Define custom door window from a 3D model

9.3.4.2. Define custom door/window - from a 3D model

First you have to prepare a 3D solid model of the required door/window.

The complexity of 3D modeling allows you a great deal of freedom in creation. You can also define a door/window whose surface is not plain.

Preparations:

Prepare the 3D model for the door/window.
Create a 3D group from the model.
Prepare the 2D symbol of the door/window

using theModeling or Toolbox - Door/WindowDefine custom door/window command:

Select the 2D and 3D groups you already prepared.
Define the opening around the door.

1. Create a model in 3D

Create the 3D model of the door/window with the help of the solid modeler.

For example:

In order to extrude the two profiles in the picture use the Extruded solid icon:

for the front view of the frame of the door, and

for the left side view of the decorated central part of the door.

2. Preparing the 2D symbol of the door/window

Prepare the 2D symbol as described in 9.3.4.1. Define by 2D hatches.

3. Creating the 3D group

Create a group in 3D by the 3D menu - Group in 3D - Define object command:

Enter the name of the group: newdoor1.

Select the solids constituting the new door.

Define the reference points of the 3D group according to the picture.
If the reference points are the four corner points of the box enclosing the solid, it is enough to click the ENTER keyword.

When you create a 3D group, 2D symbols are generated automatically as the top-view of the 3D model. These are usually not suitable door/window symbols, that is why you had to create your own symbol.

4. Using the Modeling or Toolbox - Door/Window Define custom door/window

Select the 2D group in the dialog box which will be the 2D representation of the door: newdoor1.

Select a 3D group: newdoor1.

Enter the name of the door/window.

OkCloses the dialog box.

5. Creating the profile of the opening

Select a profile for the opening to be cut from wall.
Define the profile which is the contour of the front view of the door.
To do so, it is useful to copy the front view of the 3D model to the 2D window, and define this as profile.
If you select the ENTER keyword from the command line, the program automatically defines the rectangle enclosing the opening as profile.

The program shows you the dimensions of the door, and asks if you would like to save the new door. The program saves the new door in the required category within the Door directory.
The door/window dialog box shows the main dimensions of the new door/window: its height, width and thickness. All of these can be modified.