topic Re: Door openings flipped in Modeling

Door openings flipped

clauds1223 — Thu, 02 Jul 2026 00:54:16 GMT

Hi there,

So for some reason, my the door opening lines in elevation look wrong. They look right in the window schedule.

So this is the door in plan(GD01).

This is the door in elevation - the hing is on the wrong side...

Then in the window schedule it is right...

What could be the issue with the elevation door and how can I solve this quickly.

Thank you

Operating system used: Windows 11

Re: Door openings flipped

Barry Kelly — Thu, 02 Jul 2026 01:53:33 GMT

They are both correct.

On the elevation from the outside, the hinges are on the left (2 hinges) and handle on the right (one handle in the centre).

The schedule is viewing the door from the side the door swings to so you are looking at it from the inside.

In that case the hinges will appear on the right.

When you place the door, the first mouse click should be on the outside of the wall (the reveal side) then the second click is the way the door swings.

This will give the proper inside/outside orientation.

Then in the schedule settings you can choose to show the view from the opening side, which will be the side the door swings to, or the reveal side which will be the outside view the same as the elevation if you place the door correctly.

Personally I show the view from the opening side, as it makes sense to always show the door as it opens towards you.

Barry.

Re: Door openings flipped

Patrick M — Thu, 02 Jul 2026 20:58:28 GMT

isnt' this an MVO thing?

Re: Door openings flipped

Barry Kelly — Fri, 03 Jul 2026 01:45:52 GMT

Here is a more visual explanation.

Schedule the view from the opening side, then it doesn't matter how you place the door in the wall.

There is no "outside' view, just the reveal side (the side you first click when placing the door) or the opening side (as if the door is being pulled towards you).

With external doors it is relatively easy to place the reveal consistently on the "outside" of the wall.

Your schedule will then be consistent even if you do use the view from the reveal side.

It is not so easy to determine the "outside" when you are placing doors internally.

Barry.

Re: Door openings flipped

JeffH — Tue, 07 Jul 2026 00:17:43 GMT

Yes, this through me through a loop when building our template too.

Simple fix in 29 was adjusting these settings for the Doors, in the MVO panel.

Re: Door openings flipped

AllanP — Mon, 06 Jul 2026 22:02:44 GMT

The world has many different standards. Metric and Imperial are just the tip of the iceberg.

I remember when New Zealand moved from

NZS 5902(the point of the opening triangle symbol point to the hinge)

AS/NZS 1100(the point of the opening triangle symbol point to the opening edge)

there were so many other things that changed to list in a quick post like this.

When you used regional libraries, you never had to worry about these things.

Now with Universal libraries, you have to go back and check all the drawing conventions...

I don't know if this helps.