X17 Barn Door Slabs

[JonathanK]

Is there a way to control a barn door slab width separately from the track above?

 

Typically when we do barn doors, we have a 1x8 mounted to the wall, that the track mounts to.  I want that to be a specific width (74-1/2" wide).  But I want the slab of my door to be a specific width as well (36" wide).

If I set my door so that that width is correct, it makes my track too short.  If I set it so that my track is the right width...my door is too wide.

See attached...

Edited May 21 by JonathanK

[Joe_Carrick]

Use a Lintle as the board the track mounts to.  

[JonathanK]

Thanks, Joe.  The problem with the lintel is that you cannot specify it being offset to one side or the other.

So I made a custom track that has the lintel built in...but now there is this issue...

[Joe_Carrick]

Can you use a custom Millwork Symbol, Mounts on Wall ?

Set a stretch plane at the center of the width.  You can then size it to whatever you need.

Edited May 21 by Joe_Carrick

[DBCooper]

As far as I can tell, you can control the size of the wall opening and the size of the panel but you really can't control the track.  I would just manually place the 1x8 where I wanted and if I was being really picky, I would also manually place the track.

 

[JonathanK]

Thanks, all.

 

I’ll probably submit a suggestion to make these editable independently of each other.

 

We don’t do a ton of them, but I would rather edit everything through the door DBX, rather than placing this piece or that piece. That’s not scalable for multiple users working with the software.

 

I can make the custom track with the 1x mounting board, but I would like to be able to make that any length I want separately from the door slab.