No1ZZTopfan Posted July 20, 2014 Share Posted July 20, 2014 Was wondering if any tried to create (or has created) a hidden door(s). Example, you want to conceal the door that leads to another room, hall or a hidden staircase, etc. I've tried to create one myself by using the same materials as the surrending walls but the patterns don't match. Also, if the room has a base trim, is there a way to incorprate that onto the door? I have attached what I have so far. Thanks for any help. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DRAWZILLA Posted July 20, 2014 Share Posted July 20, 2014 Yes, one way is to make the door a slab type and use hidden hinges and make the door the same material as the walls and remove all hardware. You can use a molding p-line as the base on the door and call it a push open door. also set the jamb to 0" 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kbird1 Posted July 20, 2014 Share Posted July 20, 2014 you may need to offset the Door's texture (material) so it will lineup with the wall's texture or use a material that doesn't have vertical/horizontal patterns.... 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dennis_Gavin Posted July 21, 2014 Share Posted July 21, 2014 Copy the wall texture and rename as wanted and then you can offset it to line up with the wall. Room molding polyline for the base board 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mark3D Posted July 22, 2014 Share Posted July 22, 2014 You could slide the door bottom up to the top of the base board then you will get a base board under the door not fiscally correct but easy fix for base board 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
No1ZZTopfan Posted July 26, 2014 Author Share Posted July 26, 2014 Thanks for all the help everyone. I was able to come up with this as a start. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rlackore Posted July 28, 2014 Share Posted July 28, 2014 It's quick and easy to create a custom door type out of polyline solid (door slab) and two molding polylines (for the base). Use global symbol mapping for the wall/door material, and things will line up properly. The trick that I haven't figured out is how to flush the door with the wall. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
No1ZZTopfan Posted July 29, 2014 Author Share Posted July 29, 2014 It's quick and easy to create a custom door type out of polyline solid (door slab) and two molding polylines (for the base). Use global symbol mapping for the wall/door material, and things will line up properly. The trick that I haven't figured out is how to flush the door with the wall. What I did with mine (see comment #6) was change to door to slab with hidden hinges. No knob/door locks, nothing. Suppressed the interior casing increased the door thickness to 4" (which matches the thickness of the interior wall). Created two polyline solids (1/2" thick) and matched them to the size of the entire door, used the same wall pattern for the material, and placed them over both sides of the door, initially, covering the door itself. As for the base trim. Created a soffit, sized it down to 1/8" thick and added the same molding as the rooms. After several adjustments, grouped all shapes into one element, rotated to desired angle, opened the door and set its open angle to match, more adjustments and there you have it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
No1ZZTopfan Posted August 2, 2014 Author Share Posted August 2, 2014 Here is an updated view of the hidden door I made. More detail to the bottom edge. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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