topic corner windows in Libraries & objects

corner windows

Anonymous — Wed, 24 May 2023 10:40:40 GMT

Hello,

I searched and couldn't find an answer to this. I apologize if I didn't look hard enough.

I am trying to place a corner window in a wall. I can get it to place, but the stupid corner function keeps turning off without much logic to it. What might I be missing here?

Thanks

Re: corner windows

Anonymous — Mon, 23 Mar 2009 08:51:59 GMT

just to give an example. I just changed the MATERIAL and the corner function turned off.

Re: corner windows

Anonymous — Mon, 23 Mar 2009 11:45:41 GMT

further things I notice:

I need to have a sill. In order to have a sill, the window must be set back, but when I set the window back, it ruins the corner window setting (meaning that awful retarded looking polygon part of the left over wall shows up).

Of course, it would have been MUCH quicker to model everything separately, but as this is a sketch for a client, I may need to change things again and again and again.

Re: corner windows

Erika Epstein — Mon, 23 Mar 2009 17:22:46 GMT

Are you making the changes in the CORNER WINDOW tool and NOT the WINDOW tool?

Re: corner windows

Anonymous — Tue, 24 Mar 2009 06:41:36 GMT

Yes I am using the corner window tool. I had to specifically search it out in some toolbox as it wasn't open for use.

Re: corner windows

Laszlo Nagy — Tue, 24 Mar 2009 09:45:33 GMT

Could you post one or more screenshots about these problems?

Re: corner windows

Anonymous — Tue, 24 Mar 2009 11:12:44 GMT

here they are. this is where it is "working" but the wall lengths are not correct.

the second (separate post) is where it has "turned off" but the wall lengths are now correct.

Re: corner windows

Anonymous — Tue, 24 Mar 2009 11:13:22 GMT

second one

Re: corner windows

Laszlo Nagy — Tue, 24 Mar 2009 11:37:38 GMT

You must be doing something unusual because it works for me just fine.
Are you sure you have placed the Windows using the Corner Wall Tool (available in the More group of the Toolbox)? It should place both Window of the Corner Window when you place it near the Corner.
Also, when changing parameters of one Window (including Materials), the corresponding parameters of the other should also change. The only exception to this rule is horizontal sizes as the two component Windows can be of different length.

Re: corner windows

Anonymous — Tue, 24 Mar 2009 11:40:08 GMT

ok.

still no idea as to why the tool doesnt work on walls that are the same length as the window?

well i will keep these things in mind.. especially selecting both when editing.

thanks.

Re: corner windows

Erika Epstein — Tue, 24 Mar 2009 16:49:20 GMT

Is it just this file that is problematic with the corner window tool?

Are you trying to put them in a custom profile (CP) wall? If yes, instead put a empty opening in the CP wall. In the opening put a regular wall to match the opening dimensions and in this regular wall put the corner windows.

Re: corner windows

Anonymous — Thu, 26 Mar 2009 08:51:57 GMT

No. Just a normal wall.

I also tried to use the method you suggested (hence the problem with the wall lengths) because the window needed to be set back and the corner window tool seems to only work if the window is flush with the wall.

Re: corner windows

Erika Epstein — Thu, 26 Mar 2009 16:14:47 GMT

Well, I'm not having a problem here doing any of what you describe. Perhaps if you post a screen shot of the problem we might see something we haven't thought of.