What is the best way to model a ribbon window?

[Achille Pavlidis]

Fellow archi-talkers... a question that i'm confronting: i want to model a ribbon window as shown below:



now i have modeled this with a series of windows (fixed and tilt/turn) in a row, BUT this way i get a series of different windows in the window schedule which is incorrect.
The ribbon window of the AC library is only fixed, so of no use.
I thought of using the curtain wall tool BUT:
a) I cannot use a fixed window, the only two windows available are both openable (either with one or two panes)
b) the curtain wall doesn't appear at all on the window schedule... just a quantity number with no other indications...

So, what would you do?

[Anonymous]

Maybe this could help you?
"Modular Joinery_01 by Ralph Wessel ENCINA UK"

[Ralph Wessel]

andro55 wrote:
Maybe this could help you?
"Modular Joinery_01 by Ralph Wessel ENCINA UK"

Ha! You beat me to it...
I've quickly put together an example to illustrate how you might do this. The object can be configured into any arrangement of doors, windows, panels, etc, and each part can be individually detailed if necessary.

The object should be available free of charge from your reseller. If they don't know about it, ask them to contact Graphisoft UK.