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  1. The added controls for Shim Gaps for Windows (+ Doors) in VW2024 are great. Now you can edit the left/right/top/bot gaps independently: What we need now is for the Jamb settings to get a similar treatment: Being able to control the width + depth of the frame members independently whether they are the head, sill or jambs would be great. Similar controls already exist in WinDoor although here the jamb (side members) + head (top member) are treated the same whereas it would be better if they were separate: Like with the Shim Gap controls, if you only ever want the values to be the same all the way around the frame you would just link the values so it wouldn't be any more complicated than it is now. But being able to unlink the values + edit them separately would give an extra degree of control + make it more likely we can achieve the Window configurations we need. For example, if I am placing a rectangular window in an arched opening I will generally want to widen the head but not the jambs or sill. Or I might want to widen the jambs + head to allow for internal wall insulation but not the sill. Thanks
  2. Windows in VW2024 are working great but would be greater still if we had better control over the Sill parameters. The rear of the Sill Currently, the rear of a timber sill aligns with the internal face of the core Wall component if the Wall has a Core present + if the Wall does not have a Core, the rear of the sill will align with the interior face of the Window jamb. An improvement would be the ability to align the rear of the sill with any Wall component + to be able to apply an offset if desired. Additionally, we should be able to align the rear of the sill to the interior face of the Window jamb without having to remove the Core (since doing this will mess up Wall Closures). The front of the Sill Currently, where the front of the sill is located is dictated by the ‘Depth’ parameter which is measured from the rear of the sill. An improvement would be to remove the link to the rear of the sill + instead bind the front of the sill to the exterior face of the Wall + be able to apply an offset to dictate the projection. The Keep Currently, the 'Keep' parameter is measured from the rear of the sill + dictates where the exterior-facing slope starts. An improvement would be to remove the link to the rear of the sill + instead bind the rear of the slope to the exterior edge of the Window jamb + be able to apply an offset if desired. As alternative options we should also be able to define the start of the slope relative to the exterior face of the Wall or the front edge of the Sill. Similar improvements would be applied to the Brick + Masonry Sill configurations. These improvements would mean that Sills could be fully set up by Style + work regardless of the Wall the Window is inserted in. At the moment, Sills need to be re-configured each time the thickness of the Wall the Window is inserted in changes or the Window is inserted in a new (different) Wall. (I appreciate that if the rear of a Sill is bound to a specific Wall component as described above then this parameter will need to be reset if the Wall changes but this would be a relatively quick + straightforward change to make compared to the current situation + if the rear of the Sill was bound to the interior face of the jamb instead wouldn't apply at all).
  3. Hello, The window tool has a very annoying bug in VW 2023. Configuration and operation settings are not updated when I edit a window style. This is how to replicate the problem: (configuration is set to 'by style' and not 'by instance' off course) Step 1 Draw a wall Step 2 Place a styled window in the wall with Configuration set to Custom Step 3 In the Custom Configuration Options dialog, edit the configuration and operations of a few sashes Step 4 Discover that the window with the style you just edited isn't updated in the model Step 5 Place the window from the resource manager in a new wall and see that the new window has the new configuration settings See attached file. Window Tool Bug.vwx
  4. Wishlist, item n°5 Custom sash and jamb profiles. For now, sash and jamb profiles are rectangles and we can only set the depth and the width of those profile. An interresting enhancement would be to be able to set custom profiles (custom 2D polygons / 2D symbols). So that would introduce to be able to draw infinite kind of jambs and sash with or without rabbets etc.
  5. Wishlist, item n°4 Possibility to set a Rabbet X/Y for doors and windows (including sliding windows). In common drawings, at least in europe, we usually draw doors and windows with a rabbet. Sometimes it is important because it can change the visual aspect of an exterior window, for example a sash can disappear inside the widow jamb on the sides). Thoses settings should be added inside the US tool (it exists partially inside the Benelux and french tools).
  6. Wishlist, item n°3 Possibility to set different class / attributes for viewed jamb and sectioned jamb If you draw a bottom to ceiling window, the bottom frame of the window can be recessed into the floor. (like on the photo of the previous post). So in 2D plan, you don’t want the side jamb to get the same attribute as the bottom jamb. So we should be able to set seen jamb and cutted jamb separately to get correct 2D plan.
  7. Wishlist, item n°2 6 panels sliding windows (or more) I would be great to be able to draw 6 panels sliding doors as they are available from manufacturers. Now the limit is 4.
  8. Wishlist, item n°1 Level of insertion following story’s levels. I would be useful to be able to set the level of insertion, I mean the “Elevation” parameter, of a window following a level of a story. It would allow to create a level for the sills of the windows and to set the Elevation parameter following the sills’ level. Or to set the Elevation parameter following the finish floor’s level with an offset (1 meter for example). When projects get more detailed, the finishing layer of the floor changes. With this option, the update would be easy. Also, I think this goes main in the direction since the stories’ levels introduction.
  9. Hi! I had created a model with windows and doors and it looked all fine. As soon as I section viewported this in order to draft on a sheet later, I have this situation. I have tried re-drawing and I keep getting this issue. I'm not understanding why this is happening. I am using Vectorworks Design 2023 trial with MacOS Monterey Version 12.3.1 Please help!
  10. We need to be able to define the sides, top & bottom shim gaps independently of one another. These shim gaps are often different. We need to be able to model these correctly so that things like our window schedules are correct and so that our elevations correctly show the relationships when we're dimensioning to things. The bottom shim gap can be effected by the depth of wall and the need to allow for the fall of a sill. The top gap can be effected by different lintel arrangements. I've not had an example where each side is different (although this can often happen with internal doors), but I can imagine examples where being able to define each side independently would also be required. Same issue with the door tool: https://forum.vectorworks.net/index.php?/topic/49508-ability-to-define-gaps-for-door-tool/ See also: https://forum.vectorworks.net/index.php?/topic/64381-window-and-door-tool-maturity/
  11. Hello, I'm sorry for what I'm about to write but it's quite unbearable to see how nothing is changing on the side of doors and windows tools despite the many comments made on this forum and to distributors (design express in my case). I really do not understand. Doors and windows are important elements in architecture and they are also industrialized elements. Because of their variable dimensions, parametric tools are necessary to avoid modeling them one by one. Why is Vectorworks failing to make this tool? I note that many distributors have created their specific tool and I have tested the following: American, (former) French, German/Italian, Belgian/French/Dutch, Australian. NONE allows to have both a correct use and a correct representation in advanced phase of study. By arguing local specificities, energy was spent for nothing by developing several tools when only one would suffice. Having worked in Great Britain, Germany and France, no local specificity justifies different tools. Please stop this. Would it be possible to concentrate development efforts on a single tool to have a tool that works? From my point of view, but it is debatable, the express design tool (belgium, france) is the most advanced in terms of options and representation, but it is unusable because badly programmed (long time to draw each element ) and because it doesn't have a style option. The American tool behaves well, but it does not offer enough representation and drawing options. Vectorworks, for architects who design spaces and need windows to bring light into their buildings, when are you going to seriously upgrade these tools?
  12. If the Size Reference of Window Style > General > Elevation in Wall is set to Structural Opening, then the Elevation in Wall height should also be to the structural opening, not the unit (as it is now). Otherwise we end up have to manually do math to remove the shim gap from the height. And if the shim gap changes we need to come back and amend this setting. The height in this example should be 2100, for instance, but I have to make it 2090 to allow for the 10 mm shim gap. If the shim gets changed, to say 12 mm, we need to come back and change this setting to 2088. Suffice say this has caused us a few headaches in the past. Adde to JIRA: VE-102819 See also: https://forum.vectorworks.net/index.php?/topic/64381-window-and-door-tool-maturity/
  13. Hello, Usually I make elevations by creating section viewports en using renderworks as my background render mode. Since VW2022 windows look very strange in these viewports. Here is a comparison between VW2021 and VW2022: These are the render modes from top to bottom: Hidden line OpenGL / Shaded Renderworks (Realistic Exterior Fast) All classes are set to visible, yet in VW2022 some parts of the window are not rendered. I think this is a bug, or did something change in VW2022 and do I have to do something different to render correct elevations? Any help would be great! window tool renderworks v2021.vwx window tool renderworks v2022.vwx
  14. Hi all, I'm having some hard time with window schedules because the Sill is always coming with the window height function, even when we have in the tool the selection of "Structural Opening" which by default should include the sill height in, like the door threshold does, but when we add the sill to the window it adds literally the height of the sill but it doesn't add it to the "structural opening" size in the GENERAL OPTIONS for the window. Example is having a 1200mm height window (general options - Structural opening) if i add the sill of 50mm what will happen to the overall size of the window is going to 1250mm height instead of the sill being incorporated in the overall height of 1200 making the "Unit Size" smaller So with the above in mind is there a way of using the worksheet functions to "remove" the height of the sill while having it on the drawing so i can have a Realistic Structural size of the window opening ?? Hope i was clear on my explanations.
  15. This one's be doing my head in for years and I haven't got round to troubleshooting it or submitting a bug because it's usually a last minute thing and historically I've just ended up just not presenting drawings how I want to present them. What I find is that the attributes of wrapped wall components ("External Wall Detail" and "Internal Wall Detail" in the door and window tools) cannot be controlled by Class overrides. Worse still you can't get around this by just changing the attributes of the original wall. This is because wrapped components take on the attributes of the wall *at the time* of being inserted into the wall and that's that. It's remains like that no matter what you change the wall attributes to. To change the attributes of the wrapped components you need to update the attributes of the wall and then remove and reinsert the windows/doors to take on the new attributes. Test file attached. If you've found any other way around this I would love to know it. Even if it's some way to reset all the windows at once without having to remove and reinsert them. test-file.vwx
  16. Can we please have the ability to offset Sashes from Mullions, as we already can from Jambs. Perhaps something like the attached mark up.
  17. In the Design Day Live Europe Q&A a question about future development of windows, doors and stairs was answered by way of pointing out that Vectorworks is always working on incremental updates to these tools and prioritising which updates to include. Windows, doors and stairs are at the core of our experience, but these tools have been missing key features for many years. Can we have a release where major updates to these tools—instead of incremental updates—are one of the biggest focuses of the release?
  18. In a Window Schedule Report (or just a simple Worksheet) is it possible to call up the thickness of wall that each window is inserted into? I want to do this to help tenderers do take-offs for the various sill depths they need to allow for.
  19. Can we have a proper arrow for sliding doors instead of this silly little triangle?
  20. Anybody care to explain what's going on here? In both of these screenshots the window on the design layer is shown from the Front (exterior). But look at the preview in the Window Settings. It doesn't match. If we look at the Front preview (which I understand as the exterior because it correctly shows my exterior frame colour) the sash configurations appear to be flipped relative to the external view of my window on the design layer. If we look at the Back preview (which I understand as the interior because it correctly shows my interior architrave colour) the sash configurations appear to be the same as the external view of my window on the design layer. Very confusing and it's only now that I'm doing meditation that I've been nail this one down. 😂 example.vwx
  21. In Custom Sash Options the user interface needs to be explicit about which side of the window the user is looking at. "Front" or "Back" in VW parlance**. Otherwise how is the user meant to know which side they're looking at other than trial and error. It's not even explained on the Help page. **I would also prefer the words "Outside" and "Inside" despite that both sides of a window could logically be inside. "Front" and "Back" is a matter of perspective. If you're inside then the inside of the window is "front". If you're outside then the outside of the window is "front".
  22. We'd like to be able to configure the louvres in Window and Door objects to be vertical. Currently we're restricted to horizontal.
  23. Hi all, I cannot find the way to edit the viewing Level Details (if you can call it like that) for certain symbols, like Doors, windows and wall styles, i know when you're creating a symbol you can choose what to see in LOW, MEDIUM and HIGH detail that you can then setup in the viewport but on 2020 i cannot find that option for windows doors and walls, (on how to edit the detail level not how to choose it in the viewport as you can change it easily on the OIP) I've attached the window tool example of what i'm addressing if i wasn't clear on the question. Window Tool preview you can see the differences and for the viewport example where i choose the detail level i want to show, the wall goes from a complete gray to detailed version, i wanted to change this let's say the low and medium settings for the wall i wanted it to be Gray and in the High setting i wanted to see the detailed version of the wall for example, how can you change this either for wall, door and window tool??
  24. Greetings. I'm guessing this may be something easy I have overlooked. How do I make my shutters render one color and my window render another? Thanks
  25. The Plan Wall Offset setting in Window Style > General is currently based on the centre of window frame to centre of Wall. This is not a figure we're generally interested in practice. As designers we're interested in where the outside or inside face of a window frame sits relative to the outside or inside face of a wall, or relative to the outside or inside face of a particular wall component, more often than not the Core component. So instead of being a simple offset from centre of window frame to centre of wall we'd like the following offset options added to the OIP: OFFSET FROM: 1. Outside face of window frame 2. Inside face of window frame 3. Centre of window frame TO: 1. Outside face of Wall 2. Inside face of Wall 3. Centre of Wall 4. Core component of Wall [or, if possible, specific component of Wall]
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