Hi there,
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The floating issue sounds like what RTCool mentioned, and that is gluing. When placing a window component it will glue to the first plane it is placed on, and you won’t be able to easily move it away from the plane. Gluing is currently necessary for the wall cutting to work.
After placing a window, preferably from the outside of the building, to move it in and out in relation to the wall, change the ‘Inset’ setting in the component options window. -
If you need to copy a window to a different wall, that is not on the same plane use Copy and Paste, and as RT said, it’s best to place it anywhere on the wall, and then move and scale it to the exact position where you need it.
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I looked at the sliding window above the tub. There are hidden handles there that are sticking out of the component’s bounding box, and this causes the scaling to not work correctly. To solve this (for now):
Go to View > Turn on Hidden Objects.
Double click into the window and either delete the handle components, or set their height to 0 which will center them vertically. (see image below)
Alternately you can set the window’s height manually in the component options window (without the scale tool) and then place it where you need it.
In a future update I’ll make sure that we fix this! so the handles won’t stick out when the window is so narrow.
- You’ll notice that on one of the walls in the model, the reveals of the windows aren’t showing correctly. This is happening because one of the walls faces is backwards. To solve this you must make sure that all wall faces are facing out (white on the outside and blue on the inside).
Turn on Monochrome view to see how faces are oriented in the model.
Right click on the blue face > Reverse Faces > Select all the windows and hit Refresh
- Yes, it is recommended to have the windows placed outside of the wall component.
Any other questions, I’ll be glad to help.