Window with sloping sides

[Anonymous]

I can not figure out how to create a window that has 4 sides, 2 of which that join at a right angle, but the other two slope downwards at different angles.

The roof pitch is 9⁰ and the sloping wall is 100⁰

See the attached picture, it's the timber clad wall with no windows on it at the moment. My aim is to create a window on the top story that follows the roof and sloping wall, and on the story a below that has all sides at right angles apart from one side that should be parallel to the sloping wall.

Thanks.

[David Pacifico]

Would this tutorial help you?


http://www.caddigest.com/subjects/archicad/select/tutorials/103003_pacifico_window.htm

[Anonymous]

David wrote:
Would this tutorial help you?

http://www.caddigest.com/subjects/archicad/select/tutorials/103003_pacifico_window.htm

It did to some extent once I realised that wasn't done in archicad11, thanks. But when I save it as a custom window component it does not rotate it to be vertical. So the window is the correct shape and dimension but lying on the floor instead of standing up in the wall - if that makes sense.

[David Pacifico]

It was written a while ago and somethings have changed.

Try viewing it from what would be the windows top, and then save it.

So you need to set the view to be the north elevation in the 3D projection settings. That should give you the view of the windows top.

[Djordje]

Also, check the windows in the Depository

[Anonymous]

The problem may be that you have saved your assembly
as a "custom window component" rather than a "window".
Window components are objects not windows or doors
and do not get rotated to the vertical and inserted into walls.
Peter Devlin

[Anonymous]

Object Depository/08Doors-Windows/Free Form Window. I've used it for triangle and trapazoids and it seems to work pretty well.

Doug

[Anonymous]

The window is now upright, but about 10m away from the wall when in 3D, it appears to be in the correct place in plan view. Any ideas on what is causing this?

Thanks

[Erich]

Build your window at the origin in all three dimensions, X, Y, and Z.

[Anonymous]

Awesome, it's now sitting in the wall. However, the wall hole is rectangular where as the window is not...

Thank you for the help so far everyone.