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How to make diagonal/tilted windows? (Urgent)

Anonymous
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Hello!

I am new to this forum and to the world of Archicad, I have some problem with creating windows in the Archicad 13 suite.

I want to create windows that are tilted in different degrees and in both directions (not the same window but windows that cross eachother and so on)

I have an example image of what I want to do.

http://isakbergwall.se/wall.jpg

If anybody know how to do this I would really appreciate your help and it is kind of urgent to

Thank you so much for your help!

With regards
Isak Bergwall

wall.jpg
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Anonymous
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Hi Isak,

Welcome to the forum!

There is freeform window in the object depository which allows you to create any (straight sided) shape of window with any number of edges, and still display correctly on plan.

http://archicad-talk.graphisoft.com/object_depository.php?

Look under the '08 Doors-Windows' section.

Hope that helps.
Anonymous
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Thank you for your advice!

I downloaded the freeformwindow and added it as an object but I don't know how to use it? 😃

And I can't find a readme file or a manual.

How do you use it and does it work in archicad 13?
Anonymous
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Hi,

Firstly you need to load the object into ArchiCAD so you can use it.

Create a new folder on your machine somewhere, and then extract the contents of the zip file you downloaded into it. Any other library parts you download or create can also be put into this folder in future.

Go into ArchiCAD, then open the Library Manager and click 'Add', then navigate to the folder you just created. Select just the folder and click 'Choose' and ArchiCAD will load the contents.

If you now go to the window tool, the freeform window will be available to select.

You place the window like any normal window. The window will be square shaped to start off with, but when you select it a number of hotspots on the corners and midpoints will be visible. In elevation or in the 3d window, Click and drag on the midpoints to create new corner nodes. Drag any corner node onto another corner node to delete it. You may find it more accurate to this editing in an elevation so you can draw some temporary lines to snap to if the shape get complicated.

Have Fun!
Anonymous
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Thank you so much!

This is gonna be awsome
Anonymous
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Hey I read all the replies and everything, downloaded the file, loaded it, but i just can't manage to put de object as a normal window, it just wont appear.

any idea? im pretty used to archicad, been using it for a year now.

thanks

Fernando