Best way to model window split over two walls?

[Christiaan]

What are all the techniques for modelling a window with its bottom half in one wall and top half in another wall? I think there's been a lot of discussion on this before but I'm having trouble finding it.

[VincentCuclair]

Tricky.....i guess it partly depends on where the window is to be visible......both in plan and elevation and 3D......but generally it includes creating double windows/walls on different classes and showing and hiding them correctly in the different situations......

[Pat Stanford]

I don't know about the best way, but take a look at the Notch Wall Around Window movie at:

http://www.vectortasks.com/Movies/Movies.html

[Dieter @ DWorks]

Place the window in both walls and put the 3D parts of the top window in a class that hasn't any attributes. Our dutch windows can handle this, but I don't know about yours. I find this the easiest and quickest way to do it.

[mike m oz]

Another way to cut the slot in the other wall is to use a symbol having only the 2D component and the 3D hole component. That way you can get the appearance you want in both walls and have the slot accurately formed. See example in attached file.

If you have a complete strip window then the best way I've found is to have separate windows on each floor with them overlapping each other by the height of the horizontal frame members.

[Dybowski]

I have used the wall recess tool in the past as a workaround for this problem.

See attached - the window object is on Level 2 and there is a wall recess object on level 1.

The 2d representation on level 1 can be whatever you like as it just needs to show up when you produce a VP plan.

There are also option in the wall recess object to control what is shown in plan - i.e. "no break", "full break with caps", "full break without caps"

[Farookey]

Hi...

There is obviously no specific way to do this. Each method has it's pros and cons. But the one you decide on, should be one that suits your needs.

My method (not necessarily the best), would be to create a double height wall on a separate layer, and place the window in this wall at the right height.

As it is one window, you can see it on both floors (if you need to), and changes only have to be done once. So, it'll work in plan, with relatively little hassle in making changes, and of course, it'll work in elevation pretty seamlessly.

My 2 cents!

HTH

[Christiaan]

Another way to cut the slot in the other wall is to use a symbol having only the 2D component and the 3D hole component. That way you can get the appearance you want in both walls and have the slot accurately formed. See example in attached file.

If you have a complete strip window then the best way I've found is to have separate windows on each floor with them overlapping each other by the height of the horizontal frame members.

This is my favourite if the window is spanning two levels.

[Christiaan]

I have used the wall recess tool in the past as a workaround for this problem.

See attached - the window object is on Level 2 and there is a wall recess object on level 1.

The 2d representation on level 1 can be whatever you like as it just needs to show up when you produce a VP plan.

There are also option in the wall recess object to control what is shown in plan - i.e. "no break", "full break with caps", "full break without caps"

I think this is my favourite where the window spans two different walls types but remains at one level of the building. A variation would be to use a PIO window instead of the wall recess, but set to create an opening only (although I'm guessing this would then show up on our window schedule when we don't want it to)