johnny Posted July 23, 2014 Share Posted July 23, 2014 To create a window box currently, I simply draw the exterior walls in the shape i want, and then set the floor elevation of the window/seat/box at a different level - by distiguishing the area via room divider. It works fine, but the issue I have is under the window seat an auto-generated wall is created without definable properties (appart from interior sheetrock) - as far as I can tell. I've been getting around this by drawing a poly solid and applying siding texture - placing it manually over the area I need to hide the sheetrock. I assume I have to be doing this wrong, so I thought I would draw a diagram to show the area I am having an issue with. Thanks! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
glennw Posted July 23, 2014 Share Posted July 23, 2014 Johnny, I am pretty sure I answered the same question a while back. I know it is doable, but I don't have Chief with me at the moment. try doing a search. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
johnny Posted July 23, 2014 Author Share Posted July 23, 2014 thanks glenn...i will do a search and see if I can find it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gawdzira Posted July 23, 2014 Share Posted July 23, 2014 Are you working in X6? If so, try using the window box tool in the window menu. There are a few things I don't like about this new tool but for the most part it is working well. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
johnny Posted July 23, 2014 Author Share Posted July 23, 2014 Are you working in X6? If so, try using the window box tool in the window menu. There are a few things I don't like about this new tool but for the most part it is working well. .....ah, i feel dumb. Thx Curious though what you dont like about the tool.....? Worked great for what I was wanting to do. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gawdzira Posted July 24, 2014 Share Posted July 24, 2014 I get frustrated by the lack of ability to resize the window seat using the dimension strings. I am very much used to adjusting wall positions using the dimensions. In order to position and size the window seat I end up placing some cad lines to snap and center to. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DRAWZILLA Posted July 25, 2014 Share Posted July 25, 2014 If you make your bay a separate room then you can use "cantilevered underside" in the materials section. the only problem is that you cant adjust the thickness thus sometimes you get some z-fighting with the flr jsts in the seat. You just have to turn off the flr joists in that view, to get what you need. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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