topic Re: double door with center hinge? in Libraries & objects

double door with center hinge?

Anonymous — Wed, 05 Feb 2025 11:47:15 GMT

I'm looking for a double door with one door panel operable and center-hinged, and the other panel fixed. I see these generally referred to as swing patio doors - since they are not french doors. Is there something like this in the standard Archicad 11 library? I suppose I could just combine two single doors- But I'm sure there must be what I'm looking for somewhere in the library.

Thanks

Re: double door with center hinge?

TracyGA — Tue, 08 Nov 2022 20:39:37 GMT

14 years later and I am still wondering this exact same questions. It seems like Archicad is lacking to not provide this option...

Re: double door with center hinge?

Lingwisyer — Wed, 09 Nov 2022 01:17:34 GMT

Do you have an image? I have no clue what this door might look like...

Re: double door with center hinge?

Barry Kelly — Wed, 09 Nov 2022 01:25:45 GMT

Isn't this just a single door with a sidelight?

Or is it vital that the sidelight and frame looks like a door panel?

Maybe use a bi-fold door object, but I am not sure if it is possible to set the first pane in a closed position.

Wouldn't it be preferable to have a double opening door rather than a fake fixed panel that looks like a door?

I would rather have a double door and just keep one leaf locked in position (I know the hinge of the opening will not be in the centre).

Barry.

Re: double door with center hinge?

Lingwisyer — Wed, 09 Nov 2022 01:58:51 GMT

Oh. So like a 2 panel bifold when you have pinned the first panel rather than the second.

You can sort of do it with the default bifold door object by turning on the End Panel Opening, zeroing the standard opening angle / distance. You will have to manually draw in the opening lines though if you do not want them on both panels. This might be different / not possible if your library does not share the INT doors such as the US library...

Ling.

Re: double door with center hinge?

Erwin Edel — Wed, 09 Nov 2022 12:59:33 GMT

I was basically typing this, until I scrolled down.

I think this a standard part and if it is missing for some strange reason:

https://bimcomponents.com/GSM/Details/7395 old INT part

https://bimcomponents.com/GSM/Details/6983 old USA part

Re: double door with center hinge?

TracyGA — Mon, 28 Nov 2022 14:32:28 GMT

I agree that it isn't a door type we use often or ever suggest but sometimes our clients request them specifically and other times we are drawing an existing home that has one.

Re: double door with center hinge?

TracyGA — Mon, 28 Nov 2022 14:34:22 GMT

The Sliding Folding Multipanel door for the win! I never would have thought to use a different door type to create this. Thanks.

Re: double door with center hinge?

Tim Bales — Thu, 08 Dec 2022 15:55:43 GMT

Thank you so much for this suggestion. It worked perfectly for what we needed!

We sell this type of door regularly, and we've been struggling to represent them properly since updating to Archicad 25 last year. We previously had a custom library part for center-hinged doors, but it was ancient and definitely incompatible.

I was on this same forum just 3 months ago in the hopes of finding a solution, and by chance I ended up here again today. It might seem silly, but finding this was a huge relief for our team. This thread was 14 years in the making, but someone still came through!