Disabling Windows/Doors...

[macfrog]

Emmanuel,

is it (easily) possible to place an additional checkmark inside the modify Furniture dialog triggering
"leave holes in walls" when the furniture is a door or window while "disabling" is choosen?
macfrog

[Puybaret]

Sorry I don't see what you mean by "disabling". [:(]

[hansmex]

macfrog,

Why don't you just insert hatches where your doors/windows are?
Make an invisible hatch if you don't want to see its edges.

Hans

[macfrog]

Sorry,
disabling means "make invisible" to me.
macfrog

[macfrog]

Hans,
yes that's exactly what i'm doing at the moment. but in most cases i only need those hatches for a short while, then the original windows jump back in [:)]
so it would be nice to group the windows, tick "visible" off AND "keep holes" on and voila!
walls with holes but without windows.

wouldn't that be nice?
macfrog

[Puybaret]

macfrog, you should use the invisible box (I'll probably add it to the default catalog in a future version).

[hansmex]

macfrog,

Would it be nice? I guess that for YOU it would be nice, otherwise you wouldn't ask for this feature. Personally, I've never felt the need to separate windows/door from their insertion openings.

I often make parts of my design invisible to make the design as a whole lighter, resulting in faster (test-) rendering, and in more fluid motion of the 3D window.

But I guess we all have our own way of making our designs, which results in different needs at specific moments.

Hans

[macfrog]

Hans,
you guessed right. i'm probably the only one needing this...
it's still related to that export thing i'm busy with.
the exported wall with a window looks like this:

wall_4314321
wall_4324324
sweethome_windowpane_
...
...
(something french)
..
..
(even more french)
wall_32432423

etc.etc.

and guess what: with more windows in one wall it gets totally crazy.
if i could export the windows later, it would be much easier to re-group everything - of course only for me.
macfrog

[Puybaret]

I don't know if it's what you want to do, but anyway as I think other users asked for it, here's a nice way to create "embrasures" in a wall (I can't find the English word, but if ever you know it, feel free to tell us)

[hansmex]

macfrog,

Feel free to [url=mailto:[email protected]]mail[/url] me your design. Maybe - in a clear moment - I have a good idea...

Hans