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04-02-2014, 11:17 AM #1Registered User
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Butt glazed corner window
Hello I am just getting started with Home Designer architect 2014 and have been having a tough time figuring out how to model a butt glazed corner aquarium window similar to the one shown in the picture:
http://www.houzz.com/photos/114681/c...ng-room-austin
I can't seem to get the window glazing to butt up against each other in the corner of the 2 windows without a wall getting stuck in between.
Thanks
Joe
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04-02-2014, 11:34 AM #2
This is a difficult matter in any Home Designer title, it is doable in Chief Premier with its custom object modeling tools. I do not believe it can easily be done cleanly in any Home Designer title, my advice is to lower your expectations in terms of 3D modeling using text and your image to communicate the outcome for now. This sort of modeling can more easily be done in Sketch Up since you are creating objects and spaces from scratch as opposed to the object-based programming of Home Designer and Chief Architect.
The main thing is to be able to clearly communicate one's intentions and plans to other building professionals, this can easily be done at any time using existing tools and conventions.
DJP
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04-02-2014, 11:50 AM #3Registered User
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Thank you for the pragmatic approach to this issue, that really helps put it in perspective.
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04-02-2014, 07:06 PM #4Registered User
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You can simulate the window by using pony walls. Make the top half a 'glass shower' wall (wall dbx, under 'wall types'). The top/bottom height of the pony wall can be altered.
Use soffits to make the sill and casing, as shown on the right side window.JoAnn
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04-02-2014, 10:24 PM #5
Why did I just know that JoAnn's computer would be buzzing on this thread?
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04-03-2014, 07:14 AM #6Registered User
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Ha Ha, you are funny, Rich.
So...where is the sill and casing in your interior example? Huh huh??JoAnn
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04-03-2014, 02:33 PM #7
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04-04-2014, 08:06 AM #8Registered User
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My interior looks like this.
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04-05-2014, 09:51 PM #9Home Designer Pro 2014
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04-07-2014, 10:27 AM #10Registered User
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Yep. I did use the pony wall.
Your method is so much more work!JoAnn
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04-08-2014, 10:32 PM #11
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04-09-2014, 07:30 AM #12Registered User
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Rich Winsor,
Smartie Pants!
A glass house...very creative! Very nice!
Did you find the pony wall method to be much less complicated?JoAnn
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04-11-2014, 08:18 PM #13
Everything is complicated to me.
The one thing that pleasantly surprised me
was how cleanly the door inserted itself.
That alone was worth the price of admission.
I'm convinced you have to be more of a David
Copperfield than a Frank Lloyd Wright to get
your desired results and I am nothing if not a
master of illusion.
Just for you I spent a little time cleaning up
my exterior view and another half hour trying
to find the perfect sun angle to give the most
impressive shadow effects. It was a lot like
going to the eye doctor: ...Now which looks
better, #1 or #2.... #1 or #2.Home Designer Pro 2014
Don't kill your ideas.... Execute them.
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04-07-2014, 06:39 PM #14Registered User
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Thank you to Rich and JoAnn, I was able to get the pony wall / soffit approach to work, not quite up to either of your design skills but good enough for what I need.
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04-09-2014, 09:17 AM #15
As you can tell from my post earlier in this thread, even though I have been continuously using this software for two decades, I can still learn new things from you guys. I appreciate your contributions to me and others and it is a good thing to be wrong in your considerations in that your own competence helps me increase my own.
The real power of this forum is others helping others and I thank you for that.
DJP
David Jefferson Potter
Chief Architect® Teacher, Tutor, Draftsman, Author of "Basic Manual Roof Editing" and Problem Solver
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Win7 Ultimate x64 & XP Pro x32 500 gb Samsung SSD
AMD Phenom II X6 1090T, 8Gb DDR3 RAM, PNY 760 GTX
3101 Shoreline Drive #2118, Austin, Texas 78728-6929
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