AC 12 Windows

Karl,

Thanks for checking. I will try some other configurations/window-types and some new files to see how reproducible this is for me and see if I can get a fix on the cause.

It is easy enough to work around but somewhat frustrating just the same.

Just BTW I also have some vent windows that do this but in the opposite direction (up not down with a size change).

More later with any luck.

Erich wrote:
Karl,

Thanks for checking. I will try some other configurations/window-types and some new files to see how reproducible this is for me and see if I can get a fix on the cause.

It is easy enough to work around but somewhat frustrating just the same.

Just BTW I also have some vent windows that do this but in the opposite direction (up not down with a size change).

More later with any luck.

I can't comment on 12 as I don't have it yet - still waiting!
But in 10 and 11 there is a bug/glitch where if you change the window height in the info box the sill will stay constant and the head will move - even if head is set to wall base or storey.
Change it in the window tool settings dialogue and all if fine - although the height changes to show the sill height (even though head to wall base or storey is set) but it is the correct sill height and the window head does not move.

Barry.

It does appear that the head height gets recalculated in a more lengthy way than it used to, as if a macro were running. It appears to change, then get recalculated back to the correct height, so wonder if this "macro" is not completing somehow. Stretching the window vertically (and entering in a value after the stretch starts) in a 3D window seems to not have this issue.

With some more experimentation this morning I have identified what is causing this problem, though not the why.

In the model shown above, I have the walls extended below the floor level, a method I have not previously used. The windows are placed with the anchor set to "Header to Story 1", my typical setting. In this configuration if you change the vertical window size it will reposition the window in the wall as I showed in the previous images. I quickly checked in AC11 and found this same behavior, so this is not something new to 12.

If instead, I set the wall base at the same level as Floor 1 (0'-0" to home story) then changing the window size works as expected in that resizing the window does not change it's position in the wall. Furthermore, if I change the window anchor to the bottom of the wall with the wall extended below it's home story (a location that does not make good sense normally) then the window again behaves normally.

To me this seems like a fundamental flaw in the window behavior and one that should get some attention from GS. I would expect the windows to stay in place when resized regardless of the wall setting or the window anchor point and an overall consistency in window behavior independent of these settings.

At least now that I know of this issue I can work around it.

Excellent bug tracking, Erich! Easily reproduced now and I'm reporting it to GS. Serious bug IMHO.

Cheers,
Karl

Karl,

Thanks, I will not worry about reporting to my reseller then.