Inserting Windows in Vectorworks Fundamentals

To insert a window in Vectorworks Fundamentals:

  1. Insert a window symbol from the Resource Manager (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. 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 Customizing Workspaces) and subsequently used to insert window objects.

    Individual manufacturer catalog items cannot be selected using the Resource Manager; see Concept: Plug-in Object Styles and Catalog Items.

  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

Creating Plug-in Object Styles allows you to create plug-in objects with a combination of parameters that are determined by the manufacturer’s catalog item, by style or by instance. Catalog parameters have a fixed value established by the manufacturer and cannot be edited by the user. Style parameters have a fixed value established by the style; instance parameters can be set independently for each instance of the object in the drawing (see Concept: Plug-in Object Styles).

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 are grayed 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

Symbols Within a Wall

 

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