Window Boxes

[Tim]

What is the best approach to build window boxes? I run across these every now and then and they are always a pain. I also need the shadow box inside this produces when built on site.

[David J. Potter]

Best is a matter of opinion, I draw a room for the window box set its floor higher than the first floor and then cover the missing exterior under the window with a poly-line solid.
The "Best" thing about this is that it works only.

DJP

[sdsinc]

I do it the same way David does. This method also allows you to assign a different wall type (I.e. white panel) for the exterior.

[Tommy Blair]

That is how I would do it David.

[perryh]

In x4 you can set the underside material in the material dbx of the room-no need for p-solid anymore.

[David J. Potter]

In x4 you can set the underside material in the material dbx of the room-no need for p-solid anymore.

Thanks Perry!

DJP

[Glenn Woodward]

Tim,

I don't know if it helps much, but you can get this sort of effect with the standard window dbx.

[sdsinc]

In x4 you can set the underside material in the material dbx of the room-no need for p-solid anymore.

Hmmm, but does that solve the problem of when you raise the floor height you get that blank spot on the wall underneath it? I have to go try this.

[perryh]

Not sure what you are saying.

[moak]

I like Glen's method. It gets the window out thee without any additional walls. You could add the trim and other details with p-solids.

[sdsinc]

Like so - sometimes the whole wall under is missing, but here you can see the stripes I'm referring to.

[perryh]

I don't seem to have that problem. Not sure why you do.

[Tommy Blair]

Wow! Since I haven't done this in X4 yet, I thought I would do it. This works perfectly in X4. Perry, I'm not having his problem either. I too don't know what he's doing. I was going to post a fix for something else I thought he was talking about that you had to do in earlier versions, but yea, works great in X4. Actually now that I think about it, I haven't had any problems with this since X3. (I know...double negative...bad)

[sdsinc]

Perry/Tommy,

Did you open my plan and see if the behavior is the same for you? If so it would be a problem with my defaults I guess.

Please let me know - I know you guys are busy but I appreciate your input here.

Thanks,

Rich

[perryh]

Rich what I found out is that I didn't cut the wall and make it invisible like you did. There is a way to show it correctly, just do an interior elevation and pull the wall down at the box out. Then you need to use a p-line solid filled as a cover up of the wall for the floor plan to show correctly.
Tommy, did you break the wall and call it invisible. I think it is the same problem we have with moldings around invisible walls.