Just building a content library for a few clients at the moment and have encountered the perennial complaint about the way doors work, and the fact we cannot add tolerances between door and frame.
If we set the 7mm tolerance between frame and structural opening, the frame size is correct, but the leaf size is wrong. So if we adjust the overall frame size, and increase the tolerance between frame and SO to 10mm, the overall frame size is obviously going to be wrong.
doorset size + 2 x 'shim gap' as Vectorworks calls it = SO.
Without being able to specify the 3mm gap between leaf and frame something ends up being wrong in the schedule, usually the overall frame size.
I know this has been discussed before ad nauseam, but thought I would chime in again.
The problem is even worse in a double door where we need to allow a gap between door leaves in order to generate a schedule with the correct leaf size.
2 x 826mm leafs, 4mm gap at the meeting stiles, 3mm gap between door leaf and frame.
If we set leaf size to 2x826, the overall frame size is wrong if we enter the correct width and compensate in the 'shim gap in order to report the correct SO.
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Just building a content library for a few clients at the moment and have encountered the perennial complaint about the way doors work, and the fact we cannot add tolerances between door and frame.
For typical door tolerances take a look at
http://www.leaderflushshapland.co.uk/Integrated-doorsets/Technical-Resources/Technical-Guide/Design-Considerations/Tolerances-Dimensioning
If we set the 7mm tolerance between frame and structural opening, the frame size is correct, but the leaf size is wrong. So if we adjust the overall frame size, and increase the tolerance between frame and SO to 10mm, the overall frame size is obviously going to be wrong.
We base our doors on leaf size.
leaf size + 2 x 3mm + frame thickness = doorset size.
doorset size + 2 x 'shim gap' as Vectorworks calls it = SO.
Without being able to specify the 3mm gap between leaf and frame something ends up being wrong in the schedule, usually the overall frame size.
I know this has been discussed before ad nauseam, but thought I would chime in again.
The problem is even worse in a double door where we need to allow a gap between door leaves in order to generate a schedule with the correct leaf size.
2 x 826mm leafs, 4mm gap at the meeting stiles, 3mm gap between door leaf and frame.
If we set leaf size to 2x826, the overall frame size is wrong if we enter the correct width and compensate in the 'shim gap in order to report the correct SO.
7mm shim gap
+
32mm frame
+
3m tol.
+
826mm leaf
+
4mm tol.
+
826mm leaf
+
3mm tol.
+
32mm frame
+
7mm shim gap
=
SO
Overall Frame size is SO - 14mm.
We have to model
12mm shim gap
+
32mm frame
+
0m tol.
+
826mm leaf
+
0mm tol.
+
826mm leaf
+
0mm tol.
+
32mm frame
+
12mm shim gap
=
SO
Overall frame size is SO - 24mm.
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