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Users Guide
Graphisoft
Graphisoft
Visit the Graphisoft website at http://www.graphisoft.com for local distributor and product
availability information.
Graphisoft R&D Rt. (Developer, international inquiries)
Graphisoft Park 1, 1031 Budapest, Hungary
Phone: (36.1) 437-3000
Fax: (36.1) 437-3099
General Information/e-mail: mail@graphisoft.hu
Technical Support/e-mail: techsup@graphisoft.hu
Graphisoft US Inc.
One Gateway Center
Suite 302
Newton, Massachusetts 02458-2802 USA
Phone: +1(617)641-2827
Fax: +1(617)641-2801
Sales Information/e-mail: info@graphisoft.com
Graphisoft UK Ltd.
Bristol House
40-56, Victoria Street
Bristol
BS1 6BY
United Kingdom
Phone: +44 117 930 1320
Fax: +44 117 929 9331
e-mail: mail@graphisoft.co.uk
Trademarks
ArchiCAD is a registered trademark. ArchiGlazing and GDL are trademarks of Graphisoft. All other
trademarks are the property of their respective owners.
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Introduction
ArchiCAD's Window tool meets the needs of the architect when
selecting and placing traditional window styles. The parametric
quality of the window objects supplied with the standard
ArchiCAD library also allows the definition of a large range of
individual types of glass structures.
ArchiGlazing was developed to fulfill special needs, for instance
when it is impossible to create the desired glass structure using the
Window tool due to complicated geometry. It offers tools for
upright, tilted, opening, faade and greenhouse glazing, and for
creating sketches.
ArchiGlazing is an Add-On for ArchiCAD. Therefore, it can only
run if ArchiCAD has been properly installed on your computer.
ArchiGlazing 1.5 is available for both the MacOS and Windows
and is compatible with ArchiCAD 7.0.
Note: The elements created or used as templates by
ArchiGlazing are Windows, Doors or Objects, depending on
the structure.
Installing ArchiGlazing
Before you install ArchiGlazing, make sure that you have a
working copy of ArchiCAD 7.0 installed.
If your computer is connected to a network, switch off all network
connections before starting installation. If ArchiCAD is running,
quit out of it before installing ArchiGlazing.
Place the ArchiGlazing 1.5 CD-ROM into your computer's CD drive
and follow the instructions provided by the Installer program.
The Installer will place the ArchiGlazing add-on into the Tools
folder inside the Add-Ons folder of your ArchiCAD 7.0 folder and
the ArchiGlazing.LIB folder containing element template files
inside your ArchiCAD 7.0 Library.
When the installation is finished, launch ArchiCAD. Choose the
ArchiGlazing command from ArchiCAD's Tools menu. The
following screen appears:
Example 1: line-spline-line
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Select ArchiGlazing in the Tools menu and choose the tool for
slanted glass structures. The dialog box for slanted glass structures
will appear.
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Baseline path
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In the Slanted Glass Structure dialog box, you can use the
number of horizontal fields to control whether the slanted glass
structure should follow the curve of an ellipse or circle, or form an
n-angled structure.
Example 1: closed slanted glass structure with four
horizontal fields
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Sketch Window
Creating window sketches
1) Draw the outside contour of the desired window using the
ArchiCAD line type tools (Fig. 1).
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5) Next, draw the desired transom for the window. The transom
lines define the center axes of the transoms.
6) Now select the entire window sketch with the Arrow tool.
Choose the ArchiGlazing command in the Tools menu and
click on the Sketch Window tool.
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Positioning
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10) From the ArchiCAD toolbar, select the object type created
(Object, Window or Door), and click to position the new
window.
Note: The choice you make here affects the behavior of the
structure. Window and Door type elements can only be placed
into walls and will create an opening there. Object type
elements can be placed independently, they do not create an
opening in a wall, will be listed as objects (and not as
windows or doors) in calculations and can only be opened
with the Object tool.
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Window sketch
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The transom lines for the window sketches can also have any form
or direction.
Example 2: Slanted transom lines and a spline
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Inserted
line
Window sketch
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semicircles
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In the Groove Settings dialog box you can define whether the
groove should increase the window frame width or should reduce
the aperture of the window.
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Simple filling
Vertical transoms
1 vertical transom
Closed
Star transoms
Open
Note: When choosing the type of filling, bear in mind that you
will get unwanted results if the transoms are set too wide.
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If you switch from the ridge type to the barrel type, all the settings
made so far for division, materials, transom cross sections, line
type, etc., will be transferred to the new shed type.
The number of vertical fields are applied separately to both sides
of the roof in the case of the ridge type, whereas with the barrel
type they are distributed over the entire cross section.
Example: Specification of four vertical fields
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Conservatories or Winter
Gardens
In contrast to some of the other ArchiGlazing tools, no new library
parts are created when dealing with conservatories. Instead, an
object already stored in the library ("WM Winter Garden.GSM") is
automatically edited and positioned by ArchiGlazing according to
its floor plan and division/distribution specifications.
Note: This structure is an ArchiCAD Library Part of Object type
and will behave as such. It does not create an opening in a
wall, it will be listed as an object (and not as a window) in
calculations, and can only be opened with the Object tool.
For ArchiGlazing to be able to access the necessary glass structure
object, make sure that the ArchiGlazing.Lib folder is one of your
active libraries.
Choose Library Manager in ArchiCAD's File menu to ascertain
whether ArchiGlazing.Lib is an active library. If not, add it and
reload libraries.
Important: Do not rename the objects in the
ArchiGlazing.Lib folder.
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Note: If the Hotspot is not placed at the end of the line chain,
the front side of the wintergarten will adjust to the line that
was drawn first. The other line gives the sidewall, by which
the position of the hotspot is not taken into consideration.
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Contents
Contents
Introduction ________________________________________________________________ 1
Installing ArchiGlazing ______________________________________________________ 2
Using the ArchiGlazing Tools _________________________________________________ 3
Vertical Glass Structures _____________________________________________________ 4
Vertical glass structures on lines . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4
Saving a new glass structure . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4
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