topic Re: Rounded window, rectangle wall opening in GDL

Rounded window, rectangle wall opening

LeonieCREAD — Fri, 11 Apr 2025 18:16:38 GMT

Hello

I have my arched windows and doors that take an opening in the rectangle wall. I must have pressed somewhere, before that I didn't have the problem.

Operating system used: Windows

Re: Rounded window, rectangle wall opening

Barry Kelly — Tue, 08 Apr 2025 09:41:45 GMT

Are these objects that you created from slabs and then "Saved as window"?

If so you also need to create a slab the shape of the arch and give it an element ID of "WALLHOLE" (without the quotes).

Then when you save the slabs as a window object, that wallhole slab will be converted into the code for the arched wallhole.

Barry.

Re: Rounded window, rectangle wall opening

LeonieCREAD — Tue, 08 Apr 2025 09:48:44 GMT

Thank you for your answer, I did create a frame but it does me on all the windows even without a frame and the door also which is already made on Archicad...

Re: Rounded window, rectangle wall opening

Barry Kelly — Tue, 08 Apr 2025 09:52:24 GMT

So the door is a default object from the Archicad library?

I can't think of any settings that would override the scripted wallhole.

Barry.

Re: Rounded window, rectangle wall opening

LeonieCREAD — Wed, 09 Apr 2025 00:28:14 GMT

Thanks for your feedback. I'm thinking more of a wall or something else...

Re: Rounded window, rectangle wall opening

Lingwisyer — Wed, 09 Apr 2025 01:31:19 GMT

They are not just rectangular Openings, independant of the doors and windows are they?

I just realised that the Create Openings dialogue does not include the polygonal option, so you cannot get it to automatically cut non-rectangular, non-circular holes...

Ling.

Re: Rounded window, rectangle wall opening

LeonieCREAD — Wed, 09 Apr 2025 20:46:12 GMT

No, the openings are indeed associated with the window and door or the wall. I've never seen the Create oppenings option. I'll look, thanks.

Re: Rounded window, rectangle wall opening

LeonieCREAD — Wed, 09 Apr 2025 20:48:05 GMT

Finally I know this option but the aperture is associated with the object.

Re: Rounded window, rectangle wall opening

Karl Ottenstein — Wed, 09 Apr 2025 21:00:44 GMT

There must be a language barrier here, as your responses to people @LeonieCREAD do not answer their questions,

Please explain how you created this window object? As Barry asked, did you create it with elements, flat on the ground, and save them as a GDL object of type Window? If so, you need to create a special slab with the ID of "wallhole" and can search the forum for that "wallhole" for many (old) discussions and tutorials on how to do that.

If you created the window with GDL coding, then that discussion belongs in the Developer Hub > GDL forum. If not coded by you, then this thread belongs in the Libraries forum - not Visualization (which has to do with rendering...not the use of objects).

Re: Rounded window, rectangle wall opening

LeonieCREAD — Wed, 09 Apr 2025 21:19:56 GMT

I'm sorry if I'm not clear. I didn't create this window, I placed it from the Archicad library, I only created the frame but I don't think that's the problem. Because it happens on all windows and doors even if there is no frame. I'm sorry if I got the wrong category, I don't know the forum very well yet. Should I repost my question somewhere else?

Re: Rounded window, rectangle wall opening

Barry Kelly — Thu, 10 Apr 2025 01:34:28 GMT

What do you mean by "I only created the frame"?

An Archicad window already has the frame, no need to create anything.

What Archicad window are you placing?

I get the impression you are placing an empty opening and the adding the frame?

To create a custom window have a look at this ...

https://community.graphisoft.com/t5/Modeling/How-to-create-Custom-Window/ta-p/303432

This does not include the wallhole which is explained in the links at step 4.

Barry.

Re: Rounded window, rectangle wall opening

Vojtech Slavik — Thu, 10 Apr 2025 07:05:58 GMT

Maybe it can help this video on YT

Here is how to change ID to : wallhole

Re: Rounded window, rectangle wall opening

LeonieCREAD — Thu, 10 Apr 2025 17:28:43 GMT

I created the window frame, but that's not the cause of the problem, it happens with all my windows, for example the arched history window 27 of archicad without customization.

Re: Rounded window, rectangle wall opening

Lingwisyer — Fri, 11 Apr 2025 01:31:53 GMT

Does this happen in a fresh file?

Re: Rounded window, rectangle wall opening

Barry Kelly — Fri, 11 Apr 2025 01:36:22 GMT

This is strange.

I have never seen a 'shaped' window cut a rectangular hole in a wall.

Here is the same window (just version 28).

I can't think of a setting that would control this.

Does the same thing happen if you start a new file based on the default Archicad template?

Barry.

Re: Rounded window, rectangle wall opening

LeonieCREAD — Sat, 12 Apr 2025 22:09:52 GMT

No, there is no problem in a fresh file but when I merge my folder with a new file, the problem is still present.

Re: Rounded window, rectangle wall opening

LeonieCREAD — Sat, 12 Apr 2025 22:11:53 GMT

No, I don't have this problem in a fresh file. I don't see what it can be because it happened suddenly.

Re: Rounded window, rectangle wall opening

Barry Kelly — Sun, 13 Apr 2025 04:36:56 GMT

I don't know what is happening to you in that file.

I am not aware of any settings that will ignore the shape of the wallhole and leave it only as a rectangle.

Barry.

Re: Rounded window, rectangle wall opening

Lingwisyer — Mon, 14 Apr 2025 04:38:51 GMT

Have you tried a Repair on the file? Maybe something in the file is corrupting the wallhole...

Re: Rounded window, rectangle wall opening

LeonieCREAD — Mon, 14 Apr 2025 10:53:23 GMT

Yes I tried, it didn't change anything... I also tried to copy and paste when I integrate a wall from another file, the window changes opening and when I paste a wall from my file, the existing windows are rectangle and the new ones are round... I think I'm going to have to put everything on another file and start my layouts again.

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