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WinDoor query


Tom W.

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I'm looking at WinDoor for the first time + am wondering how I get my Wall Sills to show up in 2D.

 

3D view:

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Top/Plan view:

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Settings in both cases:

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The only Wall Sill 2D setting that seems to have any effect is 'Wall Line' - the others change nothing about how the object looks in Top/Plan.

 

Is it possible to get this kind of look with the sill + wall lines? (this is a VW Window):

 

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Thanks!

 

Also: is it possible to assign a different texture to the Frame Member Sill for the door? I'd typically have this an aluminium colour + not the same colour as the frame. Can't see a way...

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I'm not sure why the wall sill isn't showing in 2D. I thought maybe you had no sill projection but the 3d view shows there is one. I'm not having this issue. This is a Windoor on my machine:

 

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I could have a look at your file if you want to post it.

 

 

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Much appreciated @Boh I've attached a file although I'm using VW2022 + the version of WinDoor available to non Aus/NZ users via 'Install partner products...' so I wonder whether it's some kind of glitch with that version? Here's a VW2021 version of the file anyway.

 

Has anyone else using the partner products version of WinDoor in VW2022 had the same thing? @Matt Panzer?

 

Thanks

 

WinDoor 2D sill.vwx

WinDoor 2D sill v2021.vwx

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@Boh @Michael H. thank you! I did look at those settings but hadn't delved deep enough. The detail levels for WinDoor objects works differently to the VW Door + Window where sills/thresholds show by default on the design layer unless you have 'Auto Display Detail Levels for Design Layers' enabled in the Doc Prefs + the layer scale is set to something small.

 

It seems to me that if I uncheck  'Auto generate Detail Levels for Top/Plan view' for the individual WinDoor object, that object displays in High Detail in Top/Plan regardless of:

 

- What the Layer Scale is on the design layer

- Whether 'Auto Display Detail Levels for Design Layers' is enabled in the Doc Prefs

- The geometry I have checked-off in the '3D Part' list

- The Detail Level selected in the OIP for a viewport

 

So you get High Detail across the board + no control over it. That can't be right...?

 

If I leave it checked but I enable 'Auto Display Detail Levels for Design Layers' in the Doc Prefs - and set the layer scale appropriately - then I can view the sill on the design layer + still have control over the detail levels in viewports. 

 

Hmmm....

 

My other question: is there a trick to get the Frame Members Sill to display with a different texture to the Jamb/Head? Or they are all on the same class + that's it? Thanks!

 

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11 hours ago, Tom W. said:

My other question: is there a trick to get the Frame Members Sill to display with a different texture to the Jamb/Head? Or they are all on the same class + that's it?

I'm afraid, as far as I'm aware, all frame members are controlled by the same class.

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I have a similar question to this, however its the opposite problem -I cant get rid of my door sill - I have a standard door in a wall and even though there is no sill showing in 3D, there are still 2 lines (which correspond to wall line) showing on the top/plan view.

I have selected "no threshhold" in Form and the preview shows the top/plan view with no lines. I have also selected "no sill" in settings and put the detail level to "low" in the detail settings.

Am I missing a step here?

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What do you have '2D' set to in the 'Wall Sill' pane in the Settings dialog? 'Wall Line' will give you a line on the exterior of the wall but not the interior (from what I can tell) but you say you have both lines displaying...? I can't replicate this whatever settings I choose, only a single line on the outside of the wall...

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