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Windows setback on elevation view/3d view and right on plan view

2raarchitecture
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I am working on a project with a window object that looks positioned correctly on the plan view, but it looks set back (position some inches inside of the room) on the elevation/3d view. Has anyone found this? 

 

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OK.

I assume your complex profile wall gets thicker and thinner at different heights.

You can set the anchor of the window to the head or sill.

That may help.

 

But the best option is in the complex profile settings.

You can activate the 'Opening Reference' lines.

Set the one on the front of the wall to the position you want the reveal offset to be measured from.

This will be where the front of you frame is measured from in 3D.

The back one doesn't matter so much.

 

BarryKelly_0-1645891883319.png

 

Barry.

 

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Barry Kelly
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Default window objects from the library or ones you have created yourself?

Are the walls standard walls, composite walls or complex profile walls?

 

Barry.

One of the forum moderators.
Versions 6.5 to 27
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Lenovo Thinkpad - i7-1270P 2.20 GHz, 32GB RAM, Nvidia T550, Windows 11

Thank you! Walls are complex profile walls, and the object is a CI tools window object. I appreciate your help!

2RA Building Workshop
www.2rabldgworkshop.com

11th Gen Intel(R) Core(TM) i7-11800H @ 2.30GHz. 16.0 GB. NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060 Laptop GPU.
ArchiCAD 25. 5002 USA Full
Solution

OK.

I assume your complex profile wall gets thicker and thinner at different heights.

You can set the anchor of the window to the head or sill.

That may help.

 

But the best option is in the complex profile settings.

You can activate the 'Opening Reference' lines.

Set the one on the front of the wall to the position you want the reveal offset to be measured from.

This will be where the front of you frame is measured from in 3D.

The back one doesn't matter so much.

 

BarryKelly_0-1645891883319.png

 

Barry.

 

One of the forum moderators.
Versions 6.5 to 27
Dell XPS- i7-6700 @ 3.4Ghz, 16GB ram, GeForce GTX 960 (2GB), Windows 10
Lenovo Thinkpad - i7-1270P 2.20 GHz, 32GB RAM, Nvidia T550, Windows 11

Barry...this is very much appreciated. Giving it a go right away!

2RA Building Workshop
www.2rabldgworkshop.com

11th Gen Intel(R) Core(TM) i7-11800H @ 2.30GHz. 16.0 GB. NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060 Laptop GPU.
ArchiCAD 25. 5002 USA Full

Barry, that worked a treat! Awesome! 

2RA Building Workshop
www.2rabldgworkshop.com

11th Gen Intel(R) Core(TM) i7-11800H @ 2.30GHz. 16.0 GB. NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060 Laptop GPU.
ArchiCAD 25. 5002 USA Full