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I'm drawing rooms with double hung Jeld-Wen vinyl windows. I've placed Vectorworks windows in my drawing and set them to the correct size and double hung. Now I would like to make the Vectorworks windows in my drawing match closer to the actual Jeld-Wen windows. The Jeld-Wen windows have thinner sashes, they protrude much further to the outside, and they have a vinyl frame around the sashes. Are there settings in the Vectorworks windows that I can change to closer mimic the Jeld-Wen windows I have?

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You can customize all kind of dimensions and offsets in VW Windows :

(Except adding complex frame profiles and such)

 

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And VW offers some vendor catalog Windows :

 

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But as you see, most values are locked by manufactorers :

 

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If that does still not work good enough you can create custom geometry as you like

and save it as a Symbol with a Cut Volume and insert it in Walls.

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On 11/26/2022 at 9:16 PM, Bruce Kieffer said:

It's the jambs that I can't make work. I modeled this window. It does what I need. I realize my illustration needs are different than an architect's.

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Ah.  I misunderstood what you were after.  Yeah.   Modeling it yourself is the best solution for that level of detail.

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