Glass

Glass shapes, glass catalogue and glazing rules

Glass is modelled as carefully as the aluminium around it. Panes take the shape of the opening, including arches and radiused corners, a rubber gasket path is generated around each one, and every pane is checked against the glass catalogue for weight, maximum size and the supplier's standard sheet.

Glass shapes, catalogue and glazing rules

Nine glass shapes, gasket paths drawn for every pane, and frames filtered by the glass they can take.

Shapes

  • Rectangle, circle, semicircle, trapezoid, triangle, rectangle with a top triangle, rectangle with a top arch, curved (half-cylinder) and free custom polygons
  • Automatic arch clipping so panes follow an arched or corner-radius head
  • Rubber gasket path generated around every pane
  • Link or unlink glass across panes so they cut as one

Glass catalogue

  • Category, thickness, weight per square metre, maximum size, jumbo size and jumbo price, colour and standard sheet size for every glass type
  • Mesh types for screens, priced from the catalogue

Rules and checks

  • Frame options are filtered by the glass thickness they accept; when the glass is out of range you are warned and offered a compatible frame
  • Bulk glass change across items, with a picker when some groups need a different frame option
  • Warning when a generated pane exceeds the allowable glass size in square metres
  • Warning when a pane will not fit the supplier's standard sheet

Related: 3D design, Catalogues

Circle, triangle, quarter-round, arch-top and curved windows modelled in 3D with their glass
Circle, triangle, quarter-round, arch-top and curved windows modelled in 3D with their glass
The glass catalogue table with thickness, weight and sheet-size columns
The glass catalogue table with thickness, weight and sheet-size columns

Try it with your own job

Ask for a demo and we will build one of your windows in front of you.

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