How do you make these windows ?

[Steve Jepson]

I need to make some windows like this that Gang, show correctly in Plan view and be windows I can give an ID and schedule.

We have a 1/2 Arc Top Opening but not a 1/2 Arc Top window. ?

Can you make windows like the 1/2 Arc Top with Cadimage Tool ?

[SenecaDesignLLC]

Slabs, save as window, done in like 2 minutes. Don't forget wallhole slab.

[Steve Jepson]

SenecaDesignLLC wrote:
Slabs, save as window, done in like 2 minutes. Don't forget wallhole slab.

Yes. That's how I made what I have. And it works for temporary elevations , but I want them to be real windows for the sake of matching how the manufacture will make them - and more importantly for my own window schedules. This is why I would like them to be fully functional windows.

The manufacture wants to make this assembly of three windows with 2 window types. It's the ones on the sides that I don't have as a library part for that will gang on the side with the center window. Notice that he does not have the radius matching the center window. yet.

[Steve Jepson]

I am trying to avoid the workarounds to get what I need from the windows in all of the places where they show up. Floor Plans, Interior and Exterior Elevations ( with correct shadows) , 3D views, and Schedules with annotated drawings. And I want them to be geocentrically correct and matching the manufactures windows as nearly as possible.

The workaround I am using which I am not entirely happy with is to use the openings that match the window shapes - we do have those in ArchiCAD - and place the modeled pseudo windows in the hole/holes. But there are still some places where this workaround is not entirely working. That is why I would like to use real windows that will gang together on the side.

The missing window - the one we don't have in the ArchiCAD library is the Half Arch Top with Casement below. Does anyone know of a Window like that? Perhaps in an older library or something ?

I will be able to devise some workaround but I would much rather have a Half Arch Top Casement below window if there is one.

[Karl Ottenstein]

Steve wrote:
Can you make windows like the 1/2 Arc Top with Cadimage Tool ?

I believe so but don't have a current copy to check; my last version was for AC 16 or so. You have to pay for compatibility with each new release of AC.

[Steve Jepson]

Yes. And at $29/mo or what ever it is now for the Cadimage Doors & Windows plug-in, that's $348/yr just to have in on the computer for the rare occasions when I need a special door or window I can't configure with the regular library parts. I think they are asking too much for the use of their plug-in. You do get two plug-ins for that price, but still I think it is too much.

[Richard Morrison]

Steve wrote:
Yes. And at $29/mo or what ever it is now for the Cadimage Doors & Windows plug-in, that's $348/yr just to have in on the computer for the rare occasions when I need a special door or window I can't configure with the regular library parts. I think they are asking too much for the use of their plug-in. You do get two plug-ins for that price, but still I think it is too much.

I recently upgraded my Coverings & Cabinets to the full suite of 7 tools @ $50/mo. subscription, and I think $600/yr. isn't too much for these, if you actually use them. They fix so many of the issues that we've lived with in plain AC. I'd give them a good (free!) trial before you say that you'd only use them for a special door or window. The stair tool is amazing, as is Objective. I also really like the Electrical module with its ability to place outlets in both 3D & 2D at the same time. (Automatically adjusting to the orientation of the wall is nice, too.) If you do any custom cabinet design, the Cabinet module can do things the AC cabinets can't do. (e.g. automatically show hinging and shelving in elevations, or top-hinged doors). Then consider that with the Doors & Windows module, you only have ONE object to deal with, rather than trying to figure out which is the right one out of the many that the AC provides. Coverings is worth it for the gutters/downspouts alone. Any one thing maybe isn't earth-shattering, but I'd say that I definitely get my $50 value out of a month's use of the suite. And upgrades to the next version are included in the subscription. You can always stop and start the subscription, as well, if you find you aren't using it for awhile.

[Anonymous]

Richard wrote:

Steve wrote:
Yes. And at $29/mo or what ever it is now for the Cadimage Doors & Windows plug-in, that's $348/yr just to have in on the computer for the rare occasions when I need a special door or window I can't configure with the regular library parts. I think they are asking too much for the use of their plug-in. You do get two plug-ins for that price, but still I think it is too much.

I recently upgraded my Coverings & Cabinets to the full suite of 7 tools @ $50/mo. subscription, and I think $600/yr. isn't too much for these, if you actually use them. phenq review fix so many of the issues that we've lived with in plain AC. I'd give them a good (free!) trial before you say that you'd only use them for a special door or window. The stair tool is amazing, as is Objective. I also really like the Electrical module with its ability to place outlets in both 3D & 2D at the same time. (Automatically adjusting to the orientation of the wall is nice, too.) If you do any custom cabinet design, the Cabinet module can do things the AC cabinets can't do. (e.g. automatically show hinging and shelving in elevations, or top-hinged doors). Then consider that with the Doors & Windows module, you only have ONE object to deal with, rather than trying to figure out which is the right one out of the many that the AC provides. Coverings is worth it for the gutters/downspouts alone. Any one thing maybe isn't earth-shattering, but I'd say that I definitely get my $50 value out of a month's use of the suite. And upgrades to the next version are included in the subscription. You can always stop and start the subscription, as well, if you find you aren't using it for awhile.

i believe 50$ mo is cheap.
I have heard people spending more then 200$ mo in this.