Maybe in the US, you order your doors by leaf size. Maybe it's something to do with the wider use of timber frame instead of masonry over there...maybe the wall opening size isn't so important.
Well, in the old world, we use doorsets*, and we specify them by the wall opening size in which they fit. Almost exclusively. No, exclusively. I've never seen it done any other way.
*Doorset = door and frame bought together. Google results persuade me this is a UK term.
Now, you CAN buy door leafs separately from their frames, but you wouldn't find this approach on any project where an Architect was involved...hence you would never need it in a CAD system. You see what I'm getting at.
VECTORWORKS ONLY ALLOWS YOU TO SPECIFY DOORS BY THEIR LEAF SIZE. IT DRIVES ME NUTS, ALONG WITH ALL OTHER UK VECTORWORKS USERS.
This has not been fixed in VW2011.
I don't really care about Leaf Size. Leaf size varies by manufacturer, depending how thick the frame is, how much shim gap they allow, etc etc. What I do care about is Wall Opening Size. (We refer to this as the 'Structural Opening', regardless of whether the wall is structural, or even if it is a stud partition).
I want to pick the Door Tool in Vectorworks 2012, and it offer me a metric '910 door' (910mm wide wall opening). This would fulfil 90% of my needs for doors on any given project (well, housing at least).
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Maybe in the US, you order your doors by leaf size. Maybe it's something to do with the wider use of timber frame instead of masonry over there...maybe the wall opening size isn't so important.
Well, in the old world, we use doorsets*, and we specify them by the wall opening size in which they fit. Almost exclusively. No, exclusively. I've never seen it done any other way.
*Doorset = door and frame bought together. Google results persuade me this is a UK term.
Now, you CAN buy door leafs separately from their frames, but you wouldn't find this approach on any project where an Architect was involved...hence you would never need it in a CAD system. You see what I'm getting at.
VECTORWORKS ONLY ALLOWS YOU TO SPECIFY DOORS BY THEIR LEAF SIZE. IT DRIVES ME NUTS, ALONG WITH ALL OTHER UK VECTORWORKS USERS.
This has not been fixed in VW2011.
I don't really care about Leaf Size. Leaf size varies by manufacturer, depending how thick the frame is, how much shim gap they allow, etc etc. What I do care about is Wall Opening Size. (We refer to this as the 'Structural Opening', regardless of whether the wall is structural, or even if it is a stud partition).
I want to pick the Door Tool in Vectorworks 2012, and it offer me a metric '910 door' (910mm wide wall opening). This would fulfil 90% of my needs for doors on any given project (well, housing at least).
Then, I'll know you're listening.
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