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90 Degree Sliding/ Corner Door

Tips and Tricks Tapiwa Mabukwa 29 September 2020

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90 Degree Sliding/ Corner Door

Have you ever thought about placing a 90-degree door at the corner of your living room opening out to your backyard?

  • First you want to select the curtain-wall tool, located in the toolbox.
selecting the curtain-wall tool
  • This tool can also be found under Design > Architectural Tools Corner-window
Corner-window
  • Click once on the curtain-wall icon located on the infobox tab or double-click on the curtain wall tool in the toolbox bar to open the Corner-Window Default settings dialogue box.
Corner-Window Default settings dialogue box
  • Select the preferred sliding door in the Sliding Windows folder. Also, please change the opening type to single sliding, this option is located under the SLIDING WINDOW SETTINGS tab
Sliding windows settings
  • Change the classification of the window to door.  This will allow Archicad to identify this element as a door, a necessary precaution if you intend to generate additional information involving doors.
Change the classification of the window to door
  • With the corner-window tool still selected, place the window on one of the walls, choose the side you want the door to slide from. 
choose the side you want the door to slide from

The tool will  automatically apply another window to the adjacent wall

automatically apply another window
  • To complete the 90 degree door, please adjust the height accordingly
adjusting the height
Final output of 90 degree sliding/ corner door
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