Ginkgohouse Posted June 14, 2017 Share Posted June 14, 2017 Good Morning We have a new house that has a unique design element - A gable window that is rotated to match the roof plane along the long edge of the window. Picture and Plan Included !! We are still using x7 - I have tried a bunch of different ways to accomplish this look and look to the power users for a suggestion ! I did download a window from 3dwarehouse as a symbol - and then rotated it - but of course it does not cut the wall as a normal window would. Thanks - Mark Window_Troubles.plan Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dshall Posted June 14, 2017 Share Posted June 14, 2017 14 minutes ago, Ginkgohouse said: Good Morning We have a new house that has a unique design element - A gable window that is rotated to match the roof plane along the long edge of the window. Picture and Plan Included !! We are still using x8 - I have tried a bunch of different ways to accomplish this look and look to the power users for a suggestion ! I did download a window from 3dwarehouse as a symbol - and then rotated it - but of course it does not cut the wall as a normal window would. Thanks - Mark Window_Troubles.plan I assume this can be done with a custom symbol, but I ain't going to figure it out. The issue is you cannot OFFSET BOTTOM CORNERS. Something I have requested before. You can offset the top corners but not bottom corners. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ginkgohouse Posted June 14, 2017 Author Share Posted June 14, 2017 No - I got a Kolbe - Kolbe window from 3dwarehouse and imported as a "fixture" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ginkgohouse Posted June 14, 2017 Author Share Posted June 14, 2017 Exactly - I cannot get the Top and Bottom of the normal window to get perpendicular to the "roof Plane" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ginkgohouse Posted June 14, 2017 Author Share Posted June 14, 2017 If I export the tiled window as a 3ds and then import as a window - CA ignores the perimeter of the window and makes the RO a giant square.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
VHampton Posted June 14, 2017 Share Posted June 14, 2017 You're almost there! Make a poly-solid for the siding... with a "hole" to allow the tilted window to show through. Do the same on the interior for the sheetrock. ...on a side note, I always do an edit and cut...then place the polylines up on the attic level where they don't mess up the floor plan. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DMDesigns Posted June 14, 2017 Share Posted June 14, 2017 Guess you can always do it the LAZY way... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ginkgohouse Posted June 14, 2017 Author Share Posted June 14, 2017 I got it now - The Lazy way wins....Good enough for decent renderings and a great client presentation ! Thanks for the help !! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Steve-C Posted June 15, 2017 Share Posted June 15, 2017 Wow! I guess folks will do whatever it takes to meet egress codes Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kMoquin Posted June 15, 2017 Share Posted June 15, 2017 I knew that house was in Vermont before I saw the license plate on the car in the driveway. In fact I an architect I used to work for in Western Massachusetts called that a "Vermont window." (Though we have our share of windows installed that way in Maine too.) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alaskan_Son Posted June 19, 2017 Share Posted June 19, 2017 Several different ways to accomplish this type of thing. Some of which have been mentioned above. Here's my take though on what I've personally found to be the cleanest and easiest method... 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DRAWZILLA Posted June 19, 2017 Share Posted June 19, 2017 Nice one Michael. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dshall Posted June 19, 2017 Share Posted June 19, 2017 42 minutes ago, DRAWZILLA said: Nice one Michael. Yep, Michael is one of the best. but of course my client would say... "let's change that 4020 to a 5016 "........ and I would need to start the process over again..... point is, it would be great if CA fixed this lapse in their program. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Greg_NY61 Posted June 19, 2017 Share Posted June 19, 2017 Nice Mike! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alaskan_Son Posted June 20, 2017 Share Posted June 20, 2017 Thanks guys! I agree though. There should be a better way to do this. Honestly, in general, I think we should be able to rotate more things in elevation views. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
parkwest Posted June 20, 2017 Share Posted June 20, 2017 That window looks so bad tilted like that... I hope CA never comes up with a way of doing that. lol Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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