5-sided window
Well, yes and no, Conrad. There’s an argument to be made for modeling this within ProArchitect, I think.
Chantale, in Pro Architect 2.0, there is no “Custom Block” to click. I’m guessing that’s replaced “Select…” in the “Imported Element” group on the Basic tab in today’s product.
Regardless, I’d rather model it in ProArchitect. Finding the right object on the Internet takes longer than specifying a few parametrics. Yes, you can find almost anything on the Internet if you have enough time–although so far, I haven’t found it. I don’t have access to any other 3D software to create it and I wouldn’t have time to learn it even if I did. I’m a casual user who jumps back in to Envisioneer/ProArchitect every 5-7 years when I have a project, upgrades and does the best he can with the tools he has. All I need is a 5-sided version of the Trapezoidal Window that already exists in the Catalog!
Further, even if I found the perfect window, my few experiments with imported objects have not ended well. I generally end up with something that’s invisible and disappears when placed in a model. Perhaps because I’m using ProArchitect 2 and today’s oldest available Sketchup file formats are not supported by PA2. Will try again when PA15 ships, which I’m told is this month. (I know I can use v14 in the interim but don’t want to invest in that upgrade just to upgrade again to v15 a short time later.)
I’ve used Conrad’s suggestion and am done with it for now. Fortunately, it’s not actually visible from the room I’m remodeling; the light that comes through it is…but no one but us forum dwellers will know it’s not correct. (So let’s keep it between us!)
Until I get around to remodeling that room or the exterior, that is. By which time maybe I can import from elsewhere. Or ProArchitect 27 will allow me to model or import it. But it will become much more important then.
Or I’ll just use a rectangular window or Conrad’s hack, and call it a day.
