opening.
  8. Tap Place.

The values become the Window tool's next-time defaults — same persistence as the Door tool.

Fast path — Shift+click to skip the dialog

Hold Shift and click another wall to drop a second window with the same defaults. The bulk-place workflow for a sunroom or a row of identical bedroom windows.

Steps (mobile / tablet)

  1. Tap the Door / Window / Opening button in the left toolbar.
  2. Long-press the button to open the variant flyout and tap Window (or single-tap if the icon already shows a window).
  3. Tap a wall where the window should sit. The Add Window dialog opens.
  4. Pick width, window height, and sill height, then tap Place.

Tips

  • Window placements default to 36" wide and 36" tall with a 36" sill on first launch. After your first placement, the tool remembers what you picked.
  • Sill height is measured to the bottom of the rough opening, not the bottom of the glass. Tune it later from the entity panel if you need a different reference.
  • Patio and sliding-glass exterior doors live on the Door tool under the Exterior toggle with the Patio subtype — not under the Window tool.
  • For every window field available after placement, see Entity panel. On mobile, see Opening edit panel (mobile).
  • If the placement dialog rejects the window because of an existing opening on the same wall, see Opening overlap prevention.

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