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Help! How to model wood storefront window in historic bldg?

Anonymous
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I am new to posting, but I am perplexed on how to model a traditional wood storefront in an historic building. the store front has a transom window with a door and sidelights(one on one side and three on the other)? All of the door/window libraries don't appear to address this type of storefront. Or do I just have to "make the window"...just wondering if I am missing something obvious? are there any good video examples anyone knows of?

thanks so much

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Anonymous
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It's impossible to give specific advice without more details but its quite likely that you will have to assemble what you need from a variety of parts. Historical storefronts can vary pretty widely and the chances that the standard parts will do what you need are pretty small.
Anonymous
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Thanks for your response Matthew.
I have begun piecing the storefronts together with a variety of parts that begin to tell the story in a very rudimentary way.

I was hoping that someone may have had similar situations and would have been able to point me to a you tube video or similar situation walking
thru a possible process to model unique conditions


thanks again

mark
KeesW
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Cadimage Windows + Doors allow very good and quite complex door and window combinations. You can download a trial version to look at it.
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Karl Ottenstein
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Mark,

It would help if you could post an image of what you are trying to model, with some comments on the level of detail / accuracy that you want. There are a variety of solutions for what you describe - but if the shape of the frames and trim is important/essential, different techniques may apply.

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