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Save Custom-Shape Doors or Windows - Cut Non-Perpendicular Holes in Walls

Reysol — Wed, 30 Oct 2024 17:01:21 GMT

Guys,

I am trying to figure out saving a custom-shape widnow with non-perpendicular holes in wall.

I used a single plane pitched roof and assigned 'Wallhole' to its ID.

After rounds of trial and error, still no luck.

If you folks have done this before, please shed me some light tell me the correct workflow.

Thank you very much in advance.

Operating system used: Windows 23

Re: Save Custom-Shape Doors or Windows - Cut Non-Perpendicular Holes in Walls

cuba — Mon, 28 Oct 2024 06:42:47 GMT

I think this is only possible in gdl.

Workaround by Heimo Mooslechner:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Tysfk2fTaIg

Re: Save Custom-Shape Doors or Windows - Cut Non-Perpendicular Holes in Walls

Lingwisyer — Mon, 28 Oct 2024 08:14:32 GMT

Though in GDL you do not work with "slabs" or "roofs", so the guide seems to suggest that saving out of the floorplan should be possible, but since even Heimo did a scuffed workaround, maybe a typo?

Re: Save Custom-Shape Doors or Windows - Cut Non-Perpendicular Holes in Walls

Barry Kelly — Mon, 28 Oct 2024 08:28:19 GMT

You can use roofs to create the door frame/leaf and they can have angled edges.

Similar to Heimo's tapered morph.

But creating a roof and giving it an ID of WALLHOLE, does not create a wallhole in my experimenting.

Only a slab seems to do that.

You can angle the edges of a slab but it will still only create a regular wallhole with edges perpendicular to the wall (opening).

So I think the only solution is GDL.

Barry.

Re: Save Custom-Shape Doors or Windows - Cut Non-Perpendicular Holes in Walls

Reysol — Mon, 28 Oct 2024 12:11:24 GMT

cuba,

Thanks a lot for the reference.

Re: Save Custom-Shape Doors or Windows - Cut Non-Perpendicular Holes in Walls

Reysol — Mon, 28 Oct 2024 12:22:02 GMT

Thanks for looking into this, Lingwisyer.🙏

Re: Save Custom-Shape Doors or Windows - Cut Non-Perpendicular Holes in Walls

Reysol — Mon, 28 Oct 2024 12:28:49 GMT

Thank you, Barry.

Correct, either slabs or roofs can create the door frame, leaf or windows in perpendicular wall holes.

It seems to me that, Heimo's morph still cut the perpendicular wall holes.

Looks like GDL is the way to go.