Arch window presets
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Arch window presets
The Arch Window tool is finally a bit easier to use. Besides the normal "start sketching on a face" mode that it already had, it now has several presets:
It works like this:
1) if you have a face of a wall, struct or roof selected when pressing the window button, you go into "start from scratch" mode which allows you to draw a sketch on that face.
2) if you have nothing selected, you enter a more generic mode where you can:
a) draw from scratch by picking a face on a wall, struct or roof
b) select a preset, and adjust its parameters. You can then pick a point in the space or on an existing wall, struct or roof
3) After creation, if you used a preset, the general height and width are parametric and can be changed via the properties. The other parameters can also be changed, either by editing the underlying sketch or double-clicking the window object in the tree to change the extrusion parameters.
More presets should come, and the whole editing system should be refined, but it already allows for a lot of different windows...
It works like this:
1) if you have a face of a wall, struct or roof selected when pressing the window button, you go into "start from scratch" mode which allows you to draw a sketch on that face.
2) if you have nothing selected, you enter a more generic mode where you can:
a) draw from scratch by picking a face on a wall, struct or roof
b) select a preset, and adjust its parameters. You can then pick a point in the space or on an existing wall, struct or roof
3) After creation, if you used a preset, the general height and width are parametric and can be changed via the properties. The other parameters can also be changed, either by editing the underlying sketch or double-clicking the window object in the tree to change the extrusion parameters.
More presets should come, and the whole editing system should be refined, but it already allows for a lot of different windows...
Re: Arch window presets
wow, excellent. A window generator. I'm impressed.
Re: Arch window presets
Hi there,
Whilst I am experimenting making cladding to turn into recessed surfaces of wall openings for windows (discussed in another thread), I am wondering if somewhere in FC it can separate the window frame from panes automatically (e.g when exporting to obj)
I have multi storeys buildIngs, and there are hundreds of windows that i need to separate frame from panes in blender e.g before i can render.
Any idea? Thanks.
Whilst I am experimenting making cladding to turn into recessed surfaces of wall openings for windows (discussed in another thread), I am wondering if somewhere in FC it can separate the window frame from panes automatically (e.g when exporting to obj)
I have multi storeys buildIngs, and there are hundreds of windows that i need to separate frame from panes in blender e.g before i can render.
Any idea? Thanks.
Re: Arch window presets
There is no ready tool for that, but it's easy to do with a little macro:
Code: Select all
import FreeCADGui,Part,Draft
for obj in FreeCADGui.Selection.getSelection():
if Draft.getType(obj) == "Window":
if len(obj.Shape.Solids) > 1:
for solid in obj.Shape.Solids:
Part.show(solid)
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Re: Arch window presets
It would be easy to add a "hole/gap window preset"? I know that you can do it manually but there are a lot of situations where you need it and it would be a fast way to create a hole in a wall (or a slab?)
Re: Arch window presets
After you insert a window on a wall, just press space keybar. Then you will have a empty gap.joancabeza wrote: ↑Thu Apr 26, 2018 10:45 am It would be easy to add a "hole/gap window preset"? I know that you can do it manually but there are a lot of situations where you need it and it would be a fast way to create a hole in a wall (or a slab?)
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Re: Arch window presets
True. Good trick. Simply hide the window, and you still have control of the dimensions. But that means that you still have a fixed window in your model and it might have problems in the IFC export. This window will appear.bitacovir wrote: ↑Thu Apr 26, 2018 6:44 pmAfter you insert a window on a wall, just press space keybar. Then you will have a empty gap.joancabeza wrote: ↑Thu Apr 26, 2018 10:45 am It would be easy to add a "hole/gap window preset"? I know that you can do it manually but there are a lot of situations where you need it and it would be a fast way to create a hole in a wall (or a slab?)
Anyway, it works.
Re: Arch window presets
I think using a window to make a hole in a wall is overkill... Easier to add a simple box. We could override the box tool in BIM to allow to add a box graphically, the Arch way...
Re: Arch window presets
Architects... so basic, simple minds...
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