Door/ Window Properties – ARCHLine.XP

Common instance properties for doors/windows are described below.

Main parameters

Name	Description
Dimensions
Thickness	The thickness of the door / window
Height	The height of the door / window
Width	The width of the door / window
Hide opening and make a void	Specific feature that makes dealing with void instead of door / window solids.
Distance from wall line	The distance between the frame of the door / window and the wall reference line.
Sill Height	Specifies the height of the sill in relation to the level
Outer sill Height	You can define the interior and exterior sill height separately relative to the finished floor level or the external slab level.
Add level shift	Assign door / window height to the split level, where the split level is located between two levels of the building.
Effective clear width	The width of the opening measured at perpendicular angle to the wall in which the door is situated.
Effective clear height	The opening distance created between the door / window frames when the door/window leaf is fully open.
Reference axis	Placement on wall with middle point or left / right side.Press F5 during placement to modify.
Distance from wall corner	Editable field during modification.
Illumination area	Area in which the light passes through in percentage
Ventillation area	Area that is possible to open in percentage

Lining and architrave

You can assign frame to the inside or the outside of the doors or windows, and specify cross section. You have to specify separately the inside and the outside properties of the frame

Frame properties
You can assign full frame or open frame down.
The cross section can be rectangular or profile selected from the library.
You can put covering between the frame and reveal, and you can assign thickness and material to it.
If you don’t assign any material to the frame or covering, then it copies its material from the wall.
Click on the Door / Window Properties - Lining and architrave button¬ to define the frame properties..

Changing the position of the cross section
• After clicking on the door / window on the floor plan the profile of the assigned frame is displayed.
• You can mirror or rotate the profile by clicking on the profile and choosing Mirroring or Rotate keywords in the command line.
• Enter finishes the command.

The advantage of the method is (contrary to changing Insert profile window in the Property window) the result of the changing is viewable on the floor plan as compared to the door or window, so it is evident.

Expanding frame
Tapering frame

Lining and architrave parameters

The architrave is a decorated or moulded band that is used in framing an opening.

Name	Description
Lining and architrave - Main switch	Turns it off or on
Show on the floor plan	Make it visible on fllor plan
Materials and Finishes
Door / Window material	Apply the same material as it is for the host opening.
Wall finish	Apply the same material as it is for the host wall side.
Edit Material	You can specify freely the material. You can select a value from the material list.
External Lining - Main switch	Turns External Lining off or on
Internal Lining - Main switch	Turns Internal Lining off or on.
Currently edited side	Selects the side (external / internal) to which the properties below apply
Open on bottom	Full frame or open frame down.
Rectangular cross section
Width	Width of the rectangular shape
Thickness	Thickness of the rectangular shape
Profile cross section
Editable	Select the profile to use instead of rectangular shape
Frame Material	The material for the frame.

Representation

Lines in floor plan drawings with dots and/or dashes indicates something that is unseen.

External reference line	Turns External reference line off or visible.
Internal reference line	Turns Internal reference line off or visible.
Use ref. line-type for threshold	Apply the given line type to display threshold
Visible in 3D	Turns door / window visible in 3D views.
2D not visible	Turns door / window floor plan symbol off or visible.
3D fixed	With this command you can lock 3D models to architectural objects independent of the 2D symbol. Once you lock an architectural object, you may make any modification in the 2D drawing; its 3D view will not be altered.
Name
Notes
Consider for Wofiv	Turns on with 50% or 100% or off for Wofiv room calculation if a door/window niche has to be considered.
Numbering
Prefix	This property identifies identical instances by a number (instance ID). The program assigns a number increased by 1 to different instances of doors or windows. The first door or window you place in a project defaults to a value of 1. When creating a schedule, doors and windows can be grouped by instance value.
Instance ID	The program assigns a number increased by 1 to different instances of doors or windows.

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