Mulled Units without Casing

[Steve_Nyhof]

I am not sure why this has not been an issue before, but I do not want any casing on my mulled windows on the Interior. Is there a way to turn the mulled casing off?

 

[Gawdzira]

Correct me if I am wrong but the mulling of two windows would have the small casing piece covering the joint where the two windows meet at the frame. If you don't want the trim, those are not mulled windows.

 

[DBCooper]

There are a couple of things you might want to try.  First, you can unblock them (like Alan suggested).  Second, if you really want to keep them blocked, you can make the "inside mullion depth" 0 which will make the trim flush with the wall and then set the interior trim material to the same material as the wall.  This should look pretty good but you might get an extra line in vector views.

 

In the picture below, the windows on the right are just two windows and the ones on the left using the technique I am suggesting.

 

 

[Joe_Carrick]

11 hours ago, Steve_Nyhof said:

I am not sure why this has not been an issue before, but I do not want any casing on my mulled windows on the Interior. Is there a way to turn the mulled casing off?

Hi Steve,

"Mulled Windows" should only be used if they are going to be provided by the manufacturer as a single object to be installed in one rough opening.  What you show in your pic would be six single windows (aligned but not mulled)

[ChristianA]

Hi Joe,

 

I also use mulled units when I want them to be trimmed as one window.  We have a lot of instances where windows are separated by one or two 2x4 mulls.  In these instances I set the label to each component.

[Steve_Nyhof]

1 hour ago, ChristianA said:

Hi Joe,

 

I also use mulled units when I want them to be trimmed as one window.  We have a lot of instances where windows are separated by one or two 2x4 mulls.  In these instances I set the label to each component.

Yes, I use them mainly to show the trim on the exterior - and in most of my house styles, cased on the interior. I also use it so when I add the auto Dims, it find the center of the whole unit.

But as I think of this, it seems that the trim is applied as an assumption of behavior, and not an option like I will report to the Dev team. We should have an option, (Defaulted to trim on) to uncheck a box to turn off the time on the exterior and/or the interior for the look in 3D, but also for section and elevation views.
 

 

7 hours ago, DBCooper said:

There are a couple of things you might want to try.

So until I see this as an option, thank you for the work around.

Thank you all for responding!

Steve

[Joe_Carrick]

The definition of a "Mulled Unit".

https://www.angi.com/articles/what-is-window-mulling.htm?msockid=27e915c4e5f4699818490258e4336886

 

I realize that in Chief it's possible to do it the way you are but I prefer to do it the way it will be framed and built as separate windows..

 

Sometimes a combination of SideLite(s) and a Door will be provided as a single "Mulled Unit" by a manufacturer.  It will be installed within a single rough opening in a wall.

 

 

Edited 15 hours ago by Joe_Carrick

[Steve_Nyhof]

11 minutes ago, Joe_Carrick said:

The definition of a "Mulled Unit".

https://www.angi.com/articles/what-is-window-mulling.htm?msockid=27e915c4e5f4699818490258e4336886

I realize that in Chief it's possible to do it the way you are but I prefer to do it the way it will be framed and built as separate windows..

 

Sometimes a combination of SideLite(s) and a Door will be provided as a single "Mulled Unit" by a manufacturer.  It will be installed within a single rough opening in a wall.

 

 

I get it. But even you would mull a unit for the exterior look if it produces the trim around the windows vs leaving them with thin gaps for an impossible and poorly done siding job.

[Steve_Nyhof]

12 hours ago, DBCooper said:

you can make the "inside mullion depth" 0

This is clean and does not require any additional options

Thank you!!

[ChristianA]

6 hours ago, Joe_Carrick said:

The definition of a "Mulled Unit".

https://www.angi.com/articles/what-is-window-mulling.htm?msockid=27e915c4e5f4699818490258e4336886

 

I realize that in Chief it's possible to do it the way you are but I prefer to do it the way it will be framed and built as separate windows..

 

Sometimes a combination of SideLite(s) and a Door will be provided as a single "Mulled Unit" by a manufacturer.  It will be installed within a single rough opening in a wall.

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When I am mulling units together for the sole purpose of trim, I uncheck the box the says something like "frame as one opening". There are other times when I do want it framed as one opening, but the builder will use a wood mull for a look in lieu of the window mfr. mulling the windows together in the factory.