Are we any closer to being able to cut a hole in two or more walls with one window, door, or symbol?

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Often single walls don't cut it (no pun intended).

 

CLT construction for example usually has a different S.O. to the brickwork opening and we have built many models with multiple walls, rather than one single wall with components.

 

Currently the VW window assumes the S.O. is the same straight through the wall.  This is rarely the case.

 

Therefore creating separate walls, and separate openings, and having the window hosted by the wall that it is fixed to, gets around this problem but it can get complicated.

 

 

One window to rule them all, is what we want, what we really, really want.

[Andy Broomell]

This would be useful for Film & TV as well.

 

When we want the appearance of thick wall, this often done with two 3" thick flats with a gap between that's bridged by the window jamb. Because a window can't exist within two wall objects, we need two windows objects for every one actual window. Here's an example showing how we achieve the appearance of an 18" thick wall:

 

[Tom W.]

19 minutes ago, Andy Broomell said:

This would be useful for Film & TV as well.

 

When we want the appearance of thick wall, this often done with two 3" thick flats with a gap between that's bridged by the window jamb. Because a window can't exist within two wall objects, we need two windows objects for every one actual window. Here's an example showing how we achieve the appearance of an 18" thick wall:

 

 

The flats need to be separate Walls right? You can't have a single Wall comprising two flats with an invisible component in the middle?

[Andy Broomell]

2 minutes ago, Tom W. said:

The flats need to be separate Walls right? You can't have a single Wall comprising two flats with an invisible component in the middle?

 

Using two separate walls is definitely needed for flexibility and for ease of developing the design. Plus, the two flats aren't necessarily the same length as each other unlike my simple example. So using a single wall would quickly be a roadblock.

[Tom W.]

1 minute ago, Andy Broomell said:

 

Using two separate walls is definitely needed for flexibility and for ease of developing the design. Plus, the two flats aren't necessarily the same length as each other unlike my simple example. So using a single wall would quickly be a roadblock.

 

I was confident there'd be a good reason!

 

Most of my projects include existing masonry walls which are then insulated either internally or externally so I end up with one set of Walls for the existing structure + another set of Walls for the proposed internal/external build-up. Needless to say being able to insert a single Door or Window in both Walls at once would be a massive improvement on the current situation which sees me doing exactly the same as you...