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Compatible with AutoCAD Versions: 13, 14, 2000, 2000i, 2002, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008

OFFSET SLIDING GLASS DOOR

Command to insert a sliding glass door in a wall a specified distance from a selected point. You will be prompted for the offset distance, then a base point to offset the doors from, then asked to select the lines/plines/mlines that make up the wall. Once this is done you are asked to select the door size you want. Finally the command will break the walls and allow you to select the exterior side of the wall.

User configurable options: 

• Door appearance - See Customizing the sliding glass door block
• Minimum framing distance on each side of door
• Draw door headers?
• Draw door sills/thresholds?
• Draw demolition Lines? Select layers that are treated as "existing walls"

See Door Commands in the Floor Plan Cmds section of the APS Configuration Utility. 

Layers:

• If you are using "No Layer Control" the door, jamb, sill, demo lines, and/or header lines (if any) will be inserted/drawn on whatever layer is current. See the Layer Control section of the APS Configuration Utility.

• The default layer type for doors and jambs (if any) is "Doors", the default layer type for sill lines (if any) is "Finishes", the default layer type for demolition lines (if any) is "Demolition", and the default layer type for header lines (if any) is "Headers". 
  • If you are using "Direct Layer Assignment" the layer names are assigned to these layer types in the Layer assignments portion of the Layer Control section of the APS-CONFIG command.
  • If you are using "Layer Schemes" the layer names are assigned to these layer types in the Assigning Layer Names to Layer Types portion of the SCHEMEDIT command.

  The layer types for this command can be changed in the Assigning Layer Types to Commands portion of the Layer Control section of the APS-CONFIG command.  

Known limitations:

• This command will only insert a door in walls constructed of lines, polylines, and/or mlines.

• Submit a limitation not listed.

Alternate uses:

• None reported. If you have an alternate use for this command submit it here.

SAMPLE O-SLIDER COMMAND SYNTAX:

Overview of how offset doors work:

First you select the offset distance using the dialog shown below. Then you specify a base point (using one of several methods described below) and then draw a crossing line over the lines/plines/mlines that make up the wall on the side of the base point that you want the door to go. 

Command:
Command: OSL
Command: SD
Command: O-SLIDER

The following dialog appears:

Enter or select the offset distance for the door. This is the distance to the start of the door from the base point (that you will select later). You may also enter a value of zero which will start the door at the base point.

If you have configured the door to use a minimum framing distance the offset distance must be greater than this distance. You may override the minimum distance requirement by pressing the "Override Min Rqmt" button. (shown grayed out above because the minimum framing distance has been set to zero in this example) For more on the minimum framing requirements see Window Commands in the Floor Plan Cmds section of the APS Configuration Utility.

Once the distance has been entered press .

 

Select base point for offset or <Enter>/<Space> for MID2PT:

Select the base point or press <Enter> or <Space> to find the point using the MID2PT option. The endpoint and intersection snaps are added to your running object snaps if not already being used.

Note:  The base point does not have to be on the wall the door will go in. You may select any point you like and that point will be projected perpendicular to the wall selected for the door finding the "effective" base point. The door will then be offset from this "effective" base point.

 

Select a point outside the wall lines in the direction to insert the sliding glass door:

Select a point on either side (but not inside) of the wall lines in the direction (relative to the base point) that you would like the door to be inserted.

 

Select the second point crossing all of the lines that make up the wall:

This is the second point of a "crossing line" that should cross all of the lines/plines/mlines that make up the wall. 

The following dialog appears:

The maximum door size is displayed at the top of the dialog ( the max width shown above is 6'-5"). This distance reflects any minimum framing widths that have been set up. (See Door Commands in the Floor Plan Cmds section of the APS Configuration Utility) If the door size that you need to enter is larger than the "Maximum door size" shown at the top it is possible to override the minimum framing requirements and insert a door size that is equal to the full length of the wall.

Enter the size for the door. Note, this is just the size for the door and is not a rough opening size. 

-- The walls will be broken now and any sill lines, header lines, and/or demo lines will be drawn --

Enter point on exterior side of wall:

Enter the point

-- The door is drawn--

Solutions to common questions and problems with this command

Related Commands

O-CWIND  Command to insert a commercial style window in a wall a specified distance from a selected point.

O-DDOOR  Command to insert a double door in a wall a specified distance from a selected point.

O-OHEAD  Command to insert an overhead door in a wall a specified distance from a selected point.

O-PATDOOR  Command to insert a patio door in a wall a specified distance from a selected point.

O-RWIND  Command to insert a residential style window in a wall a specified distance from a selected point.

O-SDOOR  Command to insert a single door in a wall a specified distance from a selected point.

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