Empty door & window.

[Eman]

If I insert an empty door or window, how can I make the door/window symbol appears in the plan view?

[Lingwisyer]

You could instead insert a normal window, then turn off the 3D.

Window Settings & Opening => Model Attributes => 3D Detail Level => Off



Ling.

[Barry Kelly]

Eman wrote:
If I insert an empty door or window, how can I make the door/window symbol appears in the plan view?

Exactly what do you mean?
There is no door or window so there will be no door or window symbol.
You should just see an empty opening - are you not seeing this?

Barry.

[Eman]

Hi Lingwisyer I will try your suggestion tomorrow.

Hi Barry Kelly, What I mean is because sometimes I insert a door and then in the front elevation I need to draw the door design exactly as it is in real. What I usually do is that I go in the door or window settings and remove everything and I just leave the glass, so like that in the elevation it appears as it is empty so I can draw the door as in real and at the same time the door symbol appears in the plan view. I'm asking this question so maybe I can insert an empty door instead of having to make settings as I just said.

Thanks

[Eduardo Rolon · Accepted solution]

Actually what you need to do is create a custom panel with the design and that will fix all the issues.

https://helpcenter.graphisoft.com/user-guide/76693/

[Eman]

ejrolon wrote:
Actually what you need to do is create a custom panel with the design and that will fix all the issues.

Yes that is perfect, Thanks!

[Eman]

I am back again about this topic. I tried several door leafs but I can do it only with holes. What I mean if I want to make a leaf with some lines (grooves) how can i do it?

And second question is, in the door library I can find only single and double doors. What if I want to create a garage door with 4 leafs, how can I do it?

Thanks.

[Barry Kelly]

Eman wrote:
I tried several door leafs but I can do it only with holes. What I mean if I want to make a leaf with some lines (grooves) how can i do it?

You create the door leaf as elaborately as you want it to be.
Cut holes, add trims, use different thickness slabs, and I am pretty sure you can even use Solid Element Operations to cut grooves.
Then you select the whole lot and save as your custom panel.

Eman wrote:
And second question is, in the door library I can find only single and double doors. What if I want to create a garage door with 4 leafs, how can I do it?

I don’t have ArchiCAD with me at the moment but I am pretty sure the door object needs to be scripted to allow for the custom door panels.
So if you have a 4 leaf door object that allows custom panels, then the process will be the same.
If it doesn’t have the custom panel option then you can’t do it.
If the problem is you don’t have a 4 leaf object, that is a whole other problem.

Barry.

[Lingwisyer]

Eman wrote:
And second question is, in the door library I can find only single and double doors. What if I want to create a garage door with 4 leafs, how can I do it?

A "Sliding Folding Door"?


Ling.

[Eman]

Lingwisyer wrote:
A "Sliding Folding Door"?

No not a sliding folding door.

There are single & double hinged doors but I cannot find 3 or 4 leafs hinged doors.