Shower Curb in Plan View

[MollyNDG]

Hi all,

 

I use a pony wall to create a shower curb (with a wall cap) and glass shower wall above. Is there any way to prevent a shower door placed in this glass wall from overriding the visible lower wall in plan view? I also like fixed glass slab doors to place frameless glass mounting hardware, which also interrupt the plan view. I have been dealing with this by putting a polyline where the curb is in plan view, but I'm not a fan of polyline fixes. SHOWER CURB.plan

 

Any tips are greatly appreciated!

WORKING PLAN.plan

[Renerabbitt]

1 hour ago, MollyNDG said:

Hi all,

 

I use a pony wall to create a shower curb (with a wall cap) and glass shower wall above. Is there any way to prevent a shower door placed in this glass wall from overriding the visible lower wall in plan view? I also like fixed glass slab doors to place frameless glass mounting hardware, which also interrupt the plan view. I have been dealing with this by putting a polyline where the curb is in plan view, but I'm not a fan of polyline fixes. SHOWER CURB.plan

 

Any tips are greatly appreciated!

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Use a custom sill profile

 

[GaryOhmer]

Show the bottom wall - raise the door up to keep your curb - use a custom sill

[NARDesignGrp]

17 hours ago, Renerabbitt said:

Use a custom sill profile

 

I did some playing with custom sills, I am able to get the 3D to look accurate if the glass wall is set centered on lower wall, but the plan view shows the sill larger than the curb (and I'm not sure how that is derived). I am struggling to get it to look accurate in 3D for a glass wall set to the outer side of the curb (which is what I need), and I am coming across the same plan view issue.

 

21 minutes ago, GaryOhmer said:

Show the bottom wall - raise the door up to keep your curb - use a custom sill

It does work decently well to lift the door off the curb, but I don't love that you can see the glass of the wall between the door and the curb (very picky, I know). I will likely continue with this method, but hope there's a better solution that can tick all of my boxes. 

SHOWER CURB SILLS.calibz SHOWER CURB.plan

[Renerabbitt]

1 hour ago, NARDesignGrp said:

curb (and I'm not sure how that is derived).

your sill needs to be accurately sized, and you can always set the sill to be air gap material so that it doesnt show in 3d. OR you can create a 3d sill molding and change the z offset so it is sunken...OR make one that represents a cap etc. 
ALSO since this is an interior door, you would need to check the option to separate materials on either side of the door if you wanted a sill on only 1 side

 

[NARDesignGrp]

30 minutes ago, Renerabbitt said:

your sill needs to be accurately sized, and you can always set the sill to be air gap material so that it doesnt show in 3d. OR you can create a 3d sill molding and change the z offset so it is sunken...OR make one that represents a cap etc. 
ALSO since this is an interior door, you would need to check the option to separate materials on either side of the door if you wanted a sill on only 1 side

 

Ah, separate materials on either side of the door was the piece I was missing. Thank you Rene!