BIM_SIG_024 Special Interest Group June 2013

In this session the users wanted to look at inserting windows in a round wall. This was an issue that I saw on a user forum. In this session we looked at the Vectorworks window briefly but spend most of the time looking at a custom window.

Topics covered:

• place in a large window in a curved wall
• editing  snaps
• drawing lines
• rotating and duplicating with the rotate tool
• using the double polygon tool to draw the sill
•  drawing the jambs  using rotated rectangles
•  using the Smart Edge to mirror objects using the bisecting angle
• using the planar objects to create a 3-D window
• using the rotate tool to duplicate and rotate objects
• creating a symbol from the 3-D window
•  editing the 3-D symbol to change the wall hole component
• inserting the symbol and around wall
• editing the window insertion point to line the jambs up with the edge of the curved wall
• rebuilding the window by editing the symbol
• inserting four symbols to line up in the curved wall
• using window wall (curved)
• inserting window wall into a curved wall
• creating a corner window by drawing the 3-D window with a small stub wall above and below the window
• editing the wall to add steps, using fit walls to roof (fit walls to objects)
• creating a symbol and using the symbol with standard Vectorworks window object

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