Inserting Windows in Vectorworks Fundamentals

To insert a window in Vectorworks Fundamentals:

  1. Insert a window symbol from the Resource Browser (see Inserting Symbols). The direction of a window inserted in a wall can be changed later by clicking Flip from the Object Info palette or from the context menu.

  2. A library with an editable window symbol is included with the Vectorworks Fundamentals product. If this content was not downloaded during installation, download it at any time by selecting Help > Download Content (see Resource Libraries).

    The Window tool is available for Vectorworks Fundamentals software but is not present in the Fundamentals workspace. It can be added to the Fundamentals workspace (see Creating or Editing Workspaces) and subsequently used to insert window objects.

  3. Click the Settings button from the Object Info palette to open the Window Settings dialog box. Select each pane and specify the window parameters. Click OK to set the window parameters and close the dialog box.

Several features of the window are described as “interior” or “exterior.” These include trim, shutters, and wall-wrap parts. These elements are determined based on the internal and external faces of the wall, not on the window’s exterior direction. The left side of the wall (as viewed along the wall direction) is always “exterior,” and the right side is “interior” (see Wall Direction). Flipping the window does not flip these elements.

Window Settings: Preview

Window Settings: General Pane

Window Settings: 2D Visualization Pane

Window Settings: 3D Visualization Pane

3D Visualization options are not enabled for the Opening Sash configuration.

Window Settings: ID Tag Pane

Window Settings: Jamb and Sash Pane

Window Settings: Sill Pane

Window Settings: Transom Pane

Window Settings: Trim Pane

Window Settings: Muntins Pane

Window Settings: Interior Wall Detail Pane

Window Settings: Exterior Wall Detail Pane

Window Settings: Classes Pane

The visibility of the overall 3D window is controlled by the Class setting from the Object Info palette; part settings are controlled from the Window Settings dialog box.

Window Settings: Data Pane

Certain data fields represent calculated values and cannot be edited; as a result, the Field Name and Field Value appear dimmed for those data fields.

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Windows

Inserting Windows in Vectorworks Design Series

Window Properties

Creating Window Schedules

Creating a Custom Window Sash Opening

Window Terminology Specific to the United Kingdom

Editing Symbols in Walls

 

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