topic Re: Frameless corner , CW window or similar, how in Modeling

Frameless corner , CW window or similar, how

Ignacio Azpiazu — Tue, 23 May 2023 15:01:06 GMT

I have been using the CW 11 (curtain wall) window to create window assemblies in which the frame is set back 50 mm/2 in from the face of wall.

I need to turn the corner, frameless. I can't get a window-sill-height horizontal frame in the curtain wall object to clean up in the corner no matter how I do it, and because the window library part stays 50 mm short of the wall corner edge I also need to insert empty openings for the walls to not show up as a corner piece.

Is there any clean way of doing this?

Re: Frameless corner , CW window or similar, how

Laura Yanoviak — Fri, 30 May 2008 00:20:53 GMT

Ignacio -- I've always stayed away from the CW windows, because the Storefront windows are more reliable. The Storefront windows have an "Oversize" parameter that can take care of this condition. In your case, the Oversize would be 50mm, or the distance from the face of the wall. See also this post

Re: Frameless corner , CW window or similar, how

Laura Yanoviak — Fri, 30 May 2008 00:28:12 GMT

Screenshot.

Re: Frameless corner , CW window or similar, how

Ignacio Azpiazu — Fri, 30 May 2008 16:29:47 GMT

The oversize thing gets rid of the wall at the corner, nice. But with Storefronts I can't find a way of getting or faking a frameless corner.

[My screenshot was showing what I got using CW, with the non-mitered 'middle rail' and the leftover wall at the corner.]

Re: Frameless corner , CW window or similar, how

Laura Yanoviak — Fri, 30 May 2008 16:34:08 GMT

Ignacio wrote:
But with Storefronts I can't find a way of getting or faking a frameless corner.

Yes. Unfortunately, that is not an option. I suppose you could SEO the corner mullion....

Re: Frameless corner , CW window or similar, how

Anonymous — Fri, 30 May 2008 17:31:13 GMT

Laura wrote:
Ignacio wrote:
But with Storefronts I can't find a way of getting or faking a frameless corner.
Yes. Unfortunately, that is not an option. I suppose you could SEO the corner mullion....

That would be my approach. Just overextend the walls and windows and make miter operators on the (hidden) SEO layer. A bit of a pain to maintain if there are a lot of them, but then I know Ignacio is highly skilled with modules 😉

Re: Frameless corner , CW window or similar, how

Ignacio Azpiazu — Fri, 30 May 2008 18:16:14 GMT

Thanks everybody. I ended doing an additive workaround, there are a lot of these windows and solid element operations would kill my 3D window. For the same reason I am avoiding profiled walls as much as possible.

This must have been the most expensive corner in history in terms of drafting. Fortunately there will be many of them, but the whole thing absolutely sucks. It is just a simple frameless corner.

Re: Frameless corner , CW window or similar, how

Anonymous — Fri, 30 May 2008 18:25:51 GMT

Hello Ignacio,
You might be interested in this thread.
http://archicad-talk.graphisoft.com/viewtopic.php?p=119733&highlight=corner+window#119733
Peter Devlin