Placing custom window on a wall

[Anonymous]

I can not to edit the symbol of a archicad 12 window, it does not have a 2d script!! and I gave up...., so I am making my own window as a 3d model and I can easily edit the 2d symbol. .. the problem is when I place the window on the wall it looks good on floor plan but in 3d view the window is outside the wall.. ^&%$^&%!!!
( I will have to create every different size window, because if I make it bigger, the jamb will distort ..) anyway, for now i just want my window to be in the wall , not sticking out .

Does anyone knows how to create a smart/stretchy object ??
any books out there??

Thanks,
Carmen

[Anonymous]

Carmen,

My guess is that you saved it as an object. You need to save it as a window to be able to adjust it correctly.

Doug

[Anonymous]

Doug, Thanks for replying.
I did saved it as a window!.. but on 3d view the wall has a hole and the window is just touching the wall!!( in a 2x6 wall the window is 5 1/2 inches off)

[Anonymous]

hey Doug,
This is going to sound dumb , but .. do you know why I appear to be as a guest and you as an active member? ( I joined last year but is the first time i actually post anything).

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[Laszlo Nagy]

carmen83353 wrote:
hey Doug,
This is going to sound dumb , but .. do you know why I appear to be as a guest and you as an active member? ( I joined last year but is the first time i actually post anything).

If you have a couple of post, you automatically become New Member instead of Guest. You now have 5 so you are fine.

[David Maudlin]

carmen83353 wrote:
I did saved it as a window!.. but on 3d view the wall has a hole and the window is just touching the wall!!( in a 2x6 wall the window is 5 1/2 inches off)

Carmen:

You may have created the window at the wrong "z" height. See page 261 of the AC 12 GDL Reference Guide (DOORS AND WINDOWS) for some information about the correct "z" heights relative to Project Zero when creating doors and windows.

David

[Anonymous]

Carmen wrote

the problem is when I place the window on the wall it looks good on floor plan but in 3d view the window is outside the wall..

Carmen,
When you finish constructing your model make sure that the bottom center of your window is at the project origin. This will be the starting point for the script. Then(assuming you do it in plan lying flat) raise or lower the entire model so that Project 0 splits it in half horizontally (as seen from an elevation or section view). This should place it in the wall properly.

Doug

[Anonymous]

Hello Doug,
You wrote:
"raise or lower the entire model so that Project 0 splits it in half horizontally"
I am not sure this is right. Would this not cause half of the assembly to
project beyond the outside of the wall ?
I would say raise or lower the entire model so
that the lower face of the frame/jamb is at project 0, the exterior trim
is below project 0 and every thing else is at or above project 0.
Also, make the model on the first floor plan. I once made a window
on a story that was 100 feet below story one and when I placed the
window it showed up 100 feet outside of the wall.
Peter Devlin

[Anonymous]

Hi Peter,

I tried this a little while ago and it seemd to work. From what I see the auto script places "Z" zero at the center of the wall and builds the window from there outward. I guess that project zero is "Z" (or ZZYZX) zero in the script.

Doug