MichaelaS Posted February 12, 2020 Share Posted February 12, 2020 Looking for a way to add window and door toppers for interior millwork. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Signatures Posted February 12, 2020 Share Posted February 12, 2020 Welcome It's helpful to know what software you are using as it changes from version to version. It helps others to have this info in your signature so it's always available. Please see this topic for a signature how to. https://chieftalk.chiefarchitect.com/topic/18908-signature-here-at-chief-talk 1 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SNestor Posted February 12, 2020 Share Posted February 12, 2020 11 minutes ago, MichaelaS said: Looking for a way to add window and door toppers for interior millwork. I made a video about this topic...check it out. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MichaelaS Posted February 12, 2020 Author Share Posted February 12, 2020 @SNestor Thank you for the great video! When I get to the point of applying my saved block "window & door topper" to the window it does not appear in my user catalog. Any advice? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Joe_Carrick Posted February 12, 2020 Share Posted February 12, 2020 Did you save it as a "Molding"? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SNestor Posted February 13, 2020 Share Posted February 13, 2020 3 hours ago, MichaelaS said: @SNestor Thank you for the great video! When I get to the point of applying my saved block "window & door topper" to the window it does not appear in my user catalog. Any advice? 1 - draw your molding 2 - Select all the moldings 3- Add to Library. It should appear in your catalog as "molding". Rename it if you want. (Use the Add to Library or...the Stacked Molding menu button. Either will work) 4 - Open the Window dialog. Go to lintel tab. Choose the lintel you just made. Select extend and wrap as needed. That's really all there is to it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MichaelaS Posted February 13, 2020 Author Share Posted February 13, 2020 @SNestor That is another problem I have been having. When I select the molding, the "add to library" feature doesn't always appear. @Joe_Carrick I believe I have... When I open the object it automatically has it saved in the molding layer. Is that proper? But when I was able to create the block it didn't ask about anything regarding moldings that I can recall. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MichaelaS Posted February 13, 2020 Author Share Posted February 13, 2020 @solver The image shown above directed toward Steve was not a block, just the "union poly-line" as instructed. At one point I attempted making a block as that was the only option shown to me in the tool bars - obviously still had no luck. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MichaelaS Posted February 13, 2020 Author Share Posted February 13, 2020 @solver @SNestor @Joe_Carrick I redrew the assembly with a different crown molding piece and this time around it worked...? Not sure if it's the molding piece or just me. Probably was me. Thank you everyone for taking the time to assist me and for providing the great Lintel trick! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Efflorescence Posted November 28, 2022 Share Posted November 28, 2022 On 2/12/2020 at 11:51 AM, SNestor said: I made a video about this topic...check it out. Just came across this post and wanted to say Thank you! It was very helpful! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gawdzira Posted November 28, 2022 Share Posted November 28, 2022 A link is worth a thousand pictures ( I may not have that correct?) https://www.amazon.com/Visual-Dictionary-Architecture-Francis-Ching/dp/0470648856/ref=asc_df_0470648856/?tag=hyprod-20&linkCode=df0&hvadid=312138007830&hvpos=&hvnetw=g&hvrand=2079614019782659626&hvpone=&hvptwo=&hvqmt=&hvdev=c&hvdvcmdl=&hvlocint=&hvlocphy=9031886&hvtargid=pla-489411544698&psc=1&tag=&ref=&adgrpid=60258871097&hvpone=&hvptwo=&hvadid=312138007830&hvpos=&hvnetw=g&hvrand=2079614019782659626&hvqmt=&hvdev=c&hvdvcmdl=&hvlocint=&hvlocphy=9031886&hvtargid=pla-489411544698 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DBCooper Posted November 29, 2022 Share Posted November 29, 2022 I actually like the term "door toppers". We should lobby Chief to rename lintels. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Doug_N Posted November 29, 2022 Share Posted November 29, 2022 Technically, the trim that is done over a door such as in your picture is not a lintel. A lintel is a structural element that supports the weight of the wall over a wall opening and distributes it to the surrounding walls. In construction the term header is often used in place of the word lintel, although in some building codes the structural element over a wall element is only referred to as a lintel, and header is not defined. There are technical terms for the crown molding over a door or window but the term lintel is not one of them. While in classical architecture an architrave was a structural element that spanned columns, in modern times this word is more commonly attributed to the shape of the casing that finishes off a door or window frame to hide the gap between the jamb or frame and the finished wall. On exterior doors and windows the part at the top that protrudes is sometimes called a cornice. A cornice (from the Italian word for ledge) is generally any horizontal decorative moulding that crowns a building or furniture element. For example, the cornice over a door or window among other architectural feature. The end of my architectural history lesson for today. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GeneDavis Posted November 29, 2022 Share Posted November 29, 2022 Here is a pretty good guide as to what the parts are called. What has not been addressed here is the dentil molding seen in the OP's opening post #1, and how to do it in Chief. Alan linked to a great book above. If we are in this biz, we ought to learn the names of things. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gawdzira Posted November 30, 2022 Share Posted November 30, 2022 ...And the next person who calls a muntin a mullion is getting coal for xmas. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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