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Window wall custom upper closure

Das Design
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I'm modeling a building using a specific woodcrete brick system, and I need the brick walls to be visible all around the wall closure. I've managed to achieve this with a custom wall closure (see attached picture). I need it to appear exactly the same way on the window lintel, as well as under the sill and stool.

 

Does anyone have any idea how I can accomplish this? Thanks in advance for your answers.

 

on plan is ok

Screen 1 plan.png

   

section I want to adjust

Screen 2 section.png

 

Lintel in that system 

Screen 3.png

 

Operating system used: Windows

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@Das Design  wrote:

Is it possible to edit exisitng window model from archicad library?


If you know what you are doing to edit the GDL files, it is possible.

But the default Archicad GDL objects are a bit of a nightmare to alter - so many macros.

Plus you will need to do it again every time there is an update to the library.

Personally, I don't dare try and i am OK with my GDL skills.

 

Create a 2D overlay for the sections or create complex profile beams that you can place in 3D.

 

Barry.

One of the forum moderators.
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Barry Kelly
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Wall closures are 2D symbols only.

If you were to create a horizontal cutting plane through your window in 3D, you would find that the closures are not really there.

The plan view is a 2D symbolic view.

The sections are live from the model.

 

Barry.

One of the forum moderators.
Versions 6.5 to 27
i7-10700 @ 2.9Ghz, 32GB ram, GeForce RTX 2060 (6GB), Windows 10
Lenovo Thinkpad - i7-1270P 2.20 GHz, 32GB RAM, Nvidia T550, Windows 11

Is it possible to edit exisitng window model from archicad library? Maybe I could add it as morph so it would be visible in live model view but i can find model modify option. 

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@Das Design  wrote:

Is it possible to edit exisitng window model from archicad library?


If you know what you are doing to edit the GDL files, it is possible.

But the default Archicad GDL objects are a bit of a nightmare to alter - so many macros.

Plus you will need to do it again every time there is an update to the library.

Personally, I don't dare try and i am OK with my GDL skills.

 

Create a 2D overlay for the sections or create complex profile beams that you can place in 3D.

 

Barry.

One of the forum moderators.
Versions 6.5 to 27
i7-10700 @ 2.9Ghz, 32GB ram, GeForce RTX 2060 (6GB), Windows 10
Lenovo Thinkpad - i7-1270P 2.20 GHz, 32GB RAM, Nvidia T550, Windows 11

Ok, thank you for reply. 

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