AC LIBRARY WINDOWS ETC. line definitions NEEDED

[Anonymous]

I have fought with AC Libraries for years and this time I thought that it would be nice to make the windows accurate and not just something close to what I wanted. However, the AC Library has lots of variations..but no place can I find out what each of the options are and why....what is a set back? or etc,? theses are not terms that we use today on the West Coast of the USA. Is there a print out of what all in AC 11's library means ? and how to use it. OR MUST WE GO AND BUY something different and that too is a crap shoot I would imagine.
Ideas ...?

[Erika Epstein]

atelier wrote:
Ideas ...?

Learn some manners...
Use your brain instead of fighting and check out the many tabs of the setting's box for each tool. You might discover a tab that graphic defines each setting ...

[Anonymous]

Erika -
I am so sorry that you misread my honest problem.
The terms and variations are not in a form that is standard for USA construction. There must be some logic to AC 11's format....If the complete system were spelled out as a diagram on a sheet of paper it would make life so much easier for us all...OK ? Yes there is a start at this but the inter relationships extend well beyond what is shown.

[Erich]

Being an architect working on the West Coast of the USA, I do not find I have any issues with the window parts description. They all seem clear and fairly accurate to what I might call things.

Of course some terms such as "set back" that you reference don't have any real name. Therefore Graphisoft must come up with some term to describe a dimensional variable that we might want to change. If you regularly talk with different window manufactures you will find that they all have slightly different terms for describing the same thing. You just have to get in there and fiddle with the settings and learn the language. This is no different from real life.

[Anonymous]

Atelier,
I thought you had a valid question...you might want to read through the two AC9_SE_Illustrated PDF's. They were distributed with the SE Libraries and you can find them on the GSUS Tech page.

[Stress Co_]

Erich wrote:
You just have to get in there and fiddle with the settings and learn the language. This is no different from real life.

Trial & error works, but not always very fast. I'm for better documentation (or a clean graphic interface).
I know I could have put my kid's play-set together without instructions .... but it was easier/faster with them.