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creating special windows

Anonymous
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it might have been asked already but here we go.

I want to create a special window (for 3d) with a pointed top and a special masonry arch above it, do i create a frame in GDL, or can i copy say a rounded top window and edit that?
Mind you i do not know anything about gdl. :0

thanks,
mac
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Karl Ottenstein
Moderator
macs wrote:
Mind you i do not know anything about gdl. :0
If you don't know GDL, and this is a one-off (or just a few-off), just model the window with slabs:

http://www.archicadwiki.com/TechNotes/Creating_custom_windows?highlight=%28window%29%7C%28custom%29

You can bring the image in with the Figure Tool and scale it to trace over (no snapping, of course) if you don't have precise dimensions...

Karl
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Anonymous
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Mac,
I would suggest you model the complete window in the plan
using Archicad tools and then save as a window object.
A description of how to do this is at ArchicadWiki.
Please go to this link.

http://www.archicadwiki.com/TechNotes/Creating_custom_windows?highlight=%28TechNotes/%29%7C%28TechTi...

Peter Devlin