capitaldesigns Posted November 26, 2021 Share Posted November 26, 2021 I am working on addition plans on a house that has 18" thick exterior walls. The doors and windows are recessed 16". In Chief I selected the windows to be recessed, but when I place them into the plan they are only recessed a couple of inches. How do I get the windows and doors to recess deeper than a couple of inches ? Thanks, Mike Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
robdyck Posted November 26, 2021 Share Posted November 26, 2021 You'll need to set a shallow frame depth (try 2-3" or so) in order to be able to recess the windows that much. And that refers to recessing the frame. Chief won't allow the sash to be inset more than 12". Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
glennw Posted November 26, 2021 Share Posted November 26, 2021 Frame>Inset 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
capitaldesigns Posted November 27, 2021 Author Share Posted November 27, 2021 Thanks Glenn, that's what I was looking for. Mike Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JNWArchitect Posted March 6, 2022 Share Posted March 6, 2022 That apparently does not work with doors. The jamb moves, but the doors stay on the same plane. I have an old building that has half-round transom windows over the tall narrow pair of doors that are recessed about 18" into the 24" thick wall. I can't get the mulled unit to show that much inset in the walls. Also the window has a decorative exterior casing while the door does not. When I mull the unit, it adds or removes the casing at both the window & door. If I don't mull the unit, I get a casing between the door head and window bottom that I don't want. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
glennw Posted March 6, 2022 Share Posted March 6, 2022 You can use the settings to size and locate the jamb on the Jamb panel. For the door, you may be able to use Recessed Into Wall>Recessed>To Main Layer. But it will depend on your wall definition and how it effects other things. You can create a wall with a main layer and a sheathing layer - make the joint line between the wall layers, the invisible line type so that the wall just looks like a full single layered wall. Then use the Recessed option - you can control the recess distance by the thickness of the sheathing/main layer thicknesses. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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