topic Corner Window in Libraries & objects

Corner Window

Anonymous — Wed, 24 May 2023 10:46:34 GMT

How can I show a corner window without frame at the joint corner. I just need a silicone joint at the corner.

I made a window but the "Corner Window Tool" did not recognize it, why?

Re: Corner Window

Anonymous — Thu, 07 Sep 2006 19:44:33 GMT

Yamil,
I am not sure you can auto-script a corner window.
You could model the window by putting in an empty corner window
and then using the slab tool draw in the glass.
If you need stops model those with the wall tool and the slab tool.
I just did this and it looks good.
Peter Devlin

Re: Corner Window

shute — Sun, 14 Oct 2007 12:43:35 GMT

Peter wrote:
Yamil,
I am not sure you can auto-script a corner window.
You could model the window by putting in an empty corner window
and then using the slab tool draw in the glass.
If you need stops model those with the wall tool and the slab tool.
I just did this and it looks good.
Peter Devlin

I'm new, may I ask

1) how to make a corner window 'empty'?

2) after make a window (or exactly, a pieces of glass) using slab tool, how to handle the glass edge that is to form the corner with another piece of glass. they do not joint like same type of walls usually do.

many thanks!

Re: Corner Window

Anonymous — Sun, 14 Oct 2007 19:30:28 GMT

Insert a corner window with the dimensions you want then
hit the little square button in the info box to make it an
empty corner window. To make the glass, draw an "L" shape
with the slab tool. This will make the glass continuous around
the corner.
Peter Devlin

Re: Corner Window

shute — Mon, 15 Oct 2007 12:06:10 GMT

Peter wrote:
Insert a corner window with the dimensions you want then
hit the little square button in the info box to make it an
empty corner window. To make the glass, draw an "L" shape
with the slab tool. This will make the glass continuous around
the corner.
Peter Devlin

Thank you Peter.

I've made the wallhole by empty window as you taught me.

the problem comes with the glass.

if simply use slab tool to make a L shape (or any shape) glass, it's OK;

but if I try to make it to become a gdl (save as .gsm), the glass has to be drawn facing down. now, I have to add another piece on the edge to form the L shape. when they turned to a gdl, the two pieces do not merge.

What should I do?

Thank you!

Re: Corner Window

David Maudlin — Mon, 15 Oct 2007 12:35:46 GMT

shute wrote:
but if I try to make it to become a gdl (save as .gsm), the glass has to be drawn facing down. now, I have to add another piece on the edge to form the L shape. when they turned to a gdl, the two pieces do not merge.

What should I do?

shute:

When saving the slab from the 3D window as a library part, set the 3D view to Top View (not Side View is normally done) so that the slab will be set to the correct rotation you need in this case. The view set in the 3D window becomes the top view when translated to a library part.

HTH

David

Re: Corner Window

shute — Mon, 15 Oct 2007 14:28:44 GMT

Many thanks David:)

Re: Corner Window

Srinivas — Mon, 15 Oct 2007 14:58:28 GMT

Will this be of any help?

http://archicad-talk.graphisoft.com/viewtopic.php?t=15326&start=10

Re: Corner Window

shute — Tue, 16 Oct 2007 01:08:12 GMT

David wrote:
When saving the slab from the 3D window as a library part, set the 3D view to Top View (not Side View is normally done) so that the slab will be set to the correct rotation you need in this case. The view set in the 3D window becomes the top view when translated to a library part.

Hi David,

I set it top view but still couldn't fix it.

I reckon it has nothing to do with the view in 3D mode when saving it to a library object. otherwise if we set it to a view with any angle it would not know where is top.

According to a how-to file(I would get the link as soon as I get back home), when drawing a window using slab tool, it has to be drawing facing down.

Have you done this by set it as top view?

many thanks.

Shute

Re: Corner Window

shute — Tue, 16 Oct 2007 01:12:38 GMT

Srinivas wrote:
Will this be of any help?

http://archicad-talk.graphisoft.com/viewtopic.php?t=15326&start=10

Thank you for the link Srinivas. In Australian version I'm using, it has no corner frame option as in German one.

Re: Corner Window

David Maudlin — Tue, 16 Oct 2007 12:19:21 GMT

shute wrote:
I reckon it has nothing to do with the view in 3D mode when saving it to a library object. otherwise if we set it to a view with any angle it would not know where is top.

According to a how-to file(I would get the link as soon as I get back home), when drawing a window using slab tool, it has to be drawing facing down.

Have you done this by set it as top view?

shute:

I misunderstood, I thought you were trying to save the glass as an object to put into the empty corner window opening. I don't think you can create a custom corner window with this method, only single plane windows.

shute wrote:
but if I try to make it to become a gdl (save as .gsm), the glass has to be drawn facing down. now, I have to add another piece on the edge to form the L shape. when they turned to a gdl, the two pieces do not merge.
What should I do?

To get rid of the extra lines using the above quoted method, you will need to edit the status codes of the cprism_ shape that ArchiCAD writes when you save the slabs as gdl. I don't know of a visual (without editing gdl) method for achieving what you want, except as has been suggested above (draw a slab in the empty corner window opening, or saving the slab as an object to place within the opening). Both of those methods result in maintaining two separate entities (the opening and the glass).

David

Re: Corner Window

shute — Tue, 16 Oct 2007 12:40:42 GMT

Thank you so much for the detailed explaination David.

Now I use slab tool to creat the corner class without save it as an object. I may have to keep doing this until I could edit gdl script or speak German