Window or Door Table Database View
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:
- Type
- Select the component type from the list.
- 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.
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.
- 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.
- 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:
- Movement
- 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:
- 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.
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 (|).
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.