Doors/Windows sliding in the wall thickness?

[alexliz]

I have found a few doors, but no windows.

Sliding Windows in the INT library only feature windows where the one half of the glass area slides over the other half - NOT the kind where both halfs can slide each in its own side of the wall thickness, effectively opening the whole width.

We used to have such windows in past versions (v4.1 if I'm not mistaken). What happened?

[Anonymous]

Hello Stuart,
Thank you for the link.
So, a pocket window does exist.
I guess I'll just have to make a
pocket window lib part.

There is one problem with using
a pocket door as a pocket window
and that is doors do not have a sill frame
or sill trim. I suppose Alex could make
a sill frame and sill trim with slabs
and insert them into the opening.

Peter Devlin

[Anonymous]

Peter wrote:
Hello Stuart,
There is one problem with using
a pocket door as a pocket window
and that is doors do not have a sill frame
or sill trim....

Peter Devlin

Door and Window Builder doors (and windows) do, which is why I thought it was a simple switch.

Cheers

[Anonymous]

Hello Stuart,
Thanks for the info.
This brings up the subject that you alluded to
and that is what is the definition of a
door vs a window in Archicad.
Once way back in AC 4.5 I tried to elevate
a door about foot up above the wall base
and as I remember I got some kind of error.
Since then I have been inserting doors at any
height with no problem.
I can't figure out what the difference is.
They function exactly the same and as you
seem to indicate Door and Window Builder
makes no practical distinction between them.
Thanks,
Peter Devlin