Window or Door Library

The information of a window to be added in the window library or a door to be added in the door library is set in a database view. Add a row to the database for the component: right-click to open the context-sensitive menu and select Add Row Before or Add Row After. You can also copy the active row by selecting Copy Row. Edit the fields of the row to match the new component.

Tab: General

Description
Type a description in the text field.
Label
Type a label which will be added to the floor plan drawing of the building in the text field.
Code
Type the code in the text field. The type and size usually define the code.
Type
The windows and doors in the library can be sorted in different groups according to their style. Type an existing style label in the text field or create a new style in the following way:
  1. Click the Style button. The Component Type Descriptions database view opens.
  2. Add a row to the database: right-click to open the context-sensitive menu and select Add Row Before or Add Row After. You can also copy the active row by selecting Copy Row.
  3. Type WINDOWS or DOORS to the Category field.
  4. Type a desired label in the Type field.
  5. Type a description in the Description field.
  6. Confirm by clicking OK.
When you have created the new style, type its label in the Style field. When you add the window or door, you select the type from the Type list in the dialog box.
Type
Select the component type from the list.
  • 301 Window
  • 307 Skylight window
  • 302 Exterior door
  • 308 Interior door
Manufacturer
Type the name of the manufacturer in the text field.
Library change key
You can swap a window, door or any other component you have added to the building by selecting a matching component from another manufacturer’s library. The matching component is searched from the new library on the basis of a change key. The program searches a component with the same change key as the original component from the library.
Swap Building Component Library

Tab: Dimensions

Rough opening width
The dimension defines the width of the opening to be added in the floor plan of the building. The dimension affects the width of the opening to be created in the building model only if the width of the window or door is variable. Otherwise the 3D model of the window or door or the 2D drawing which is used to create the 3D model of the window or door defines the width of the opening in the building model.
If necessary, you can express the dimension as a total of the window or door width and the horizontal tolerance of the opening which is defined in the project parameters, for example:
890+#P~WTOLH or
890+#P~DTOLH
where WTOLH is the horizontal tolerance of the window and DTOLH is the horizontal tolerance of the door.
Rough opening height
The dimension affects the height of the opening to be created in the building model only if the height of the window or door is variable. Otherwise the 3D model of the window or door or the 2D drawing which is used to create the 3D model of the window or door defines the height of the opening in the building model.
If necessary, you can express the dimension as a total of the window or door height and the vertical tolerance of the opening which is defined in the project parameters, for example:
890+#P~WTOLV or
890+#P~DTOLV
where WTOLV is the vertical tolerance of the window and DTOLV is the vertical tolerance of the door.
Default Height
Type the elevation of the reference point in relation to the floor base height in the text field. The reference point of a window is on the top edge of the window, and the reference point of a door is on the bottom edge of the door. You can use the default elevation defined in the project parameters as the elevation of the reference point of a window by typing in the text field:
#P~WH#
Offset
As a default, a window or door is positioned in the center of the wall frame. In the Offset field, you can type how much the window or door is to be offset from the default position. The positive direction is outwards from the center of the frame.
Frame thickness
Type the width of the frame in the text field.
Variable
Defines, for example, the position of a post in a divided window. The use of the Variable requires that the 2D and 3D geometry of the window or door is generated by an application development program.

Tab: Files

2D Drawing
Type the name of the application development program which is used to generate the 2D geometry of the window or door. You can use the application development program which belongs to the delivered software, for example Example.2d
3D Accurate
You can create the 3D geometry of a window or door in the following ways:
  • By modeling the window or door and saving the model as Vertex 3D model file type (*.vxm).
  • By drawing a parallel front projection of the window or door and saving it as Vertex 2D drawing file type (*.vxp). The program creates the 3D model on the basis of the 2D drawing.
  • By using an application development program.
If you have already saved the model or drawing in the directory ../custom/complibs/door_custom or ../custom/complibs/win_custom, type the name of the model or drawing file in the text field. Alternatively, you can select an open model or drawing window and save the model or drawing in the window in the following way:
  1. Click the 3D Accurate button.
  2. Select Pick file from window and save it to library in the dialog box.
  3. Move the cursor on the model or drawing window and click the left mouse button. The Windows Save As dialog box opens.
  4. Save the model or drawing file in the directory ../custom/complibs/door_custom or ../custom/complibs/win_custom.
3D Coarse
See 3D Accurate.
Form
Name of the form file used when editing the parameters (label, code, dimensions) of the window or door to be added.
The dimension editing requires that the dimensions are variable.

Tab: Parameters

U Value
The U value is used in the energy calculations. Indicative U values have been determined for the building components in the structure libraries included in the basic software delivery.
Additional parameters
You can use the additional parameters to define default values for the variable dimensions of a window or door. The parameters are separated from each other with a vertical bar (|).
You can set the window or door to be the default window or door of the library by typing in the text field:
*DEFAULT=YES*
If you do not wish to create a window or doors sheet of the opening, add the following parameter to the text field:
OPLIST= 0
By default, all opening types are asymmetrical. You can define a symmetrical opening by adding the following parameter to the text field:
ASYM= 0

Selection Group

Description
Enter a description text in the field. The description will be displayed for the thumbnail image of the component in the library browser.
Selection Group
The components are grouped in the library browser according to the selection group. Enter the desired selection group in the text field. If you wish to add a component under an existing selection group, make sure that the group is always written in exactly the same way.
Thumbnail ID
Select whether to create a component's thumbnail image used in the library browser based on the 2D or the 3D drawing.