FRENCH DOOR WITH SIDELIGHTS - HOW TO GET THE SAME?

[rob2218]

see attached image.
I have selected a french door panel.
I have the flexibility of adjusting the side, top and bottom rails of the french door but am only limited to adjusting the "frame width" of the sidelights....how can I adjust the bottom frame height of the sidelight to match the door bottom rail??? Please don't tell me this is not built into the programming?...please.

[rob2218]

Wow!...seems like an awesome functionality. Now...why isnt' something like this just simply "INCLUDED" in the out of the box door functionality of the software? Is it because this is a 3rd party software object and only given to UK folks???......What's the deal with this object?
Also, will AC15 have this much control over it's doors/window joinery objects? Is there a Multi-Joinery object in AC15 out of the box???

[Ralph Wessel]

rob2218 wrote:
Wow!...seems like an awesome functionality. Now...why isnt' something like this just simply "INCLUDED" in the out of the box door functionality of the software? Is it because this is a 3rd party software object and only given to UK folks???

That illustration barely scratches the surface - it does a lot more. Graphisoft UK, which commissioned (and own) the object, have made it available to resellers around the world to distribute to customers (for free). But communication generally seems to be a bit broken and I suspect the vast majority of users have no idea it exists.

I've been told it can't be included in the standard library because - in a nutshell - it's different, i.e. doesn't use the macros that other doors/windows do and has a different user interface. It's a classic catch-22 because it has to be different to do what it does. The object is a great showcase for what GDL is capable of, and it has been frustrating to see it held back.

[rob2218]

yeah....so the only downside is that you have to make sure you load "another" library into your BIM database...ok. That's not too bad. it's ok. Wonder if AC15 has this type of customization with regards to it's doors/windows?

[Stress Co_]

Update:
D2 2Sidelight 16 door object....... Still useless

[rob2218]

Geez....when the heck will we ever get some form of NANAWALL door for Pete's sake!!!???...

These doors are being used everywhere and to think we don't have one available in the U.S. version of Archicad?

[matthewjj]

Try the Storefront object with a transom. You can dig into the old school parameters and there is a section called "shape" the first option listed is a toggle to turn the transom on/off. The sidelights lower rail can be edited in the parameters as well.