Door Rough Open or Leaf size - Vectorworks 2026

 There's a real difference when you're placing doors when you're using rough opening or leaf size. There's also a massive difference if you stretch the door, that's what this movie is about. To find out more information about doors and placement, check out my community: https://www.skool.com/vectorworks-training/about

Vectorworks 2024 - Change hinge side with Bi-Part configuration

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epodcast196 - Door With Custom Height Sidelight

If you are using Windoor, you can use the vertical divisions to create a full height door with ½ height sidelight next it. With the standard Vectorworks doors and windows you can’t create this object using the same technique, but there is a way to do it. create the door and sidelight that you require and make sure that the jam of the door in the sidelight overlap.  Select the door and window. Make a symbol from them.

When you create a door, choose the option to use Symbol Geometry and use your door symbol. This allows you to use the door object and add it to your schedule.

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epodcast192 - Custom Door Leaves

Vectorworks has the ability to create custom leaves for a door. You can use this to create any door shape that you want. The only thing to look out for is that the door leaf has to be a 3D Symbol. The 3D objects have to be simple (extrusions, add solids, subtract solids, or generic solids). You can also use this technique to create partial height doors (bar doors).

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Vectorworks Tip #089 - Doors - Door Opening

When you use a door as an Opening, you sometimes see thin lines on the edges of it. They are there to allow you to select the door (or window) and make changes.
To make the outline to be completely invisible, choose a class for the Interior Jamb, this is the class that controls that part of the door or window, then make that class invisible.

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podcast 174 - Doors in Vectorworks

This movie is a short introduction to the Door object in Vectorworks. This iobject is a great way to create doors in 2D and 3D. If you insert the door in a wall, it will punch the hole for you automatically. The doors are very flexible with several configurations to choose from. It is important to make sure you choose the correct settings from the Door Preferences on the Tool bar.

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