topic Re: 6 Panel Vertical Window in Modeling

6 Panel Vertical Window

Anonymous — Tue, 23 May 2023 14:20:45 GMT

Hi, evreyone, I'm trying to do a 6 panel windows, but the panels are not one next to the others, they are one on top of the other, But I want to make it with only one window and not two or three windows one on top of the other. Also two of the Panels are awning and the others fixed, and the top shape is an arc. Here I attach a image with the window I'm trying to do.
Is there a way to do it without needing to make a custom object? and if the only way is by custom object, how can I assign some panels to be awning and others fixed?

Thanks

Re: 6 Panel Vertical Window

Steve Jepson — Mon, 26 Oct 2015 22:12:17 GMT

I know you said you didn't want use multiple window but just so you know, it will work just fine to do that. The windows will automatically mull at the top and bottom as well as the sides. There is how it looks with six windows.

In elevation view, just copy on above the other.

There are some fancy window objects out there that can do this as 1 window, but if you don't have one of these window objects you can still do it.

Consider how the window will actually be made. I will probably not he one single window. ?

Re: 6 Panel Vertical Window

Anonymous — Mon, 26 Oct 2015 22:38:57 GMT

Thanks Steve. I guess I'll do it that way. But now there is another question, How can I Schedule that as one window instead of 6 different?

Re: 6 Panel Vertical Window

Steve Jepson — Mon, 26 Oct 2015 22:59:55 GMT

It's not gong to be one window. It depends on if your schedule is showing a view of some kind or preview picture. You can make the preview picture an elevation drawing of all the windows if you like.

You can give the windows your not using in the schedule an ID that is excluded by the schedule filters. Give all but one of them an ID of X or something, and then exclude windows with the ID of X from your schedule.

Beware, the window schedule does not update until you do something to make it automatically update, like close it and open it again. So if you don't see the results you thought you would get you might need to close and open the schedule again. ?

Re: 6 Panel Vertical Window

Anonymous — Tue, 27 Oct 2015 19:59:32 GMT

This is where I usually chip in and say "Cadimage windows will do this", although the limit appears to be 5 panels - I have shown a glazing bar across the middle section of my example below (indicated by arrow) the same width as the main frame. And there does not appear to be an option for an inward opening bottom hung sash…

… but it's pretty close.

Re: 6 Panel Vertical Window

Anonymous — Tue, 27 Oct 2015 20:12:47 GMT

Thanks Steve!

Thanks Stuart!

I'll download a demo version of cadimage and learn how to use it.

Thanks!

Re: 6 Panel Vertical Window

Anonymous — Mon, 02 Nov 2015 00:14:05 GMT

Unfortunately, my solution will not be of any use to you.

In Australia we have AusWinDoor Builder which is currently available for AC18 and a window like yours would be a breeze to do (Except that the top curved window would be done separately)

Re: 6 Panel Vertical Window

Anonymous — Mon, 02 Nov 2015 01:54:59 GMT

done quickly....but this was the result

Re: 6 Panel Vertical Window

Anonymous — Tue, 03 Nov 2015 17:30:15 GMT

Hi, Stuart, I made the window with the cadimage tool, but I can't find where to add more resolution to the curve in the top arch of the windows.
How can I do that?

See attached pic.

Re: 6 Panel Vertical Window

Anonymous — Thu, 05 Nov 2015 00:09:15 GMT

arqrivas wrote:
Hi, Stuart, I made the window with the cadimage tool, but I can't find where to add more resolution to the curve in the top arch of the windows.
How can I do that?

See attached pic.

I can't tell you at the moment, sorry. I am staying away from windows at the moment, as I picked up a bug that crashes Archicad when going to the Setout options in Cadimage windows, after updating the tool yesterday. They are hoping to have a fix very soon. I can't think of anything off the top of my head, but need to look at all the options.

Re: 6 Panel Vertical Window

Anonymous — Thu, 05 Nov 2015 15:30:15 GMT

OK, Thanks, Anyway. I'll try to find out.

Re: 6 Panel Vertical Window

Anonymous — Thu, 05 Nov 2015 22:18:22 GMT

My Cadimage Window tool appears to be working again now (after uninstalling and installing again at their suggestion), but I had a good look thru' the settings and can't find where you would set resolution for curved elements. I even delved into the "All Parameters" section where obscure settings sometimes hide, and saw nothing. Maybe someone from Cadimage could chip in here?

Re: 6 Panel Vertical Window

Anonymous — Thu, 05 Nov 2015 23:01:58 GMT

Yeah, we need help from someone at cadimage, I couldn't find it either.

Re: 6 Panel Vertical Window

Anonymous — Fri, 06 Nov 2015 00:12:54 GMT

I have asked them to have a look at this.

Re: 6 Panel Vertical Window

Anonymous — Fri, 06 Nov 2015 02:09:10 GMT

…and the response I got from Cadimage:

Cadimage wrote:
This is not currently a setting in the Door+Window Tool. I Will pass it on to our development team as an improvement suggestion.