nicnicman Posted November 19, 2010 Posted November 19, 2010 A set of plans I am drafting has a bay window and I'm not sure how I should go about drawing the windows in the elevation views. The problem is that the side windows on the bay are not straight on as the rest of the elevation. They are angled at 45 degrees. Should I find a 3d block of a window and and actually skew it 45 degrees to get a true view of the window from that angle or should I just draw my best interpretation in 2d? How do the pros do it? This question has me thinking about converting to another program (ACA, Revit, or the like) and doing all my drafting in 3d. Quote
Glen1980 Posted November 19, 2010 Posted November 19, 2010 The way I do bay windows is to drop the plan of the bay window directly underneath the elevation and ping vertical construction lines from the frames then explode a window block and stretch it to the right sizes. Delete a few lines to sort out the perspective then mirror to do the other side window. Although most of my ele's are only 1:100 occasionally 1:50 so absolute detail isn't too important for me. I'd like to get revit and do all of my CAD in 3d but I can't even get work to spend enough on a computer powerful enought to run 2011LT much less a few thousand on Revit. Quote
ReMark Posted November 19, 2010 Posted November 19, 2010 Wouldn't a window manufacturer's website have a 2D elevation of a bay window drawn correctly (i.e. - not flattened out)? The answer is yes. A visit to the Anderson Window website yielded this... http://www.windowsymbols.com/ISGSPage.dll?MfcISAPICommand=SubmitProductType&Path=0003002100920224&NextPageType=2&NextPropertyID=-1&Selection=~&Units=0&Context=0&DownloadType=DWG Get a plan view, elevation and details in dwg, dxf or wmf file format, feet-inches or metric, of a Series 200 45-deg double-hung angled bay window. How much better can it get? Quote
Glen1980 Posted November 19, 2010 Posted November 19, 2010 (edited) You're lucky, our window manufacturers use our drawings to create their window pattern! Edited November 19, 2010 by Glen1980 Quote
nicnicman Posted November 23, 2010 Author Posted November 23, 2010 Thanks for the tips. I've used the Anderson site before but didn't think to use them for a bay window. Perfect solution! Quote
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