topic Re: Various Casing Dimensions in Libraries & objects

Various Casing Dimensions

toman311 — Wed, 24 May 2023 09:38:01 GMT

I am currently working in A20 and I don't see the feature to allow the choice of various widths of the different casings for the same door or window. In A18, there was the option to change the width of casings on the left side of the door or window and have the casing width be different on the right side of the door or window. Now, it seems that it is either the left and right casing are the same or they are ganged. I don't see any customization here and this is very important. I can't remember if this feature was taken out in A19 because I didn't spend long in A19 because of when my office updated. Still, A18 had this casing feature.

Is there another way? Or are we just out of a necessary feature?

Re: Various Casing Dimensions

fuzzytnth3 — Thu, 17 Nov 2016 12:17:03 GMT

This button here....

Once dechecked lets you size each casing individually

Re: Various Casing Dimensions

toman311 — Thu, 17 Nov 2016 18:33:29 GMT

Thanks for the reply.

I am not seeing that button. I attached a screen shot showing my options.
It appears you are working off of a UK version according to your signature beneath your post. I am working off of the USA version, so I guess that is why we're getting different options. Sadly, I don't see that button...

I don't think it is anywhere else either, but maybe I am wrong. I wonder what other people do to get around this issue.

Re: Various Casing Dimensions

toman311 — Fri, 22 Sep 2017 22:00:07 GMT

I found the answer to this problem that nobody seems to apparently be having besides me.

The answer is...

When casings are desired to be different widths (in ArchiCAD 20 that I know of), gang the side of the window you want to mull to another window and check the casing box right beneath the box you checked to gang that side of the window. Then, to get that casing to meet the other windows casing you are mulling it to (which will be ganged on the appropriate side of course), adjust the shim space under "Nominal Sizes and Tolerance". The casing width with adjust according to the shim space number.

... and that is how you do custom casing dimensions in ArchiCAD 20.
It took me around a year to finally realize this answer! I am going to enjoy drawing windows so much more!

This is much better than using the Morph tool to fill in the gaps for every piece of the window.