aa.schump Posted April 8, 2020 Share Posted April 8, 2020 Is there a way to lower the sill of the garage door? It seems to be tied to the slab of the first-floor story, but I need it to drop about 12" below the floor level of the first floor. Quote Link to comment
CipesDesign Posted April 8, 2020 Share Posted April 8, 2020 This may not help, but since garage slabs generally slope I always use a Roof Face instead of a Floor or Slab. I then set the wall in which the overhead door/s is/are to Bottom Offset = -6" (eg), and lower the doors by the same amount. This works for me because I do not use Stories, and do not bind any objects to any other objects (in other words, no BIM for me). Quote Link to comment
aa.schump Posted April 9, 2020 Author Share Posted April 9, 2020 Thanks for the workaround Perter. Unfortunately, I have entered into the world of stories on this one. It is confounding that you wouldn't be able to set the sill height of a door, especially a garage door. It seems that many of the BIM functions in Vectorworks require some workaround. It's a frustrating set-up. Quote Link to comment
Vectorworks, Inc Employee Matt Panzer Posted April 9, 2020 Vectorworks, Inc Employee Share Posted April 9, 2020 Select the door and change the Height value in the Object Info palette. The Height setting is near the top of the palette. Quote Link to comment
aa.schump Posted April 9, 2020 Author Share Posted April 9, 2020 Thanks @Matt Panzer but it seems the height value changes the actual height of the door. What we need to be able to change is the sill height of the garage door in the wall. Similar to what we are able to modify the window objects. Quote Link to comment
CipesDesign Posted April 9, 2020 Share Posted April 9, 2020 There are actually 2 (two! wow that's some bad UI design) Height Fields in the OIP for a Door. The one nearest the top of the list controls the Height relative to Layer Z; the one further down (just above Width) controls the size (height) of the door. I hope that helps. 1 Quote Link to comment
Vectorworks, Inc Employee Matt Panzer Posted April 9, 2020 Vectorworks, Inc Employee Share Posted April 9, 2020 47 minutes ago, CipesDesign said: There are actually 2 (two! wow that's some bad UI design) Height Fields in the OIP for a Door. The one nearest the top of the list controls the Height relative to Layer Z; the one further down (just above Width) controls the size (height) of the door. I hope that helps. What he said. 🙂 Quote Link to comment
aa.schump Posted April 14, 2020 Author Share Posted April 14, 2020 Thanks to you both! Quote Link to comment
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