Creating an Arched French Door

Key Points: Creating an Arched Frame French Door

1. Select the door leaf
On the DrawingBoard, click the Door Leaf (or whatever sash you want to convert to a French Door) within the explorer on the right-hand side of the screen, or click it on the drawing.

2. Place the French doors in the frame
Click the change button at the bottom right of the drawing, then select the French door option from the list.

3. Access the property editor
Click on the frame in the drawing, or using the explorer select the frame and access the property editor. Tick the arch head option to view arch radius, arch height, and shoulder height properties.

4. Curve the frame
Adjust the values in the newly displayed input fields. In the example below, height is set to 500 mm. When a value is entered for either radius or height, the corresponding arch will be visualised on the DrawingBoard.

Note: When one value is entered, the other will be automatically calculated by the software., where Arch Radius = (Height / 2) + (Width^2 / (8 * Height)) .

Key Points: Creating an Arched Sash French Door

1. Creating an arched sash French door vs an arched frame French door
The process for designing an arched sash French door follows that for an arched frame French door, with one exception - simply unselecting the frame head option.

2. Select the door leaf
In the DrawingBoard, click on the left or right door leaf, or by using the explorer on the right-hand side of the screen.

3. Create the arched sash design
Untick the curved frame head option to leave curved sash head and frame level arch options active.