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Configuring defaults for sash windows

How to configure defaults values for a sash window range.

Default values are configured under DrawingBoard Config > Default Values.

 

1.Pair of Sashes

Search "pair" in the Part Filter to locate the Pair of Sashes part. This is where you configure most of the defaults for sash windows. Note that many values have separate defaults for cord hung and spiral sash windows. Key defaults in this section:

Frame properties

  • defaultCordFrameDepth / defaultSpiralFrameDepth: the full depth of the frame from front to back.

  • defaultCordCillDepth / defaultSpiralCillDepth: the depth of the cill , excluding any nosing/extensions.

  • defaultCordFrameHead  / defaultSpiralFrameHead: the height of the frame head when viewed from the inside, excluding the staff bead.

  • defaultCordFrameJamb  / defaultSpiralFrameJamb: the width of the jambs when viewed from the inside, excluding the staff bead.

  • defaultCordCillHeight / defaulltSpiralCillHeight: the height of the cill when viewed from the inside, excluding the staff bead.

  • defaultCordFrameJambType  / defaultSpiralFrameJambType: the default frame types for cord hung and spiral windows respectively. Should be set to Hollow Box for cord hung, and Solid Spiral for Spiral frames.

  • updateFrameDetailsOnOperationChange: when set to Yes, changing from cord hung  to spiral hung will apply the frame defaults for spirals, and vice versa.

Sash properties

  • thickness (Sash Thickness): the depth of the sash, from front to back.

  • midRail (Midrail Height): the height of the midrail.

  • midRailTypeId: the shape of the midrail (square, chamfered, or stepped)

  • mechanicalClearanceLeft, mechanicalClearanceRight, mechanicalClearanceTop, mechanicalClearanceBottom: the gap between the sash and the frame. These values are subtracted from the internal frame width/height to calculate sash width/height

 

2. Frame

Search "frame" in the Part Filter to locate the Frame part (assemblyFramePart).

  • frameHeadStopSize: figure added on to the internal frame head height to calculate the external frame head height (normally equivalent to the width of the staff bead along the head).

  • frameStileStopSize: figure added on to the internal jamb width to calculate the external jamb width (normally equivalent to width of the staff bead along the jambs).

  • cillStopSize: the width of the staff bead along the cill.

 

3. Top Sash

Search "topsash" in the Part Filter to locate the Top Sash part.

  • topHeight: height of the top rail

  • leftWidth, rightWidth: width of the stiles.

 

4. BottomSash

Search "bottomsash" in the Part filter to locate the Bottom Sash part.

  • leftWidth, rightWidth: width of the stiles.

  • bottomHeight: height of the bottom rail viewed internally.

  • btmRailShapeId: shape of the bottom rail (square, chamfered, or stepped).

  • chamferedBottomRailAngle: angle of the bottom rail (when set to chamfered).

  • defaultOpenOutSteppedBottomRailOverlap: figure added on to the internal bottom rail height to calculate the external bottom rail height (when set to stepped).

 

5.Mullion

Search "mullion" in the Part Filter to locate the Mullion part.

  • thicknessInFrameHollow: width of a hollow mullion (containing weights) when viewed internally.

  • thicknessInFrameSolid: width of a solid mullion when viewed internally.

  • mullionStopSize: external width of the mullion is calculated as internal width + 2 * mullionStopSize.