very bizarre sill extensions

[Anonymous]

something new every day, you know...today, for no reason I can discern, my windows have these wacky-WACKY!-projections in elevation and in 3D. They are not visible in plan. The corner windows are simply windows, not a corner window. But they are set up to gang on both sides, anyway, so I can't figure out what is going on...thank you...

[Djordje]

Zobi wrote:
something new every day, you know...today, for no reason I can discern, my windows have these wacky-WACKY!-projections in elevation and in 3D. They are not visible in plan. The corner windows are simply windows, not a corner window. But they are set up to gang on both sides, anyway, so I can't figure out what is going on...thank you...

Is the Corner window function on?

[Anonymous]

No, they're not corner windows...they're just windows...is it possible to toggle on a "corner window" function for a plain old window? It's ALL of the windows that are doing that, though, not just those on the corners. Curiously, when I copied the wall and pasted it into a new (empty) model for unrelated reasons, it appeared that the problem disappeared altogether--indicating perhaps that it is a function of the model-space (or whatever it is called) or the file, rather than settings on the windows or the walls...suggestions?
Thanks!

[Anonymous]

Experiencing similar problems with the corner window tool. That does look like the function button is off, but it seems unstable to me. I have noted that the function disconnects automatically and don't know why. When I drag a door, for instance, close to the corner window (without touching it) it disconnects. My window is in a brick veneer wall with brick sill turned on. This particular home has a stucco wainscot below the brick sill which I have added using a thin wall. This seems to prevent the windows from joining at all. If I turn the wainscot layer off and join the windows, it works, then I can turn the layer on again and it stays connected. It's as if there is some sort of halo around it that triggers it off anytime some action is taken near it. BTW I am not using the SE Library on this project. Very frustrating.

[Anonymous]

Zobi wrote: "they're just windows...is it possible to toggle on a "corner window" function for a plain old window?"

I don't think so, you need to first select the corner window tool, then you can select any "plain old window" and place it as a corner window. This will add the toggle function to the parameters.

[Anonymous]

I've not been using cornerr windows because I couldn't get them to do what I wanted...maybe I will try again. Meantime, this weirdo problem of extensions exists...

[Erika Epstein]

James wrote:
This particular home has a stucco wainscot below the brick sill which I have added using a thin wall. This seems to prevent the windows from joining at all. If I turn the wainscot layer off and join the windows, it works, then I can turn the layer on again and it stays connected. Very frustrating.

James, you might check that the two walls, full and wainscot, don't have their reference lines on top of one another. [not quite sure how to word that].
I've found this usually resolves the problem.

[Anonymous]

Erika wrote:

James wrote:
This particular home has a stucco wainscot below the brick sill which I have added using a thin wall. This seems to prevent the windows from joining at all. If I turn the wainscot layer off and join the windows, it works, then I can turn the layer on again and it stays connected. Very frustrating.

James, you might check that the two walls, full and wainscot, don't have their reference lines on top of one another. [not quite sure how to word that].
I've found this usually resolves the problem.

Erika, You are right, they were on top of one another (because that's the easiest way to snap the wall to the other wall). Changing it definitely solved all of the problems with the corner windows. Thanks!

[__archiben]

zobi, are they from the special edition library?

i got the same result when i changed some existing windows to the special edition ones of the same variety. they meet well in plan, but their 3D is way out of whack. the previous windows met at the same point in 3D, although they didn't form a mitre. in this case, i couldn't use the corner window tool, because i still needed the wall to act as a corner 'post' separating the two windows.

it's a pain in the neck, but one i have reported to GS and hopefully they are working on fixing . . .

cheers
~/archiben

[Anonymous]

I feel like I have been heard...like I have been reporting sightings of aliens and no one believed me and then finally ArchiBen says yes, Virginia, there are aliens. Ok, weird Monday morning metaphors, and mixed at that, but YES, this is EXACTLY WHAT HAPPENED. The original win, swapped out for an SE version of the same, couldn't use the corner window tool...so what is the FIX? What is the workround? As I reported in an earlier post, it seemed that when I cut and pasted into a new model, the problem was fixed. But I didn't want to cut and paste my whole model unnecessarily...perhaps that is the only solution?
Thoughts?
Thanks!