Smart window and door symbols

Module(s): Basic: Walls, Openings, Components

You can use Smart Window and Door Symbols to quickly and easily create your own smart symbols for openings of any shape or size. The actual process of modeling the smart symbol is done in a dialog box.

So you create its components one after the other: universal frame, door frame (with/without sill), horizontal elements, vertical elements, muntins, vertical and horizontal dividers door leaves and lots more!

Click to create the component. Click to discard components you have already created.

A 3D preview and various plan views show how the smart symbol currently looks.

The program immediately inserts the finished smart symbol in the opening. You can also save it and retrieve it later.

• A window or door opening in a wall is required.

To create smart window or door symbols

1. Click Smart Window and Door Symbols (How).
   

   Activate Smart Window and Door Symbols in one of the following ways

   • Menu bar: Create Architecture Basic: Walls, Openings, Components

   • Palette: Tools Create area in the following module(s):

   Basic: Walls, Openings, Components

2. Click in the opening for which you want to model a smart symbol.

   The opening’s parameters are copied.

3. Enter the parameters as required in the Smart Window and Door Symbols dialog box.
   Work step by step.
   • Start by defining the frame; the relevant dialog box opens automatically.
   • Then, define the vertical and horizontal members etc.,
   • or click Catalog and select one of the styles provided.
   • The field being defined is highlighted (using a red border) in the 3D view. To activate a field for definition, just click it with the mouse.
   • You can see the current status of the smart symbol in plan view below the 3D view. You can change the preview by switching between Reference scale and Drawing type. Click Def.. to specify how the smart symbol displayed is to change with the scale and drawing type.
4. Click after each step:
   The component defined in this step is created and displayed.

   Note: In the case of double windows, you can specify whether the elements are to be created on the inside or outside.

   Note: Click to finish a component and move on to the next component.

   If you click Undo, you can undo the changes you have made step by step.

5. Repeat steps 3 and 4 to define additional elements of the smart opening symbol.
6. Define the pen, color and, if necessary, surface of the elements.
7. When the smart symbol is complete, click OK to confirm your entries.

   This inserts the smart symbol in the opening.

8. Click Attrib in the input options to assign attributes to the smart symbol.
   

   You have the following options:

   • Click Window objects or Door objects to open the Window objects or Door objects attribute form supplied with This is where you can enter attributes such as installation, material and type of frame, door leaf, position, price etc.
   • You can assign the user-defined attributes Text1 to Text5 or the variables V6 to V9 as well as other attributes to smart symbols.
   • When you have licensed the Object Manager module, you can enter the attributes in the same way as in the Object Manager.
9. Click Label in the input options to place a label for the smart symbol.
   The approach is the same as in the Label tool.
10. If necessary, set a new reference point for the smart symbol to define the position of the smart symbol within the window opening. The exterior side of the window opening is displayed.
    Click a side of the window. Once you have found the correct position, click the right mouse button to confirm.

    

    Note: The reference point is particularly important for smart symbols with casements and door leaves, as the position of the smart symbol in the opening also defines the opening direction.

    Tip: If necessary, increase the reference scale (status bar) to, say, 1:20. This is the scale at which the position of the casement is displayed in plan view. You can also zoom in on the smart symbol in isometric view.

11. If you want, you can save the new smart symbol in the smart symbol library. The appropriate dialog box is displayed automatically. Select the desired path and enter a name for the smart symbol in the dialog line.
12. For smart door symbols: Position the door swing symbol.

    If necessary, the position of the smart symbol in the door opening is adjusted to the swing symbol.

13. Repeat steps 2 to 12 to draw more smart symbols. Otherwise, press ESC to quit the tool.

Tip: You can use to save intermediate results to the smart symbol library.

Note: Click to retrieve, modify and save smart symbols created with Smart Window and Door Symbols.

Modifying the door swing without redrawing the door opening or smart door symbol