[VW Architect stairs]

Hi -

I can't quite figure out how the VW Architect stair tool works. I am able to enter all of the criteria for a stair (width, floor to floor height, etc.) but am having trouble actually placing the stair relative to other objects.

For example, when I create a double-back stair in 'top/plan' view then grab a corner of the landing and try to place it where two walls meet at a corner, it wants to snap to one of the walls and become associated with it. Often it will re-orient 90 degrees when doing this. Is there any way to keep stairs from snapping to walls?

thanks,

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[butting together windows + doors]

Hi again -

I am working on a model in which I want to butt together two seperate windows that I created using the VW Architect window buttons. The windows are different sizes, operate differently, etc. and there fore can not be created using the complex window function. The problem I am running into is that when two seperate windows are butted together THAT HAVE A FRAME DEPTH LESS THAN THAT OF THE WALL THICKNESS, there is an infinitely thin plane (the same depth as the wall) between the two windows. I can put a patch over this plane in 2D, but it shows up in 3D - very annoying.

thanks

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[match window/door settings?]

Hi -

Is it possible to match the settings of VW Architect doors and windows that have been placed in a file? I would like to be able to create a door or window using the VW Architect palettes, modify it using the Object Info pallette, and then be able to place other windows or doors that have identical characteristics WITHOUT CREATING A SYMBOL. I guess I am looking for an 'eye-dropper' like tool that will pick up all of the attributes of a particular window/door (including height, width, # mullions, etc.)

thanks,

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[How to remove thresholds?]

Hi -

How do I turn off the threshold lines that appear at doors when they are placed using VW Architect?

thanks

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['sides' on a DTM]

Hi there -

I just created my first DTM and am wondering how to give it 'sides' - as if it were extruded from a flat plane that has the same footprint as the DTM. (like shown in the .pdf DTM Manual) I assume this is possible.

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