Round Windows

[Vince Oles]

After trying a number of different approaches; how do you create a round window in VW2010?

Thanks,

Vince

[CipesDesign]

Create a custom (2d/3d hybrid) symbol that is set to insert into walls. Really easy and fast. See help for more...

[Vince Oles]

Thanks for the quick response Peter! I'll try it out.

[Vince Oles]

That seemed to work well. Is there a way to give this symbol window properties to allow it to be scheduled?

[michaelk]

Peter

Have you noticed a bug creating round window symbols and using that symbol geometry w/ the window tool?

I would also like to know if there is a work around for attaching the window record format to a symbol...

michaelk

[CipesDesign]

Hi Michael & Vince, I hate to admit it but I hardly ever use the auto-reporting or scheduling, I think mostly because I am a one-man shop doing mainly medium sized single family (custom) stuff. It just doesn't take me that long to create schedules from scratch when there's only 20-30 doors and 15-20 windows (or whatever)... So I would throw that question out to the forum again and see who pops in.

As far as a bug when using "symbol geometry", I haven't noticed it. Can you describe it more specifically?

P

[michaelk]

Peter

I've probably been doing this wrong for years...

In my work I'm constantly counting and sorting objects by many different data points, so I naturally try to make things countable and schedule-able. I've struggled w/ this window thing for a while.

If you create a window symbol and then tell the window tool to use that symbol geometry, then the window record format is attached and it can be scheduled w/ all the other windows in your drawing.

But it doesn't always recognize the correct wall opening.

I've taken to just inserting symbols (as symbols in walls, not as windows) and creating my own record format. But it would be nice to be able to use the record format already being used by the window plug in so my custom windows can play nicely w/ the VW windows. Unfortunately, that record format is baked into the secret sauce and can't be attached to anything else.

I should probably learn how to create my own plug in windows (if that's even possible...)

michaelk

[CipesDesign]

I would guess that it's possible (I mean someone already did it, right?) Just gotta take the time to learn to be a programmer (something I have threatened to do for a long time, but never actually done...)