Mat Caird Posted August 9, 2002 Share Posted August 9, 2002 HiyaHow do You draw glazed partitioning for offices (VWA)? The window wall tool is good, except I can't make it go around corners...or insert doors into a window wall. Here's what I have tried so far;1) draw a series of windowwalls, overlap the corners, and hope no-one notices the wrong junction. Place a door alongside the mullion of the windowwall where required.2) draw a normal wall, insert windows and doors as usual - looks good, but seems to take longer than it should. How do u people do it? Thanks in advance. PS...re the windowwall tool; I'm looking out my office window at the shops on main street, and EVERY SINGLE windowwall has doors in it. So, why didn't the option of inserting a door into a window wall get coded? BTW, I could be mis-understanding what you Americans call a windowwall - I have assumed it to be the ground floor glazing of a shop (shop-front). Maybe a windowwall is the type of glazing one finds on a 'skyscaper' (curtain wall), but the PIO options don't seem to support this (if you stack them, you get a double mullion at each floor, which dosen't occur in most 'skyscrapers') Quote Link to comment
Matthew Giampapa Posted August 9, 2002 Share Posted August 9, 2002 We understand the limitations of the Window Wall object. You are correct that is has usability issues when doors come into play, it simply does not have the elegance or flexibility of the regular wall tool. The best way to deal with window walls and doors in version 9 is to simply place the window walls leaving gaps for the doors. You can then go back and place a door in the wall and then place another window above it. In the future you will be able to place doors with windows as a built in option, but you can have the same functionality in 9 if you create your own symbol with both a door and a window. Windows on corners are currently not supported by the program. Since they are sufficiently rare, it has not been our highest priority. They can be done using VW's modeling functions. To do so, split the walls at the point where the window would be inserted. (using the split by point tool) Then superimpose a cube where the window would place an opening in the wall. You can use the subtract solid command to cut this hole in the wall and then build a custom window within it. Matthew GiampapaNNA Technical Support Quote Link to comment
Mat Caird Posted August 9, 2002 Author Share Posted August 9, 2002 Thanks for your reply Matthew. Please tell me, what is the best way to draw a vertical mullion at the corner of a glazed office partition? Quote Link to comment
Matthew Giampapa Posted August 9, 2002 Share Posted August 9, 2002 Well VectorWorks Architect includes a mullion tool that places individual mullions. (Look on the objects pallet stacked with the window tools) Otherwise I would just draw the profile from above and use the extrude command. Matthew GiampapaNNA Technical Support [ 08-09-2002: Message edited by: Matthew Giampapa ] Quote Link to comment
TiTaNiuM sAMuRai Posted August 15, 2002 Share Posted August 15, 2002 Dude, for full-height glazing, I just use extrudes (as Matthew suggested). Draw your panes and mullions in plan, then extrude as required. Remember to extrude them individually, though. Quote Link to comment
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